A graduate of San Jose Seminary, Ateneo de Manila University, he was ordained priest on 19 December 1964 by Alfredo Obviar.

He served in various capacities at Mount Carmel Seminary and St Alphonsus School of Theology for fifteen years.

On 11 March 2000 the Lagdameo was appointed by Pope John Paul II as the twelfth prelate and fifth Archbishop of Jaro.

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.

During the preparation for the canonization of Pedro Calungsod, he presided during the second day of the Triduum Mass in Rome on 19 October 2012.

[1] Lagdameo participated in the Light of Peace Prayer event at the University of the Philippines campus in Miag-ao, Iloilo, on 24 May 2013.

Saint Elizabeth is the daughter of the King of Hungary and the wife of a Landgrave (Count) of Thurgingia, Germany.

She is generally represented as a princess graciously giving alms to the poor or holding roses in her lap; in the latter case, she is portrayed as surprised by her husband who met her unexpectedly as she went secretly on an errand of mercy, and so, the story runs, the bread she was trying to conceal suddenly turned into rose, the coconut palms on a green knoll represent Jaro.

The mountain represents the scenic Mount Banahaw at the foot of which lies serenely the town of Lucban.

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, due to the Filipino people's clamor for a united political stance, called an emergency meeting on 25 February 2008.