Manolo de los Santos explained

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.

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.[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.

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Manolo Alarcon de los Santos [Catholic-Hierarchy] ]. 2024-04-05 . www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. Web site: MOST REV. MANOLO ALARCON DE LOS SANTOS, D.D.. Rowena. Dalanon. www.cbcponline.net. 27 May 2017.