Early life Anthony Celino was born on April 29, 1972, in
Anda, Pangasinan in the
Philippines, the youngest of seven children born to Teodolo Celino and Mines Cerdan Celino. Teodoro Celino died when Anthony Celino was four years old. After beginning to serve mass as a child, he visited a seminary on a school outing. Having enjoyed the experience, he decided to enter the high school at Mary, Help of Christians Seminary in
Dagupan City. Celino graduated from Mary, Help of Christians college seminary in 1993. At the invitation of bishop
Raymundo Peña of El Paso, Celino immigrated to the United States. He later moved to
Mundelein, Illinois, to begin theological studies at the
University of Saint Mary of the Lake. Celino graduated in 1997 with
Bachelor of Sacred Theology and
Master of Divinity degrees. The diocese assigned Celino as
parochial vicar at St. Patrick Cathedral Parish. On March 31, 2023, Celino was consecrated as a bishop at St. Patrick Cathedral with Bishop
Mark J. Seitz acting as principal consecrator. Archbishop
Gustavo García-Siller and Bishop
John Stowe were the co-consecrators. ==See also==