Precioso Cantillas

Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, SDB, D.D. (born July 3, 1953) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as the bishop of the Diocese of Maasin since 1998. Prior to that, he was an auxiliary bishop of Cebu from 1995 to 1998. He is a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

Early life and education Cantillas was born on July 3, 1953, in Langtad, Naga, Cebu, Philippines. He attended Langtad Elementary School and later studied at Don Bosco Technical High School in Cebu City from 1965 to 1969. He pursued higher education at Don Bosco Seminary College in Canlubang, Laguna, earning a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education between 1969 and 1974.

On January 20, 1998, he was appointed the second bishop of the Maasin. He was installed on March 11, 1998.

Cantillas was appointed a board member of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in 1998. He also led the Diocese of Maasin in becoming the world's first to fully solar-power all its parishes, aligning with Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si'. The initiative significantly cut electricity costs and earned Vatican recognition as a model for sustainable Church practices.

As part of the commemoration of 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines, Bishop Cantillas led a solemn mass on Limasawa Island, marking the site of the First Mass in the Philippines and reaffirming its significance in the nation's Catholic heritage.

Within the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, he served as Chairman of the Commission on Migrants from 2005 to 2013. He also served as chairman of the Commission on Bioethics from 2021 to 2023.