Most Reverend Anthony C. Celino
Most Reverend Anthony C. Celino, D.D., J.C.L. First Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of El Paso
Education
B.A. in Philosophy, Mary Help of Christians College Seminary Master of Divinity and Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology, University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminar
Bishop Celino was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 1997 and was assigned as parochial vicar at St. Patrick Cathedral in El Paso.
On February 8, 2023 Pope Francis appointed Reverend Anthony C. Celino, JCL, a priest ordained for the Diocese of El Paso almost twenty-six years ago, as auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of El Paso, the third Filipino to be elevated a U.S. bishop.
The Celino family are mestizos, a mixture of Filipinos and Spaniards, who are farmers. Anthony Cerdan Celino was born on April 29, 1972 in Anda, Pangasinan, Philippines.
