Carmelo Morelos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carmelo Morelos

catholic priest

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1930

Place of Birth: Sorsogon City, Luzon, Philippines

Date of Death: 17-Sep-2016

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos (December 12, 1930 – September 17, 2016) was a Filipino Roman Catholic archbishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1954, 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.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.
He was also one of the reported candidates to succeed then retiring Manila Archbishop Jaime Sin who was then set to vacate his post on August 2003.He died of age-related illness in September 17, 2016.