Pedro Bantigue y Natividad, (January 31, 1920 – November 20, 2012) was a

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of the

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. He is notably the first bishop in the

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to come from Hagonoy, as well as the

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Biography

Bantigue was born in Hagonoy, and was ordained a priest in the

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on May 31, 1945. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Manila on May 29, 1961, as well as titular bishop of Catula, receiving his episcopal ordination on July 25, 1961. On January 25, 1967, he was appointed the very first bishop of the Diocese of San Pablo and would remain in office until his retirement on July 12, 1995. Bantigue died on November 20, 2012, at the age of 92.

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