Type: | Archbishop |
Carmelo Dominador F. Morelos | |
Archbishop of Zamboanga | |
Province: | Zamboanga |
Enthroned: | 1994 |
Ended: | 2006 |
Predecessor: | Francisco Raval Cruces |
Successor: | Romulo Valles |
Ordination: | April 3, 1954 |
Consecration: | July 5, 1967 |
Consecrated By: | Archbishop Teopisto Alberto |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Butuan (1967–1994) |
Birth Name: | Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos |
Birth Date: | 12 December 1930 |
Buried: | Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Zamboanga City |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos as Archbishop of Zamboanga.svg |
Motto: | "Por Cristo, Con El Y En El" |
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]