Pablo Virgilio "Ambo" Siongco David (born March 2, 1959) is a Filipino Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Kalookan since 2016.
[4] From 1970 to 1974 he attended Mother of Good Counsel Minor Seminary in San Fernando, Pampanga, for his secondary education.
[1][4] David was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of San Fernando by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz on March 12, 1983.
From 1986 to 1991, he studied abroad, earning a licentiate and then a doctorate in sacred theology from the Catholic University of Louvain, a school he chose because of its "progressive" reputation,[4] and he studied at the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem,[5] where he learned Aramaic to enable him to continue his scholarly work on the Book of Daniel.
[4] Returning to the Philippines, David held various leadership and teaching roles at San Fernando's archdiocesan seminary.
[9] He also won back control of shrine at Apung Mamacalulu from the private interests that owned the site of the chapel and commercialized it.
[13] He has served as a member of the CBCP's Episcopal Commission on Biblical Apostolate, and he was elected to a four-year term as that organization's vice president in December 2017.
[17] In 2019, the University of manila awarded him its Buka Palad prize for his service to the poor and his advocacy for fight social justice.
[20] In 2024, David was elected as the vice president of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences at the central committee meeting in Bangkok, succeeding Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith.
[21][22] On October 6, 2024, Pope Francis announced he planned to make David a cardinal and elevated him in the December 7 consistory.