Cardinal Sin prot?g? is new CBCP president

A prot?g? of the late Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin is the new president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, the bishops' body said Sunday.

In a post on its Twitter account, the CBCP said Lingayen-Dagupan "Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan is new CBCP president."

Villegas, who served as the CBCP's vice president before Sunday's election, succeeds Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma.

The CBCP started on Saturday its three-day midyear plenary assembly at the Pius XII Center in Manila. The assembly ends on Monday.

Earlier, Palma had said he may ask his colleagues not to elect him to another term as CBCP president, saying he needs to devote more time to his flock in Cebu. ? LBG, GMA News

Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/316385/news/nation/cardinal-sin-prot-eacute-g-eacute-is-new-cbcp-president

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