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October 6, 2009 02:43 PM
Baylon is New Bishop of Legazpi
Roy Lagarde

MANILA, October 1, 2009-The Vatican announced at 6:00 PM Thursday (Manila Time) the appointment of Masbate Bishop Joel Baylon as new bishop of the Diocese of Legazpi in Albay province.

September 5, 2009 01:30 AM
77th Parish of Caceres Canonically Erected
CBCPNews

MAGARAO, Camarines Sur, Sept. 4, 2009- Caceres Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi has led the Solemn Canonical Erection of the Our Lady of the Annunciation Parish, the archdiocese's 77th parish, and the Rite of Installation of Fr. Ryan Fenis, its first parish priest.

July 18, 2009 01:55 PM
Caceres Welcomes 20 New Priests
Fr. Luisito A. Occiano
#MUTLIPLE#

NAGA CITY, July 14, 2009-The Archdiocese of Caceres is truly blessed with priestly vocations with the recent addition of 20 new members of the clergy.

June 22, 2009 02:35 AM
Albay Bishop Challenges Priests: Restrain Secularism
Elmer James Bandol

LEGAZPI CITY, June 20, 2009-Bishop Administrator Lucilo B. Quiambao has challenged all the priests to restrain from secularism, worldly sciences and preserve virtues most relevant to them during the high mass held yesterday at St. Gregory the Great Cathedral, here.

June 14, 2009 01:56 AM
Caceres to Hold Penitential Processions, Masses vs Spread of A(H1N1) Virus
Vox Bikol

Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi, O.P. of Caceres is leading penitential processions and the celebration of masses against the spread of the A (H1N1) virus and other diseases.

May 24, 2009 03:08 PM
Caceres Holds Youth Piligrimage 2009
Vox Bikol

The Caceres Youth and Campus Ministry - the John Paul II Youth Center, the Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Peñafrancia and the Parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Naga City together with the Young People of Caceres celebrated summer with the ARCHDIOCESAN YOUTH PILGRIMAGE 2009 (AYP-09) [Our Lady of Peñafrancia Summer Pilgrimage].

April 27, 2009 12:07 PM
Bikol Bishops' Anti-Rapu-rapu Mining Letter Gains Support
Vox Bikol

A local environmental group has expressed its support of the Bikol bishops' opposition to the ongoing mining operations at Rapu-rapu, Albay.

March 30, 2009 12:46 PM
Libmanan is newest diocese
Roy Lagarde

MANILA--Pope Benedict XVI has created Wednesday a new diocese in the country and named its first bishop.

March 23, 2009 01:18 AM
Caceres launches podcasts to spread the Word
CBCPNews

MANILA--The Gospel may be 2,000 years old, but the Catholic Church is grateful to new Internet-driven technologies for aiding their work of spreading the Scripture.

March 23, 2009 01:12 AM
Masbate bishop backs farmers, fisherfolk vs mining in Aroroy town
Elmer James Bandol

LEGAZPI CITY--Masbate Bishop Joel Baylon has expressed concern over the outpouring sentiments of farmers and fisher folk staging a series of mass rally against the operations of Filminera Mining Corporation (FMC), an Australian-Canadian based mining firm that scheduled a full blast open pit mining in Aroroy town on March 20, 2009.

March 1, 2009 02:00 PM
LENTEN MESSAGE
Most Rev. Leonardo Z. Legaspi, OP, DD

Lenten is upon us once again. It is a time to be with the Lord in a special way, a time to pray, to fast, and thus to follow Him on the way to Jerusalem, to Golgotha, and to the final victory over death.