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Prelate assumes presidency of Philippine bishops’ conference
December 04, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Archbishop Gilbert Garcera of Lipa became president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on December 1.
In 2024, the Archdiocese of Lipa published a 271-page book on synodality. Aleteia has highlighted other aspects of the archbishop’s ministry.
The Philippines ranks third in the world in the size of its Catholic population, behind Brazil and Mexico.
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