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Filipino Roman Catholic archbishop
Carmelo Dominador F. Morelos
Province Zamboanga See Installed 1994 Term ended 2006 Predecessor Francisco Raval Cruces Successor Romulo Valles Previous post(s) Bishop of Butuan (1967–1994)Ordination April 3, 1954 Consecration July 5, 1967 by Archbishop Teopisto Alberto Born Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos
(1930-12-12 ) December 12, 1930Died September 17, 2016(2016-09-17) (aged 85) Buried Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Zamboanga City Nationality Filipino Denomination Roman Catholic Motto "Por Cristo, Con El Y En El" Coat of arms
Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos (December 12, 1930 – September 17, 2016) was a Filipino Roman Catholic archbishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1954,[ 1] Morelos was appointed as the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Butuan in the Philippines in 1967 serving the diocese until 1994 when he transferred to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zamboanga . He served as the archdiocese's bishop until his retirement in 2006.[ 2]
Morelos also served at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines as its president from 1991 to 1995 and was named the chairman of the Mindanao-Sulu Pastoral Conference twice.[ 2] He was also one of the reported candidates to succeed then retiring Manila Archbishop Jaime Sin who was then set to vacate his post in August 2003.[ 3]
He died of age-related illness on September 17, 2016.[ 2]
Archidiocesis Zamboangensis
Territories Ordinaries Cathedral Shrine
Parishes
Central Vicariate 1
St. Ignatius of Loyola (Tetuan)
Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (Tugbungan)
San Isidro Labrador (Talon-talon)
Holy Family (Mampang)
Our Lady of the Pillar (Fort Pilar)
Central Vicariate 2 Eastern Vicariate 1
The Queenship of Mary (Tictapul, quasi-parish)
Our Lady of the Pillar (Vitali)
St. Stanislaus Kostka (Curuan)
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary (Bolong)
Our Lady of Lourdes (Bunguiao)
Eastern Vicariate 2
St. Joseph the Worker (Sangali)
Our Lady of Fatima (Manicahan)
Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedes)
The Assumption of Our Lady (Culianan)
Divine Mercy (Divisoria)
Western Vicariate 1
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Labuan)
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Ayala)
San Vicente Ferrer (Talisayan)
Transfiguration of the Lord (Sinunuc)
Our Lady of Peñafrancia (Calarian)
Western Vicariate 2
San Roque de Montepellier (San Roque)
The Purification of Our Lady (Santa Maria)
Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Cabatangan)
Most Holy Trinity (Pasonanca)
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Manaoag (Tumaga)
Suffragan dioceses
Dioecesis Butuanensis
Territories Ordinaries Cathedral Shrines
Diocesan
Saint Joseph
Birhen Sa Kasilak Mindanao
Santo Niño
Parishes
Vicariate of Mary, Mother of the Church
St. Joseph
Immaculate Conception
Birhen Sa Kasilak Mindanao Shrine
San Vicente Ferrer
Vicariate of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
Our Mother of Perpetual Help
Our Lady of Fatima
St. Francis of Assisi Mission Station
San Isidro Labrador
Sto. Niño Diocesan Shrine
Vicariate of Mary, Our Lady of the Holy Angels
Holy Cross
St. Ezekiel Moreno
St. Jude Thaddeus
Vicariate of Mary, Queen of the Universe
Christ the King
Sta. Cruz Parish (Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte)
Virgen de las Nieves (Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte)
Vicariate of Mary, Mother of God
St. Isidore the Farmer (Remedios T. Romualdez)
Nuestra Señora Del Rosario (Cabadbaran)
Nuestra Señora Del Rosario (Magallanes, Agusan del Norte)
Virgen dela Candelaria (Cabadbaran)
Vicariate of Mary, Star of the Sea
St. Anne (Tubay)
St. James the Great (Santiago, Agusan del Norte)
Our Lady of Assumption (Jabonga)
Immaculate Heart of Mary (Kitcharao)
Vicariate of Mary, Queen of Apostles
St. James the Great (Buenavista, Agusan del Norte)
St. Michael the Archangel (Nasipit)
Sts. Peter and Paul Mission Station (Nasipit)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Carmen, Agusan del Norte)
San Isidro Labrador (Buenavista, Agusan del Norte)
San Miguel Arkanghel (Buenavista, Agusan del Norte)