Diocese of

Virac

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 1,512 km²

Population: 262,154 Catholics (95.0% of 275,952 total) (2020)

Statistics: 28 parishes, 10 missions, 69 priests (61 diocesan, 8 religious), 64 lay religious (10 brothers, 54 sisters), 22 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Caceres

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

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Saint 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 (74)

Bishops of Virac (Roman Rite)

Bishop Manolo Alarcon de los Santos (74)
(1994.08.12 – ...)

Bishop of Virac (Philippines)

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

Bishop of Virac (Philippines) (1974.05.27 – 1993.03.01)

Bishop of Legazpi (Philippines) (1993.03.01 – 2005.04.01)

as of 2022.07.05