Leonardo Legaspi
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Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, OP (born November 25, 1935) Archbishop of Nueva Caceres
Archdiocese of Caceres
The Archdiocese of Nueva Cáceres is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is a Metropolitan See that comprises the Bicol region, while directly overseeing the third, fourth, and fifth congressional districts of Camarines Sur....

 whose suffragas are Daet, Legazpi, Libmanan, Masbate
Masbate
Masbate is an island province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region. Its capital is Masbate City and consists of three major islands: Masbate, Ticao and Burias.-History:...

, Sorsogon
Sorsogon
Sorsogon is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region; it is the southernmost province in Luzon and is subdivided into fourteen municipalities and one city. Its capital is Sorsogon City and borders the province of Albay to the north...

, and Virac
Virac
Virac may refer to:* Virac, Catanduanes, a municipality in the province of Catanduanes, Philippines* Virac, Tarn, a commune of the Tarn département, in France* Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre...

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Positions

He became a priest on 17 December 1960 for the Order of Friars Preachers. On October 20, 1983, Legaspi was appointed Archbishop of Nueva Caceres. He was also the first Filipino rector of the University of Santo Tomas
University of Santo Tomas
The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines , is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. Founded on April 28, 1611 by archbishop of Manila Miguel de Benavides, it has the oldest extant university charter in the...

 and the first Vicar of the Dominican
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...

 Province of the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. He holds the degree of D.D.
Doctor of Divinity
Doctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in divinity. Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christian theology or related religious subjects....

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He was elected President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in July 1986, and re-elected in July 1989.

Political position

Together with Archbishop Angel Lagdameo
Angel Lagdameo
The Most Reverend Angel N. Lagdameo, D.D. is the current president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines and the Archbishop of Jaro in Iloilo.He was born in Lucban in 1940...

 and Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, Legaspi announced the CBCP stance regarding President Gloria Arroyo's ZTE-NBN Controversy.
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