Antonio Ledesma

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Most Rev. Antonio Ledesma
Senior posting
religion = Catholic Church
See	Cagayan de Oro
Title	Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro
Period in office	March 4, 2006 - Present
Predecessor	Jesus Tuquib
Personal
Date of birth	March 28, 1943 (1943-03-28) (age 65)
Place of birth	Iloilo, Philippines

The Most Reverend Antonio Javellana Ledesma, D.D. (Born March 28, 1943) is the current Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro in the province of Cagayan de Oro, on the island of Mindanao, Philippines.

Styles of Antonio Ledesma


Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

[edit] Biography

He was ordained Priest on 16 Apr 1973 at the age of 30 years old, and joined the society of Jesus. On 31 Aug 1996 at the age of 53, he was elevated to a bishop, and appointed to the prelature of Ipil, Philippines. Bishop Ledesma was appointed as prelate of Ipil Philippines and after 9 years, he was transferred to the archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro and was appointed Archbishop of that said diocese.

Preceded by Jesus Tuquib	Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro 2006–present	Succeeded by Incumbent


	Current Filipino Archbishops
Cardinal-Archbishop: Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales (Manila) \| Ricardo Cardinal Vidal (Cebu) Archbishops: Leonard Legaspi (Nueva Caceres) \| Antonio Ledesma (Cagayan de Oro) \| Onesimo Gordoncillo (Capiz) \| Orlando Quevedo (Cotabato) \| Fernando Capalla (Davao) \| Angel Lagdameo (Jaro) \| Oscar V. Cruz (Lingayen-Dagupan) \| Ramon Arguelles (Lipa) \| Ernesto Salgado (Nueva Segovia) \| Jesus Dosado (Ozamis) \| Jose S. Palma (Palo) \| Paciano Aniceto (San Fernando) \| Diosdado Talamayan (Tuguegarao) \| Romulo Valles (Zamboanga) Papal Nuncio: Adolfo Yllana (Pakistan Nunciature) \| Francisco Padilla (Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Nunciature) \| Osvaldo Padilla (Korea and Mongolia Nunciature) \| Bernardito Auza (Haiti Nunciature)