Filipino bishops elect new head as Cardinal David wraps up term

MANILA, Philippines – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) elected its new president on Saturday, as the politically outspoken Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David wraps up his second and final two-year term as head of the bishops’ conference.

Archbishop Gilbert Garcera of Lipa, an archdiocese about 50 miles south of Manila, is set to lead the CBCP from December 1, 2025, to November 30, 2027, a two-year term that can be renewed one more time.

Garcera, 66...