Severo Cagatan Caermare (born October 22, 1969) is a Filipino

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of the

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. He is the

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of the Diocese of Dipolog in the Philippines.

Background

Caermare was born on October 22, 1969 in

Sibutad Sibutad, officially the Municipality of Sibutad ( ceb, Lungsod sa Sibutad; Subanen: ''Benwa Sibutad''; Chavacano: ''Municipalidad de Sibutad''; tl, Bayan ng Sibutad), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippin ...

Zamboanga del Norte Zamboanga del Norte ( Cebuano: ''Amihanang Zamboanga''; Subanon: ''Utara Sembwangan''; tl, Hilagang Zamboanga), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Norte, is a province in the Philippines situated within the Zamboanga Peninsula region in M ...

, Philippines. He attended Cor Jesu Seminary in Dipolog,

, Philippines and St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in

Cagayan de Oro Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan ( ilo, Probinsia ti Cagayan; ibg, Provinsiya na Cagayan; itv, Provinsiya ya Cagayan; fil, Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region, covering ...

. He attained his degree in

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from Cor Jesu Seminary in Dipolog, Philippines.

Ministry

Sacerdotal

Caermare was ordained as priest on April 22, 1996 at Saint Anne Parish in his hometown of

Sibutad, Zamboanga del Norte Sibutad, officially the Municipality of Sibutad ( ceb, Lungsod sa Sibutad; Subanen: ''Benwa Sibutad''; Chavacano: ''Municipalidad de Sibutad''; tl, Bayan ng Sibutad), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippin ...

. As priest, Caermare spent most of his pastoral work in parishes. He also lectured in seminaries.

Episcopal

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appointed Caermare to be the 3rd Bishop of the Diocese of Dipolog on July 25, 2014, and was ordained on October 30, 2014 in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary in Dipolog with Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Giuseppe Pinto as the Principal Consecrator, Bishop Jose Cabantan of

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 ...

and Bishop Emeritus Jose Manguiran of Dipolog as Principal Co-Consecrators. Because of this, Caermare became the first bishop from the Diocese of Dipolog where he was ordained. On December 6, 2017, after the passing of Iligan bishop

Elenito Galido 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 ...

, Pope Francis appointed Caermare as Apostolic Administrator for the Diocese of Iligan until September 5, 2019, after the appointment of Bishop Jose Rapadas III.

References

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