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MANILA- Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles is the new president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) after winning the elections Saturday.
Election of Davao prelate could mean better relations between the Church and President Duterte’s administration.
Davao has just contributed another president to the country, a development that could mean better relations between the Church and the current administration.
Valles, who served as vice president of the CBCP for four years, will now lead the influential episcopal organization.
Born on July 10, 1951 in Bohol, Valles was ordained to the priesthood on Apr. 6, 1976 and became a bishop on Aug. 28, 1997.
He finished his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, and Theology degree from the St. Francis Xavier Regional Major Seminary in Davao City in 1972 and 1976 respectively.
He received his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1990 at the Pontificio Ateneo Sant' Anselmo in Rome, Italy and his Master of Arts in Religious Education at the Ignatian Institute for Religious Education at the Ateneo de Davao University in 1997.
Valles is currently rector of the St. Francis Xavier Regional Major Seminary, a position he has held since 1993.
He has also led several commissions of the CBCP, among them the Episcopal Commission on Liturgy, Commission on Prison Pastoral Care, and the Committee on International Eucharistic Congresses, among others.
Founded in 1945, the CBCP aims to promote the spirit of solidarity in the Philippine Church and to assume responsibilities as evangelizer among the Catholic faithful.
May the new president of CBCP Archbishop Valles may help the Duterte administration decide in terms of religious and moral beliefs.
Source: News/ ABSCBN, Inquirer
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