Abp Soc Villegas
Archbishop Socrates "Soc" B. Villegas has been the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on September 8, 2009. He was also president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) from 2013 to 2017.
He is a professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order (SFO) and the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Dominic in the Philippines. He was a synodal father in the Synod of Bishops of 2012 and 2014. In the secular field, he was one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (TOYM) in the year 2000 and a Catholic Authors Awardee in 1994. He has authored ten books of homilies and spiritual meditations.