Elenito Galido
Elenito R. Galido, | |
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Bishop of Iligan | |
Diocese | Iligan |
Appointed | March 25, 2006 |
Installed | September 8, 2006 |
Term ended | December 5, 2017 |
Predecessor | Emilio L. Bataclan |
Successor | Joey Rapadas III |
Orders | |
Ordination | April 25, 1979 |
Consecration | September 8, 2006 |
Personal details | |
Born | Elenito delos Reyes Galido April 18, 1954 Managok, Malaybalay City |
Died | December 5, 2017 Iligan City | (aged 64)
Buried | Iligan Cathedral |
Nationality | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Coat of arms |
Styles of Elenito R. Galido | |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Monsignor |
Elenito delos Reyes Galido (April 18, 1953; Malaybalay City, Bukidnon – December 5, 2017) was a Filipino bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Iligan, an ecclesiastical jurisdiction covering the whole province of Lanao del Norte and the city of Iligan in the Philippines.[1]
Biography
[edit]Galido was born in Managok, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon on April 18, 1953. His sacerdotal ordination was on April 25, 1979. He first served under the Diocese of Malaybalay. He was appointed the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Iligan on March 25, 2006, consecrated on September 8, 2006.[2][3]
Before becoming a Bishop, he serve the Malaybalay Diocese as its Vicar General, Administrator of Cathedral parish, Rector of the Minor Seminary and parish priest of Kibawe, Bukidnon.
Galido was a known environmentalist. In late 1980s, he started his own reforestation project in Mt. Capistrano, Managok, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. He mobilized the kaingin farmers of Managok to plant more trees in the watershed areas.
Bishop Galido was a chairman of the Episcopal Commission on Culture (ECC) of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). He is the cousin of Philippine Army Inspector General, Major General Roy M. Galido and a nephew of Former Solcom Commander, Retired Brig. Gen. Alejendro A. Galido.
He died at 10:11 pm on December 5, 2017.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "CBCP Bishops". Catholic Media Network. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ^ "Diocese of Iligan". UCAnews.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-06.
- ^ "Most Rev. Elenito R. Galido, D.D." CBCP Online.