| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
| Tomás Eduardo Morató | |
| Order: | 1st |
| Office: | Mayor of Quezon City |
| Term Start: | November 9, 1939 |
| Term End: | July 19, 1942 |
| Appointer: | Manuel L. Quezon |
| 1Namedata: | Vicente Fragante (1939) Ponciano Bernardo (1939–1941) |
| Predecessor: | Manuel L. Quezon (acting) |
| Successor: | Vacant (next held by Ponciano Bernardo) |
| Office1: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Tayabas's 2nd district |
| Term Start1: | May 25, 1946 |
| Term End1: | December 30, 1949 |
| Predecessor1: | Francisco Lavides |
| Successor1: | Gaudencio V. Vera |
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly from Tayabas |
| Term Start2: | September 25, 1943 |
| Term End2: | February 2, 1944 |
| Alongside2: | Natalio Enriquez |
| Office3: | 45th Mayor of Calauag, Tayabas |
| Term Start3: | 1934 |
| Term End3: | 1938 |
| Predecessor3: | Jacinto Lerum |
| Successor3: | José Jiménez |
| Birth Name: | Tomás Eduardo Morató Bernabéu |
| Birth Date: | 4 July 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Xàbia, Alicante, Spain |
| Death Place: | Quezon City, Philippines |
| Nationality: | United States |
| Party: | Liberal (1946–1965) KALIBAPI (1943–1945) Nacionalista (1934-1943) |
| Spouse: | Cecilia Racoma Pica Consuelo Eclavea Lim |
| Partner: | Marcela Spanya |
| Children: | 12, including Manuel[1] |
| Residence: | Calauag, Tayabas Quezon City[2] |
| Resting Place: | Manila North Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines |
| Occupation: | Businessman, politician |
| Profession: | Engineer |
| Allegiance: |  Philippines  United States |
| Rank: | Colonel |
| Branch: | Philippine Commonwealth Army |
| Commands: | Armed Forces of the Philippines |
| Serviceyears: | 1942–1946 |
| Battles: | World War II * Japanese Occupation (1942-1944) * Allied Liberation (1944-1945) |
| Citizenship: | Philippines, Spain |
Tomás Eduardo Morató Bernabéu (pronounced as /es/; July 4, 1887 – March 6, 1965) was a Spanish-born Filipino businessman and politician of Valencian ethnicity and full-blooded Spanish descent who became Mayor of Calauag, Quezon before he became the first Quezon City Mayor from 1939 to 1942.
Morató was born on July 4, 1887, in the picturesque seaport of Alicante on the Mediterranean coast of Spain to Francisco Morató and Josefa Bernabéu Ferrer. His father was a ship captain who sailed from Spain to the Philippines and frequently stopped at the coastal town of Calauag, Tayabas. An only son, Tomás was brought to Calauag in 1898 by his father. There the 13-year-old boy first met and studied with the 22-year-old Quezon. Tomás finished his engineering course and entered the lumber business where he amassed quite a fortune.
It was in Baler where he met Manuel L. Quezon, the 2nd President of the Philippines, and became friends with him. His friendship with Quezon was a rare and unique one. They courted girls together and helped each other during difficult times.When Quezon was elected president in 1935, he entered Malacañan for the first time with Morató and Manuel L. "Nonong" Quezon, Jr. And thereafter, Morató was one of the very few people who could enter Malacañan at all times, even staying overnight in some often cases.[3]
Quezon himself urged Morató to enter politics, so he ran as Mayor of Calauag and won with ease. At his second term, Quezon invited him to help build a new city, a city that would later be known as Quezon City.[3]
Morató was a leader full of energy, taking difficult tasks that hinders growth and progress of the new city. Even though his administration faced low funds, it was able to create a network of new roads, and maintenance of satisfactory health conditions. With a police force of 48, crime rates remained at controlled levels. He also promoted social and economic programs to alleviate the condition of the residents.[3]
The first musical piece composed for Quezon City was the “Quezon City March”, which was composed by Amando Calleja and the lyrics made by Jesús Balmori. The sponsors of this musical piece were the officials and members of the Cubao Women's Club headed by Morató's wife.
He was arrested by the Imperial Japanese troops when Quezon City had been taken over by the Japanese. This ended his term as the mayor of the city and was paroled and exiled on July 19, 1942, during World War II.
Morato died on March 6, 1965. His remains were interred at the Manila North Cemetery, Manila.
The popular restaurant row Tomas Morato Avenue and the road of the same name in San Francisco del Monte, Quezon City are named after him. Barangay Don Tomas in Santa Elena, Camarines Norte and a street in Calauag, Quezon were also named in memory of the last municipal President and first municipal Mayor of Calauag, Quezon.