GUAM
Pacific Daily News
March 5, 2018
By Haidee V. Eugenio
Saipan’s Bishop Emeritus Tomas A. Camacho died Monday morning, according to Father James Balajadia of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa. Camacho was 84.
Camacho was the first bishop of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa on Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, from 1984 until his retirement in April 2010, at the age of 76. He has since served as bishop emeritus.
Camacho was also a former priest for the Archdiocese of Agana on Guam.
Bishop Ryan Jimenez, who succeeded Camacho as head of the Catholic Church in the CNMI, said the late bishop died after a long bout of illness.
“He has left us, but he will always be remembered for his warm smile and his dedicated service to our church and to the whole of the CNMI,” Jimenez said in a statement.
Jimenez said Mass will be celebrated for Camacho beginning Monday night followed by the rosary, until next Monday.
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