Diocese of Virac
Viracen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Virac, Philippines
The Diocese of Virac is a Latin Church diocese covering the island province of Catanduanes, established in 1974 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Caceres. Its bishop since 2024 is Luisito A. Occiano.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 May 1974
- Latin
- Viracen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001000115
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 263,483
- Population
- 277,350
- Catholic share
- 95.0%
- Priests
- 72
- Catholics per priest
- 3,659
- Extent
- 1,511 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 174
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Luisito Occiano
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Virac, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Caceres
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Caceres.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CaceresCaceres
- Diocese of DaetDaet
- Diocese of LegazpiLegazpi
- Diocese of LibmananLibmanan
- Diocese of MasbateMasbate
- Diocese of SorsogonSorsogon
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Territory taken from the Diocese of Legazpi gave rise in 1974 to the Diocese of Virac (Lat: Dioecesis Viracensis) in Catanduanes, a Latin Church see in the Philippines and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Caceres. Bishop Luisito Audal Occiano now leads the diocese, having succeeded Bishop Manolo de los Santos.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].