Elenito delos Reyes Galido (April 18, 1953;

Malaybalay City Malaybalay, officially the City of Malaybalay ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Malaybalay; Bukid and Higaonon: ''Bánuwa ta Malaybaláy''; fil, Lungsod ng Malaybalay), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Bukidnon, Philippines. Accordin ...

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– December 5, 2017) was a

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of the

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Diocese of Iligan, an ecclesiastical jurisdiction covering the whole province of

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and the city of

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in the

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Biography

Galido was born in Managok, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon on April 18, 1953. His

sacerdotal ordination Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform var ...

was on April 25, 1979. He first served under the

Diocese of Malaybalay The Roman Catholic Diocese of Malaybalay (Lat: ''Dioecesis Malaibalaiensis'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. Diocesan history The diocese was erected on April 25, 1969, as the Territorial Prelat ...

. He was appointed the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Iligan on March 25, 2006, consecrated on September 8, 2006. 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

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(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.

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