Virgen de la Peña
On April 4, 2007, he was appointed third Bishop of Daet by Pope Benedict XVI after the resignation of his predecessor, Bp. Benjamin J. Almoneda, D.D. has been approved. He was ordained Bishop on June 29, 2007, at the Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, Naga City by His Excellency, the Most Rev. Leonardo Z. Legaspi, O.P., D.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of Caceres, together with His Excellency, the Most Rev. Benjamin J. Almoneda, D.D., Bishop Emeritus of Daet, and His Excellency, the Most Rev. Orlando Quevedo, OMI, D.D., Archbishop of Cotabato.