Diocese of

Virac

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 1,511 km²

Population: 255,950 Catholics (95.0% of 269,421 total) (2017)

Statistics: 27 parishes, 7 missions, 63 priests (57 diocesan, 6 religious), 47 lay religious (6 brothers, 41 sisters), 42 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: Caceres

Neighbouring Dioceses: Legazpi (↙), Caceres (←), Sorsogon (↓)

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, St. Joseph

1974.05.27: Established as Diocese of Virac / Viracen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Legazpi)

Bishop (1994.08.12 – ...):

Bishop Manolo Alarcon de los Santos (72)

Bishops of Virac (Roman Rite)

Bishop Manolo Alarcon de los Santos (72)
(1994.08.12 – ...)

Bishop of Virac (Philippines)

Bishop of Virac (Philippines) (1994.08.12 – ...)

Bishop José Crisologo Sorra (90)
(1974.05.27 – 1993.03.01)

Bishop emeritus of Legazpi (Philippines)

Bishop of Virac (Philippines) (1974.05.27 – 1993.03.01)

Bishop of Legazpi (Philippines) (1993.03.01 – 2005.04.01)

as of 2020.02.13