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Carmelo Dominador F. Morelos
Archbishop of Zamboanga
Province	Zamboanga
See	Archdiocese of Zamboanga
Installed	1994
Term ended	2006
Predecessor	Francisco Raval Cruces
Successor	Romulo Valles
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Butuan (1967–1994)
Orders
Ordination	April 3, 1954
Consecration	July 5, 1967 by Archbishop Teopisto Alberto
Personal details
Born	Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos (1930-12-12)December 12, 1930
Died	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"
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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 in August 2003.

He died of age-related illness on September 17, 2016.

Notes

1. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zamboanga
2. ^ "Former CBCP head Archbishop Morelos dies at 85". CBCP News. 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
3. Vanzi, Sol Jose (19 June 2003). "NEXT MANILA ARCHBISHOP WILL LIKELY BE 'LESS POLITICAL' - PRELATE". Philippine Headline News Online. The Philippine Star. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

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Archidiocesis Zamboangensis
Territories	Zamboanga City
Ordinaries	Michael J. O'Doherty James Paul McCloskey José Clos y Pagés Luis Del Rosario Lino Gonzaga y Rasdesales Francisco Raval Cruces Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos Romulo Valles Romulo T. de la Cruz Julius Sullan Tonel
Cathedral	Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Shrine	Archdiocesan Our Lady of the Pillar
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 Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception San Antonio Maria Claret (Claret) St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Nuñez) St. Anthony of Padua (Putik) Our Mother of Perpetual Help (Guiwan) 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	Ipil Prelature of Isabela
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Dioecesis Butuanensis
Territories	Butuan Agusan del Norte
Ordinaries	Carmelo Morelos Juan de Dios Pueblos Cosme Almedilla
Cathedral	Saint Joseph
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)
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