Francisco Mendoza de León,

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(born June 11, 1947) is a Filipino prelate of the

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and bishop of the

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Biography

De León was born June 11, 1947, in La Huerta,

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, Philippines. He was ordained a priest on June 28, 1975, by Manila Cardinal-Archbishop

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. On June 27, 2007,

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appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Antipolo and Titular Bishop of

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. He was consecrated on September 1, 2007, by Gaudencio Borbón Rosales, the Cardinal-Archbishop of Manila; the co-consecrators were Sócrates Buenaventura Villegas, Bishop of Balanga, and Gabriel Villaruz Reyes, Bishop of Antipolo. On January 25, 2013, after the resignation of the Most Rev. Deogracias Iñiguez Jr., due to his health condition, Bishop de León was appointed as the Apostolic Administrator of the

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On November 22, 2015,

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, appointed him Coadjutor Bishop of Antipolo after serving as auxiliary bishop for almost eight years. He succeeded Reyes as Bishop of Antipolo on September 10, 2016, upon the Reyes' retirement.

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