Elenito Galido Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Elenito R. Galido,
Honorific-Suffix:D.D.
Bishop of Iligan
Diocese:Iligan
Appointed:March 25, 2006
Term Start:September 8, 2006
Term End:December 5, 2017
Predecessor:Emilio L. Bataclan
Successor:Joey Rapadas III
Ordination:April 25, 1979
Consecration:September 8, 2006
Birth Name:Elenito delos Reyes Galido
Birth Date:18 April 1954
Birth Place:Managok, Malaybalay City
Death Place:Iligan City
Buried:Iligan Cathedral
Religion:Roman Catholic
Coat Of Arms:File:Diocese of Iligan Coat of Arms.jpg
Elenito R. Galido
Dipstyle:The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle: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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CBCP Bishops. Catholic Media Network. 2011-09-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402081755/http://www.catholicmedianetwork.org/home/BISHOPS.htm. 2012-04-02. dead.
  2. Web site: Diocese of Iligan . UCAnews.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120106153806/http://www.ucanews.com/diocesan-directory/html/dps-pr_iligan.php . 2012-01-06 .
  3. Web site: Most Rev. Elenito R. Galido, D.D.. CBCP Online.