Bishop Emeritus of Virac | |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Honorific-Suffix: | D.D. |
Appointed: | 12 August 1994 |
Enthroned: | 12 September 1994 |
Predecessor: | José C. Sorra |
Successor: | Luisito Occiano, D.D. |
Motto: | In Nomine Domini |
Ordination: | 7 May 1974 |
Consecration: | 12 September 1994 by José Tomás Sánchez |
Diocese: | Virac |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Birth Date: | August 5, 1947 |
Birth Place: | Basud, Camarines Norte |
Residence: | 4800 Bishop's Residence, Fiat Village, Cavinitan, Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines. |
Coat Of Arms: | File:Manolo delos Santos Coat of arms.svg |
Manolo Alarcon de los Santos (born August 5, 1947, Basud, Camarines Norte)[1] is the current bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Virac.
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.[2] 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.