He also serves as Chairman of the Episcopal Commission on Family and Life, of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, and is a member of its permanent council (to which all Filipino Roman Catholic bishops belong).
On February 17, 1971 Pope Paul VI elevated the Prelature of Ozámiz into a diocese with the Most Reverend Jesus Varela serving as the first sitting Bishop.
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