Victor Barnuevo Bendico
Victor Barnuevo Bendico was born January 22, 1960, in Roxas City, Capiz. He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary, Manila, and earned a doctorate in sacred liturgy at the Pontifical Institute of St. Anselm, Rome.
He was ordained a priest on April 14, 1984, by Bishop Antonio Floro Frondosa. He served as parish priest of Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Capiz, before his episcopal appointment.
He was appointed Bishop of Baguio in 2016 and served there until his appointment as Metropolitan Archbishop of Capiz in 2023, succeeding Cardinal Jose Advincula, taking possession on May 3, 2023, at the Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral, Roxas City. He served as Apostolic Administrator of San Fernando de La Union (2017–2018) and of Kalibo (June 2025–April 2026).
No decree, permission, suppression, expansion, or transfer of the Traditional Latin Mass by Archbishop Bendico, in Baguio, in Capiz, or as administrator of San Fernando de La Union or Kalibo, was found. Each tenure is coded separately.
His remarks in The Varsitarian's 2021 survey are commentary, not a governing act, and are quoted as such. His Capiz Circular 2023-03 on the Orans posture during the Our Father is a general liturgical-discipline circular, not a Traditional Latin Mass act. The CBCP statement of July 22, 2021, is the conference's collective act, not his. A stated 'communitarian' liturgical preference is not evidence of restriction and is not coded as such.