José Crisologo Sorra

ChurchCatholic Church

ProvinceCaceres

SeeLegazpi

AppointedMarch 1, 1993

The Most Reverend José Crisologo Sorra D.D.
Bishop Emeritus of Legazpi
Church	Catholic Church
Province	Caceres
See	Legazpi
Appointed	March 1, 1993
Retired	April 1, 2005
Predecessor	Concordio Maria Sarte
Successor	Nestor Celestial Cariño
Previous post	Bishop of Virac (1974–1993)
Orders
Ordination	March 17, 1956
Consecration	August 28, 1974 by Julio Rosales
Personal details
Born	(1929-03-09)March 9, 1929 Malinao, Albay, Philippine Islands
Died	January 21, 2021(2021-01-21) (aged 91) Legazpi, Albay, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Motto	Fiat ('Let it be so')
Styles
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Jose Crisologo Sorra (9 March 1929 – 21 January 2021) was a Filipino Roman Catholic bishop.

Sorra was born in Malinao, Albay, in the Philippines and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956.^[1] He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Virac from 1974 to 1993 and as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Legazpi from 1993 to 2005.^[2] Upon his retirement, Sorra moved to Bacacay in a retreat center called Bethlehem. He died due to respiratory failure on January 21, 2021, in Legazpi.^[1]