Pedro Bantigue y Natividad

Who was Pedro Bantigue y Natividad?

Pedro Bantigue y Natividad, was a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is notably the first bishop in the Philippines to come from Hagonoy, as well as the Province of Bulacan.

Bantigue was born in Hagonoy, and was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Manila on 31 May 1945. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Manila on 29 May 1961, as well as titular bishop of Catula, receiving his episcopal ordination on 25 July 1961. On 25 January 1967, he was appointed the very first bishop of the Diocese of San Pablo and would remain in office until his retirement on 12 July 1995.

Bantigue died on 20 November 2012, at the age of 92.