 On 11 March 2000 the Lagdameo was appointed by Pope John Paul II as the twelfth prelate and fifth Archbishop of Jaro.He was installed in the Cathedral of Jaro on 9 May 2000.In 2004 Blessed Hannibal di Francia, founder of the Rogationist Congregation, was approved for canonization on account of a miracle he performed on a child from Jaro who was suffering from severe meningitis.