Bishop Victor Ocampo | |
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Bishop of Gumaca | |
Province | Lipa |
See | Gumaca |
Appointed | June 12, 2015 |
Installed | September 3, 2015 |
Term ended | March 16, 2023 |
Predecessor | Buenaventura Famadico |
Successor | Vacant |
Previous post(s) | Priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga (1977–2015) Sede vacante Diocesan Administrator of Balanga (2009–2010) |
Orders | |
Ordination | November 5, 1977 |
Consecration | August 29, 2015 by Luis Antonio Tagle |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | March 16, 2023 Gumaca, Quezon, Philippines | (aged 71)
Nationality | Filipino |
Motto | CORPUS MEUM ("This is my body”) |
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Styles of Victor Ocampo | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Victor de la Cruz Ocampo (March 16, 1952 – March 16, 2023) was a Filipino bishop of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Bishop of Gumaca from September 3, 2015 until his death on March 16, 2023.
Prior to his installation as Bishop of Gumaca, Ocampo served as priest of the Diocese of Balanga for 38 years from November 5, 1977 to September 3, 2015, being the first to be ordained as priest in the diocese two years after it was founded in March 16, 1975. He also served as the sede vacante diocesan administrator of Balanga during the 8 months and 4 days (246 days) transition from Bishop Socrates Villegas to Ruperto Santos in office as the diocese's bishop from November 4, 2009 to July 8, 2010.
Ocampo is the first from the Diocese of Balanga to serve as bishop outside its jurisdiction Bataan, and the ecclesiastical province of San Fernando, Pampanga where the diocese is part of (Diocese of Gumaca being a suffragan or part of the ecclesiastical province of Lipa, Batangas).