Teofilo Camomot
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Servant of God Teofilo Bastida Camomot |
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| Coadjutor Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Cagayan de Oro |
| See | Cagayan de Oro |
| Appointed | 10 June 1958 |
| Term ended | 17 June 1970 |
| Other posts | Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro (1955 - 1958) Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis (1958 - 1988) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 14 December 1941 by Gabriel Reyes |
| Consecration | 29 May 1955 as Bishop of Jaro by Julio Rosales |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Teofilo Bastida Camomot |
| Born |
3 March 1914 Carcar, Cebu, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands |
| Died | 27 September 1988 (aged 74) San Fernando, Cebu, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Parents | Luis Camomot (father) Angela Bastida (mother) |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 27 September |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Servant of God |
Teofilo Bastida Camomot (3 March 1914 – 27 September 1988) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop from the Philippines. Ordained a diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Cebu on 14 December 1941, he was eventually appointed an auxiliary bishop on 23 March 1955 and receiving the titular see of Clysma. He became coadjutor archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro on 10 June 1958, becoming titular archbishop of Marcianopolis. While waiting for then-archbishop James Hayes to retire, Archbishop Camomot resigned for health reasons on 17 June 1970. He was killed in a vehicular accident in San Fernando on 27 September 1988 at the age of 74.
Camomot was born on 3 March 1914, in Barangay Cogon, Carcar, Cebu, to Luis Camomot and Angela Bastida. He was christened the following day, and on 22 August 1915, he received the Sacrament of Confirmation. At an early age, Teofilo was already exposed to a very religious environment. He spent his elementary years at Carcar Elementary School where he was fondly called "Lolong" by his classmates, friends, and relatives. After graduating from elementary, Camomot decided to help his father in the farm and dreamt of being an agriculturist, which his mother disapproved of. Even at a young age, he already showed signs of love and concern for the poor, asking his mother for some rice or food so that he can give to the farmers and poor people. Once when his elder brother, Fr. Diosdado, visited and saw Camomot was not attending school, he asked him if he wanted to enter the seminary.
Camomot entered the Seminario Menor de San Carlos in Mabolo, Cebu City, for his secondary education from 1932 to 1933, pursuing his philosophical and theological studies at the Seminario Mayor de San Carlos. He was ordained a priest on 14 December 1941, celebrating his Cantamisa (first Mass of a newly ordained priest) at the second floor of his home instead of his parish in Carcar because of the outbreak of the Second World War.
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