Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Nereo Odchimar | |
Bishop Emeritus of Tandag | |
Metropolis: | Cagayan de Oro |
Appointed: | 18 October 2001 |
Term End: | 26 February 2018 |
Predecessor: | Ireneo Alisla Amantillo |
Successor: | Raul Dael |
Other Post: | President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (2009–2011) |
Ordination: | 19 December 1964 |
Consecration: | 27 November 2001 |
Consecrated By: | Jaime Sin |
Birth Date: | 1940 10, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Surigao del Norte, Commonwealth of the Philippines |
Death Place: | Davao City, Philippines |
Motto: | DUC IN ALTUM |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Nereo Page Odchimar.svg |
Nereo Odchimar | |
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Nereo Page Odchimar (October 16, 1940 – February 1, 2024) was a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in Bacuag, Surigao del Norte, Odchimar was ordained to the priesthood in 1964. He was appointed bishop of Tandag in 2001, serving until his retirement in 2018.[1]
On February 1, 2024, Odchimar died of metabolic encephalopathy due to end-stage renal disease and diabetic nephropathy at San Pedro Hospital in Davao City. He was 83.[2]