Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David is now set to become the new president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).
Last Thursday, members of CBCP elected their incumbent vice president to replace their outgoing president Davao Archbishop Romulo G. Valles during their two-day online plenary assembly.
David, 62, became an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Fernando in 2006, before he was transferred to the Archdiocese of Caloocan in 2016.
The prelate is known for criticizing President Duterte’s deadly illegal drugs war that may have placed him at the receiving end of death threats. David is also one of the objects of Duterte’s tirades against the Catholic Church.
Aside from David, CBCP also picked Pasig Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara to be its new vice president.
The 58-year-old Vergara is a member of the CBCP Permanent Council, which acts on behalf of CBCP, when it is not in plenary session.
David, Vergara and other newly elected officials of CBCP will start their two-year terms on December 1, 2021.