Victor Ocampo

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. He was also the diocesan administrator of Balanga while awaiting for the installation of Socrates Villegas' successor Ruperto Santos as the diocese's bishop from November 4, 2009 to July 8, 2010. Ocampo was the first to be ordained as priest in the Diocese of Balanga on 1977 two years after it founded in 1975, as well as the first from the said diocese to serve as bishop outside its jurisdiction Bataan and the ecclesiastical province of San Fernando, Pampanga (Diocese of Gumaca being a suffragan or part of the ecclesiastical province of Lipa, Batangas).

Bishop Victor Ocampo
Bishop of Gumaca
ProvinceLipa
SeeGumaca
AppointedJune 12, 2015
InstalledSeptember 3, 2015
Term endedMarch 16, 2023
PredecessorBuenaventura Famadico
SuccessorVacant
Orders
OrdinationNovember 5, 1977
ConsecrationAugust 29, 2015
by Luis Antonio Tagle
Personal details
Born(1952-03-16)March 16, 1952
DiedMarch 16, 2023(2023-03-16) (aged 71)
Gumaca, Quezon, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Previous post(s)Diocesan Administrator of Balanga (2009–2010)
MottoCORPUS MEUM ("This is my body”)
Coat of arms
Styles of
Victor Ocampo
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop
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