Rev. Andy Cantoria Ligot was born on November 30, 1965 in Laoag City, the Philippines. The fifth child of the late Ismael Ligot and Eulalia Cantoria, Fr. Andy has three sisters and two brothers. His vocation to the Priesthood was cultivated early in his life mainly upon the influence of his uncle, Bishop Victorino C. Ligot, the brother of his late father. Bishop Ligot was appointed the first Residential Bishop of the Diocese of San Fernando La Union, the Philippines in his early forties.

Fr. Andy entered Saint Mary's Minor Seminary in Laoag City in 1978 and then to San Pablo Major Seminary in Baguio City where he finished his degree in Philosophy and Sociology. After finishing his Master of Arts in Philosophy at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, taught Philosophy and Sociology at the Manila Central University in Manila.

After two years of teaching in the University, Fr. Andy went to Pamplona, Spain to continue his seminary formation at the Colegio Eclesiastico Internacional Bidasoa, an International Seminary entrusted to Priests of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. He obtained a full university scholarship from the Fundacion Banco de Vasconia of Spain and finished his Bachelor of Sacred Theology Magna Cum Laude and Masters in Theology Magna Cum Laude at the University of Navarre, Spain in June of 1992. He was ordained to the Priesthood for the Diocese of Laoag, the Philippines by his Holiness Pope John Paul II on June 14, 1992 at Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

He served for three years in the Philippines from 1992 to 1995. In 1993 he was appointed National Coordinator for the Philippines for Evangelization 2000 and Lumen 2000 and President of the Catholic School of Evangelization in the Diocese of Laoag This assignment brought Fr. Andy to many countries of Asia, among them India, Singapore and Thailand training Youth and Adult Evangelizers for the Catholic Church. At the same time, he also served as Parochial Vicar of Saint Andrew Church in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte and Saint William Cathedral in Laoag City, the Philippines.

In 1995, Fr. Andy left the Philippines for Spain. He began his studies in Canon Law at the University of Navarre in Pamplona, Spain. He finished his Licentiate in Canon Law Magna Cum Laude in 1997. After successfully defending his dissertation in 1999, he obtained the degree Doctor of Canon Law 'Sobresaliente'. He came to the United States in the summer of 1999 and ministered to the sick as Chaplain of Veterans Hospital in San Francisco. In September of that same year, he was assigned to the Church of Nativity in Menlo Park by Archbishop William Levada of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. In November of 1999, upon the invitation of Bishop Patrick J. McGrath, Fr. Andy began his ministry at the Tribunal of the Diocese of San Jose as Defender of the Bond. In the year 2000, he was appointed Judge of the Tribunal and Diocesan Promoter of Justice. In May of 2003, he was incardinated as priest of the Diocese of San Jose.

Prior to his appointment as Pastor of Saint Lawrence the Martyr Church and Education Center effective July the 1st of 2005, Fr. Andy was Parochial Vicar of Saint John Vianney Catholic Church in San Jose. At present, Fr. Andy also serves as elected member-at-large at the Priests' Personnel Board during the Clergy Study Week in May of 2006. He is also the priest-member of the Diocesan Review Board.