Carmelo Morelos

{{Short description|Filipino Catholic archbishop}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Archbishop

| name = Carmelo Dominador F. Morelos

| title = Archbishop of Zamboanga

| image =

| caption = Undated photo of Zamboanga Archbishop Carmelo Morelos.

| province = Zamboanga

| see = {{unbulleted list|Archdiocese of Zamboanga}}

| former see =

| enthroned = 1994

| ended = 2006

| predecessor = Francisco Raval Cruces

| successor = Romulo Valles

| ordination = April 3, 1954

| ordained_by =

| consecration = July 5, 1967

| consecrated_by = Archbishop Teopisto Alberto

| cardinal =

| created_cardinal_by =

| rank =

| previous_post = Bishop of Butuan
(1967–1994)

| other_post =

| birth_name = Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos

| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|12|12}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|9|17|1930|12|12}}

| death_place =

| buried = Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Zamboanga City

| nationality = Filipino

| religion = Catholic

| parents =

| alma_mater =

| signature =

| coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos as Archbishop of Zamboanga.svg

| motto = "Por Cristo, Con El Y En El"

}}

Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos (December 12, 1930 – September 17, 2016) was a Filipino Catholic archbishop.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1954,[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zamb0.htm Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zamboanga] Morelos was appointed as the first Bishop of Butuan in 1967 serving the diocese until 1994 when he transferred to the Archdiocese of Zamboanga. He served as the archdiocese's bishop until his retirement in 2006.{{cite news|title=Former CBCP head Archbishop Morelos dies at 85|url=http://www.cbcpnews.com/cbcpnews/?p=84411|accessdate=23 September 2016|work=CBCP News|date=17 September 2016|archive-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923104317/http://www.cbcpnews.com/cbcpnews/?p=84411|url-status=usurped}}

Morelos also served at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines as its president from 1991 to 1995 and was named the chairman of the Mindanao-Sulu Pastoral Conference twice. He was also one of the reported candidates to succeed then retiring Archbishop of Manila Jaime Sin who was then set to vacate his post in August 2003.{{cite news|last1=Vanzi|first1=Sol Jose|title=NEXT MANILA ARCHBISHOP WILL LIKELY BE 'LESS POLITICAL' - PRELATE|url=http://www.newsflash.org/2003/05/hl/hl018209.htm|accessdate=23 September 2016|work=Philippine Headline News Online|publisher=The Philippine Star|date=19 June 2003}}

He died of age-related illness on September 17, 2016.