Carmelo Morelos

Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos (December 12, 1930 – September 17, 2016) was a Filipino Catholic archbishop.

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	Catholic
Motto	"Por Cristo, Con El Y En El"
Coat of arms

Ordained to the priesthood in 1954,^[1] Morelos was appointed as the first Bishop of Butuan in 1967 serving the diocese until 1994 when he transferred to the 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 Archbishop of Manila 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]