Manolo Alarcon de los Santos (born August 5, 1947, Basud,

Camarines Norte Camarines Norte (; ), officially the Province of Camarines Norte (; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon. Its capital is Daet, Camarines Norte, Daet, the most populous town in the ...

) is the current

bishop emeritus In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing Catholics in his jurisdiction, sanctifying the world and representing the c ...

of the Diocese of Virac.

Priesthood

He was ordained to the priesthood on May 7, 1974 as a priest of the Archdiocese of Caceres. On August 12, 1994 Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Diocese of Virac. The prefect of the Congregation for the clergy, Cardinal

Jose Tomas Sanchez José Tomás Sánchez (March 17, 1920 – March 9, 2012) was a Filipino Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1991 to 1996. He previously held several diocesan bishop positions in the Philippines, the la ...

, consecrated him on September 12, 1994 as the bishop. His principal co-consecrators were the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop

Gian Vincenzo Moreni Gian Vincenzo Moreni (29 January 1932 – 3 March 1999) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was made an archbishop in 1982 and served as Apostolic Nuncio from 1982 to 1999. Biogra ...

, and the Archbishop of Caceres, Leonard Zamora Legaspi.

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