Severo Caermare

Severo Cagatan Caermare (born October 22, 1969) is a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[4] Caermare was ordained as priest on April 22, 1996, at Saint Anne Parish in his hometown of Sibutad, Zamboanga del Norte.

[2] Pope Francis appointed Caermare to be the 3rd Bishop of the Diocese of Dipolog on July 25, 2014, and was ordained on October 30, 2014, in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary in Dipolog with Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Giuseppe Pinto as the Principal Consecrator, Bishop Jose Cabantan of Diocese of Malaybalay and Bishop Emeritus Jose Manguiran of Dipolog as Principal Co-Consecrators.

[7] Caermare (vice chairman of ECLA) assumed the two-year term chairmanship of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines – Episcopal Commission on the Laity (ECLA) from December 15, 2023 succeeding the late Bishop Enrique Macaraeg Tarlac.

[8] Caermare ("Sulat Pamahayag" 14 January 2024 on "ongoing signature gathering wherein money was offered to the voters") and his hundred priests of the Diocese of Dipolog said that "a people’s initiative not coming from the people and without prior consultation may only end up favoring a few interests.