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Teofilo Bastida Camomot was a Roman Catholic archbishop from the Philippines. He was on March 3, 1914 in Carcar, Cebu. Camomot was ordained as a diocesan of the Archdiocese of Cebu on December 14, 1941. He was eventually appointed to help the metropolitan archbishop of Jaro as auxiliary bishop on March 23, 1955 at the age of 41 and was given the title as titular bishop of Clysma His ordination as prelate took place last May 29, 1955 At 44, he was appointed to become the coadjutor archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro on June 10, 1958. He was given the title as titular archbishop of Marcianopolis. But for some personal reasons mainly health issues, while waiting for the seating archbishop to retire and have him succeed the cathedra, Archbishop Camomot resigned on June 17, 1970. Archbishop Teofilo Camomot died due to a vehicular while travelling the road of barangay Baho, San Fernando town in Cebu on September 27, 1988 at the age of 74. ==Holiness and Cause for Beatification== Cebu archbishop emeritus Ricardo Jamin Vidal announced last October 15, 2010 that the Holy See have approved the opening for the cause of beatification and will pave the way for the examination of the life of Archbishop Camomot. Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal formed the commission to look into the possibility of beatification last December 27, 2010. Members of the commission are retired Bishop Antonio Ranola, Monsignor Dennis Villarojo, Monsignor Raul Go, Rev. Jasper John Petralba, and Trinidad Calleno. His simplicity was attested by so many people even fellow prelates. There were many stories about the Archbishop's Francisan-like poverty. Cardinal Vidal have once told that on one occasion he noticed that Archbishop Camomot was not wearing his pectoral cross, the cross that a bishop wears on his breast. Curious, he asked Monsignor Camomot about it. He made some excuse. Later a priest told the Cardinal that the Archbishop had pawned his cross to give some money to the poor. The Cardinal later gave him a new cross and told him not to give it away. Vidal said there were several testimonies about Camomot's bilocation or there were people who would see him present in two places at the same time. The archbishop himself has signed an affidavit in relation to a witness' account on this phenomenon where Camomot was sleeping beside him at a meeting of the College of Consultors. “I have already authenticated his presence at a meeting. But a woman said at that time he was on a mountain (in Carcar) giving the last sacrament to a dying person,” he said. “He (Camomot) was at my left, and Archbishop (Manuel) Salvador-- discussing about the pastoral (thrust) of the diocese--at my right. I said 'Monsignor, we have a votation and you have to vote,’” he added. Cardinal Vidal said the investigation into the life of Camomot would continue even after his retirement. He assured that he will hand it over his successor,Archbishop Jose Palma. It was said that his body remained incorrupt twenty years after his death. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Teofilo Bastida Camomot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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