1. Teofilo Bastida Camomot was a Roman Catholic archbishop from the Philippines.
18 Facts About Teofilo Camomot
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Teofilo Camomot became coadjutor archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro on 10 June 1958, becoming titular archbishop of Marcianopolis.
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Teofilo Camomot was killed in a vehicular accident in San Fernando on 27 September 1988 at the age of 74.
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Teofilo Camomot was born on 3 March 1914, in Barangay Cogon, Carcar, Cebu, to Luis Teofilo Camomot and Angela Bastida.
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Teofilo Camomot was christened the following day, and on 22 August 1915, he received the Sacrament of Confirmation.
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From an early age, Teofilo Camomot was already immersed in a very religious environment.
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Teofilo Camomot spent his elementary years at Carcar Elementary School where he was nicknamed "Lolong".
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When his elder brother Diosdado visited and saw Teofilo Camomot was not attending school, he asked him if he wanted to enter the seminary.
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Teofilo 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.
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Teofilo Camomot was ordained a priest on 14 December 1941, celebrating his Cantamisa at the second floor of his family house instead of the parish church in Carcar because of the outbreak of the Second World War.
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In 1955, the Third Order of Carmelites Discalced was established at the Carmelite Monastery in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, and Teofilo Camomot was elected as the first prior of the San Elias Chapter.
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On 25 March 1955, Teofilo Camomot was appointed auxiliary bishop of Jaro, Iloilo, receiving episcopal ordination on 29 May 1955 and staying until 1959.
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Teofilo Camomot formed the Paulinian Faith Defenders and the Carmelite Tertiaries of the Blessed Eucharist, the predecessor organisation of the Daughters of Saint Teresa.
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Teofilo Camomot returned to Cebu and was assigned to Santo Tomas de Villanueva Parish in Barangay El Pardo, Cebu City.
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On 27 September 1988, after celebrating Mass for the feast of Saint Vincent de Paul at the Seminario Mayor de San Carlos and visiting the Carmelite Monastery in Barangay Mabolo, Teofilo Camomot was driven home to Carcar by his chauffeur.
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Teofilo Camomot was neither an eloquent preacher nor a convincing speaker, but was noted for spending hours in the confessional, waking up very early for Lauds and meditation, and works of mercy.
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Teofilo Camomot is reported to have pawned his pectoral cross to help give to the poor.
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Vidal signed an affidavit in relation to an eyewitness account on this phenomenon, where Teofilo Camomot was drowsing beside him at a meeting of the College of Consultors.