Ireneo A. Amantillo


Ireneo Amantillo

Bishop Emeritus of Tandag
MetropolisCagayan de Oro
SeeTandag
AppointedSeptember 6, 1978
InstalledNovember 7, 1978
Term endedOctober 18, 2001
PredecessorDiocese erected
SuccessorNereo Odchimar
Orders
OrdinationDecember 16, 1962
ConsecrationMarch 15, 1976
by Bruno Torpigliani
Personal details
Born
Ireneo Alisla Amantillo

(1934-12-10)December 10, 1934
DiedOctober 11, 2018(2018-10-11) (aged 83)
Cebu City, Philippines
MottoMaayong balita alang sa mga kabus
(Cebuano for 'Good news for the poor')
Styles of
Ireneo Amantillo
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Ireneo "Ali" Alisla Amantillo (December 10, 1934 – October 11, 2018) was a Filipino Roman Catholic bishop and was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tandag located in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur.

Amantillo was born in the Philippines and was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He served as titular bishop of Girius and was auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines from 1976 to 1978. He was appointed by Pope John Paul I on September 6, 1978, and was installed as the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tandag on November 7, 1978.[1] He reigned from 1978 until his retirement in 2001.[2] He died on October 11, 2018, due to prostate cancer.

Notes

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  1. ^ Trinidad, Lucilo (2019). "Chapter XVIII: Tandag: A town with many first". Tandag: Capital of Old Caraga (Revised ed.). Tandag City: Trinidad Media Services. p. 175. ISBN 978-621-95316-1-0.
  2. ^ Diocese of Tandag
Catholic Church titles
New diocese Bishop of Tandag
November 7, 1978 – October 18, 2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Louis Prosper Durand
— TITULAR —
Bishop of Girus
March 15, 1976 – September 16, 1978
Succeeded by