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Pedro Bantigue y Natividad, (January 31, 1920 – November 20, 2012) was a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is notably the first bishop in the Philippines to come from Hagonoy, as well as the Province of Bulacan. Pedro N. Bantigue was born in Sta. Monica, Hagonoy, Bulacan by Marcos Bantigue and Eusebia Natividad and was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Manila on 31 May 1945. Shortly after his priestly ordination in 1945, he served as Private Secretary to three archbishops of Manila: Archbishop Michael J. O’Doherty, Archbishop Gabriel Reyes, and Cardinal-Archbishop Santos.  When one searches his name in the Internet you will discover one of his literary works on a thesis on Canon law he has taken in Catholic University of America on The Provincial  Council Of Manila 1771 (Its Text Followed by a Commentary on Actio II De Episcopis). He was ordained bishop on 25 July 1961 by His Eminence Rufino Jiao...

MANILA, Feb. 25, 2012— A bishop from the Diocese of Dumaguete has been named the new head of the Archdiocese of Palo in Eastern Visayas. Pope Benedict XVI announced in Rome today the appointment of Bishop John Du, 57, as archbishop of Palo. He will now take the title of Archbishop-designate ahead of his official installation soon, succeeding Archbishop Jose Palma who was transferred to the Archdiocese of Cebu in October 2010. Papal nuncio to the Philippine Archbishop Guiseppe Pinto relayed the news of the Du’s appointment to Msgr. Pedro Quitorio, media director of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines. Du was born on Oct. 18, 1954, in Bantayan, Cebu. He was ordained a priest on June 1, 1979. In 1997, Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu. He was appointed Bishop of Dumaguete on April 21, 2001. Currently, the archbishop-elect is CBCP’s treasurer and chairman of the CBCP Pension Plan. (CBCP News)