Midyphil B. Billones

Midyphil "Dodong" Bermejo Billones (born July 4, 1969) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the current Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro, having been appointed by Pope Francis in 2025.

Early life and education Midyphil Bermejo Billones was born on July 4, 1969, in Panay, Capiz, Philippines.

He studied philosophy at St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary in Iloilo City, then obtained a master's degree in theology at Loyola School of Theology in Quezon City. In 2011, during his tenure as priest of the Archdiocese of Jaro, he obtained his Doctorate in Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. He also served as the personal secretaries of former archbishops Alberto Jover Piamonte and Angel Lagdameo from 1997 to 2001. and was welcomed in a reception Mass at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral on September 26.

Within the Archdiocese of Cebu, he became a member of the archdiocese's Council of Consultors in 2019. He was also the moderator of the National Shrine of St. Joseph in Mandaue, Cebu.

Within the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), he is a member of the conference's Commission on Doctrine of the Faith, and Commission on Seminaries. He received the pallium from Pope Leo XIV on June 29 in Rome, coinciding with the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.

He was appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Kabankalan on August 11, 2026, after its bishop, Louie Galbines, was installed as Bishop of Bacolod.