Victor Bendico

Victor Barnuevo Bendico (born January 22, 1960) often referred to as Bishop Vic or Monsignor Vic, is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church who has been appointed the fourth Metropolitan Archbishop of Capiz.

Within the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, he chairs the Episcopal Commission for Permanent Diaconate. He was ordained to the priesthood on April 14, 1984. replacing the retiring bishop Carlito Joaquin Cenzon. The Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Marlo Peralta, consecrated Bendico to the episcopate on January 10, 2017, at the Baguio Cathedral. He was installed at his post on the same day.

From 2017 to 2018, he served as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of San Fernando de La Union.

On March 3, 2023, Pope Francis appointed him as the fourth Archbishop of Capiz, replacing Cardinal Jose Advincula who had been the current Archbishop of Manila since 2021. He took possession of the archdiocese exactly two months later; he was installed by the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Charles John Brown. He received the pallium, a symbol of his authority as metropolitan archbishop, on August 18, 2023. The Most Rev. Victor B. Bendico D.D. with Msgr. Rufino Reggie A. Pamposa, P.C. last October 2, 2025

On June 16, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appointed him Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Kalibo, following the retirement of its bishop, Jose Corazon Tala-oc.