Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Manuel C. Sobreviñas | |
Bishop of Imus | |
See: | Imus |
Term: | 1993 - 2001 |
Predecessor: | Félix Paz Pérez |
Successor: | Luis Antonio Tagle |
Ordination: | March 10, 1951 |
Consecration: | May 25, 1979 |
Consecrated By: | Jaime Sin |
Rank: | Bishop |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1924 |
Death Place: | San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas as Bishop of Imus.svg |
Ordained By: | Gabriel Reyes |
Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas (7 April 1924 – 18 July 2020) was a Filipino bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as the third Bishop of Imus from 1993 to 2001.
Sobreviñas was born in Dinalupihan, Philippines. He sudied at the San Carlos Seminary, as well as at the UST Central Seminary.[1] He was ordained a priest on March 10, 1951, at Villa San Miguel.
Among other assignments, he served as Parish Priest of the now Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Aranzazu in San Mateo, Rizal (1962-1975), and San Felipe Neri Parish in Mandaluyong (1975-1979).[2]
Sobreviñas was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Manila on April 7, 1979, as well as titular bishop of Tulana, and was consecrated on May 25, 1979. Concurrently, he served as parish priest of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Pasig.
On February 25, 1993 he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Imus and installed on April 1, 1993, replacing Felix Perez, who died in office. He served as bishop until retirement on October 22, 2001.[3]
He died on 18 July 2020 at Cardinal Santos Medical Center from COVID-19.[4] At the time of his death, Sobreviñas was the oldest living Filipino bishop.[5]
His remains were interred at the Himlayang Pastol, located underneath the Divine Mercy Parish Church in Silang, Cavite.[6]