Early Priesthood
His early ambition was to become an engineer and he almost did not make it to priesthood when the Japanese temporarily closed the seminary but his seminarian-friends egged him on to go back and continue his studies. Sanchez was ordained on May 12, 1946 as a priest from Sorsogon, Philippines. In Sorsogon, he was asked to teach at the Penafrancia Seminary where, according to him, he taught Latin, Spanish and, because no one one could ably teach the subjects, he also handled Geometry and Algebra. He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of Nueva Caceres on February 5, 1968 at 47 years old. He was given the title Titular Bishop of Lesvi.
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