Manolo de los Santos

Bishop of Virac
DioceseVirac
Appointed12 August 1994
Installed12 September 1994
PredecessorJosé C. Sorra
SuccessorIncumbent
Orders
Ordination7 May 1974
Consecration12 September 1994 by José Tomás Sánchez
Personal details
Born (1947-08-05) August 5, 1947
NationalityFilipino
Residence4800 Bishop's Residence, Fiat Village, Cavinitan, Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines.
MottoIn Nomine Domini
Coat of armsManolo de los Santos's coat of arms

Manolo Alarcon de los Santos (born August 5, 1947, Basud, Camarines Norte) is the current bishop 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.[1] The prefect of the Congregation for the clergy, Cardinal Jose Tomas Sanchez, consecrated him on September 12, 1994 as the bishop. His principal co-consecrators were the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Gian Vincenzo Moreni, and the Archbishop of Caceres, Leonard Zamora Legaspi.

References

  1. Dalanon, Rowena. "MOST REV. MANOLO ALARCON DE LOS SANTOS, D.D." www.cbcponline.net. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

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