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The Diocese of El Paso is pleased to announce the ordination of Bishop-elect Anthony Cerdan Celino, JCL on March 31, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Patrick Cathedral. This momentous event marks the first time an auxiliary bishop has been named in the Diocese of the El Paso, the first time a diocesan priest from El Paso is ordained a bishop, and the first ordination of a bishop in the 109-year history of the Diocese of El Paso. The Diocese of El Paso was founded on March 3, 1914.
The Most Rev. Mark J. Seitz, D.D., with co-consecrators The Most Rev. Gustavo García-Siller, M.Sp.S., Archbishop of San Antonio, and The Most Rev. John Stowe, OFM Conv., Bishop of Lexington, will ordain Bishop-elect Celino to the Episcopacy. Bishops from around the country will be in attendance for the celebration.
On February 8, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis appointed an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of El Paso, making the 50-year-old priest the third Filipino descent bishop in the United States. Born in the Philippines on April 29, 1972 to the late Mines (Cerdan) and Teodolo Celino, he is the youngest of seven children.
Bishop-elect Celino attended Mary Help of Christians High School Seminary and Mary Help of Christians College Seminary in the Philippines where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in 1993. He graduated from the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois, in 1997 with a Master of Divinity and Bachelor of Sacred Theology degrees. He received a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Catholic University of America in 2003.
Following his ordination to the priesthood on June 6, 1997, Bishop-elect Celino was assigned as parochial vicar at St. Patrick Cathedral in El Paso.
Bishop-elect Celino has served the Diocese of El Paso as a vicar general, moderator of the curia, and chancellor, given his time to numerous boards, mentored young priests, served several parishes, including Our Lady of Peace in Alpine and Santa Lucia, now St. John Paul II. From December 2011 to July 2013 during the sede vacante, he served as the delegate of the Apostolic Administrator. He currently serves as judicial vicar and the pastor of St. Raphael Parish.
The Diocese of El Paso invites the entire community to join in person or via simulcast on ABC-7 and the Diocese of El Paso social media accounts for the celebration of this historic event when Bishop-elect Anthony C. Celino is ordained a bishop and officially assumes his new role in service to the Church and the people of El Paso.
The Most Rev. Mark J. Seitz, D.D., with co-consecrators The Most Rev. Gustavo García-Siller, M.Sp.S., Archbishop of San Antonio, and The Most Rev. John Stowe, OFM Conv., Bishop of Lexington, will ordain Bishop-elect Celino to the Episcopacy. Bishops from around the country will be in attendance for the celebration.
On February 8, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis appointed an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of El Paso, making the 50-year-old priest the third Filipino descent bishop in the United States. Born in the Philippines on April 29, 1972 to the late Mines (Cerdan) and Teodolo Celino, he is the youngest of seven children.
Bishop-elect Celino attended Mary Help of Christians High School Seminary and Mary Help of Christians College Seminary in the Philippines where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in 1993. He graduated from the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois, in 1997 with a Master of Divinity and Bachelor of Sacred Theology degrees. He received a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Catholic University of America in 2003.
Following his ordination to the priesthood on June 6, 1997, Bishop-elect Celino was assigned as parochial vicar at St. Patrick Cathedral in El Paso.
Bishop-elect Celino has served the Diocese of El Paso as a vicar general, moderator of the curia, and chancellor, given his time to numerous boards, mentored young priests, served several parishes, including Our Lady of Peace in Alpine and Santa Lucia, now St. John Paul II. From December 2011 to July 2013 during the sede vacante, he served as the delegate of the Apostolic Administrator. He currently serves as judicial vicar and the pastor of St. Raphael Parish.
The Diocese of El Paso invites the entire community to join in person or via simulcast on ABC-7 and the Diocese of El Paso social media accounts for the celebration of this historic event when Bishop-elect Anthony C. Celino is ordained a bishop and officially assumes his new role in service to the Church and the people of El Paso.