Jesus Dosado

{{Short description|Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church (1939–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific_prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Jesús Armamento Dosado | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|list=C.M.|size=100%}} | title = Archbishop of Ozamis | image = | alt = | caption =  | church = {{ubl | Catholic Church | Latin Church}} | diocese = Ozamis | appointed = 29 July 1981 | term_end = 4 October 2016 | term = | predecessor = Jesus Yu Varela | successor = Martin Sarmiento Jumoad  | birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|09|01|df=y}} | birth_place = Sogod, Cebu, Commonwealth of the Philippines | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|6|22|1939|9|01|df=y}} | death_place = Ozamiz City, Philippines | buried = Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Ozamiz City | previous_post = {{indented plainlist| * Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (1977{{nbnd}}1979) * Auxiliary Bishop of Cagayan de Oro (1979{{nbnd}}1981) }} | coat_of_arms = Coat of Arms of Jesus Dosado.svg | motto = {{Langnf|la|Evangelizare pauperibus|Declare the Good News to the poor|break=yes}}  | module = {{Ordination | embed = yes | expand = History | denomination = | name = | alternate name = | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = | date of priestly ordination = 28 May 1966 | place of priestly ordination = | consecrated by = Julio Rosales y Ras | co-consecrators = {{Ubl | Antonio Lloren Mabutas, | Teotimo Cruel Pacis }} | date of consecration = 25 January 1978 | place of consecration = Manila Cathedral }}  }}

'''Jesús Armamento Dosado''' {{post-nominals|list=C.M., D.D.}} (1 September 1939 – 22 June 2020) was a Vincentian Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. He served as the Bishop and later Archbishop of Ozamis from 1981 until his retirement in 2016.<ref name="catholichierarchydosado">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Archbishop Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M. † |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdosadoja.html |encyclopedia=Catholic-Hierarchy.org |publisher=David M. Cheney |date=25 February 2024 |access-date=14 April 2024 |archive-date=11 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811044828/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdosadoja.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Dosado was born in Sogod, Cebu on 1 September 1939. After studying at Sogod Central School (1945–1951) and Cebu Northern High School (1951–1952), he entered the Seminario Mayor de San Carlos in Cebu City (1952–1956),<ref name="ucanewsdosado">{{cite web |title=Archbishop Jetsus A. Dosado |url=https://www.ucanews.com/directory/previous/archbishop-jetsus-a-dosado/2136 |website=UCANews |access-date=14 April 2024 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021193125/https://www.ucanews.com/directory/previous/archbishop-jetsus-a-dosado/2136 |url-status=live}}</ref> which was then managed by the Vincentians.<ref name="delagozacavannadosado">{{cite book |last1=De La Goza |first1=Rolando |last2=Cavanna |first2=Jesus Ma. |title=Vincentians in the Philippines: 1862–1982 |date=1985 |publisher=Congregacion de la Mision en Filipinas Inc. |location=Manila |url=https://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=vincentian_ebooks |access-date=14 April 2024 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130210703/https://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=vincentian_ebooks |url-status=live}}</ref>

Afterwards, he decided to join the Vincentians and after a year of studying in their St. Vincent's Seminary, Polo, Bulacan,<ref name="ucanewsdosado" /> he was admitted to the said congregation on June 15, 1957, alongside future Adamson University President Fr. Rolando de la Goza, CM.<ref name="delagozacavannadosado"/> After his two-year novitiate in the same seminary, he was sent to the United States, where he took his Philosophical Studies at St. Mary's Seminary, Missouri (1959–1962), and his Theological Studies at DeAndreis Institute of Theology, Illinois (1962–1966). He would later be sent to the University of Comillas in Spain for his Licentiate Degree (1969–1971).<ref name="ucanewsdosado" />

==Pastoral ministry== Dosado was ordained priest for the Vincentian Fathers on 28 May 1966.<ref name="catholichierarchydosado" /> After his ordination, he was assigned to his alma mater, the Seminario Mayor de San Carlos, serving as Professor (1966–1969), Spiritual Director (1971–1972), and eventually its first Filipino Rector (1972–1978).<ref name="ucanewsdosado" /> As seminary formator, he was responsible for the education and training of the diocesan seminarians of the Archdiocese of Cebu and the nearby dioceses. During his tenure as Rector, he brought clear and distinct policies for the seminarians, and attempted to do improvements in the administration of the seminary.<ref name="delagozacavannadosado" /> From 1973 to 1978, he was elected to the Vincentian Provincial Council, and was the Assistant Provincial from 1976 to 1978.<ref name="ucanewsdosado" />

==Episcopate==

On 31 October 1977, at the age of 38, he was appointed by Pope Paul VI as Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu and titular bishop of Nabala. He was consecrated bishop at Manila Cathedral on January 25, 1978 by Cebu Archbishop Julio Cardinal Rosales, with Davao Archbishop Antonio Mabutas and Legazpi Bishop Teotimo Pacis, CM as co-consecrators. A year later, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as Auxiliary Bishop of Cagayan de Oro.<ref name="catholichierarchydosado" /> As auxiliary bishop, he assisted Cardinal Rosales and Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Patrick Cronin in the governance of their respective sees.

On 29 July 1981, Pope John Paul II appointed Dosado as the new Bishop of Ozamis, replacing Bishop Jesus Varela, who was transferred to the Diocese of Sorsogon. Upon the elevation of the Diocese of Ozamis as an archdiocese in 1983, Dosado was likewise elevated to the archiepiscopate, making him the first Archbishop of Ozamis.<ref name="catholichierarchydosado" />

==Retirement and death== He retired in 2016, at the age of 77 years old, He was succeeded by the Prelate of Isabela, Bishop Martin Jumoad.

He died on 22 June 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosauro |first1=Ryan |title=Former Ozamiz archbishop Jesus Dosado; 80 |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1296361/former-ozamiz-archbishop-jesus-dosado-80 |access-date=25 June 2020 |agency=inquirer.net |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625151557/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1296361/former-ozamiz-archbishop-jesus-dosado-80 |url-status=live}}</ref> His body was laid to rest inside the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Ozamiz City.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.cbcponline.org/bishops/archbishops/dosado.html CBCP] *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdosadoja.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]

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