Manuel del Rosario explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Manuel Platon del Rosario
Honorific Suffix:D.D.
1st Bishop of Malolos
See:Malolos
Appointed:11 December 1961
Term:11 March 1962 - 15 December 1977
Retired:-->
Predecessor:Diocese Established
Successor:Cirilo R. Almario, Jr., D.D.
Other Post:Bishop of Calbayog
Titular Bishop of Zerta
Ordination:25 March 1939
Ordained By:Pedro S. Songco, D.D.
Consecration:25 July 1955
Consecrated By:Pedro S. Songco, D.D.
Birth Name:Manuel Platon del Rosario
Birth Date:1 July 1915
Birth Place:Baao, Camarines Sur, Philippine Islands
Death Place:Bocaue, Bulacan
Buried:Malolos Cathedral Crypt
Religion:Roman Catholic
Education:Baao Elementary School
Provincial Normal School
Holy Rosary Minor Seminary
Alma Mater:University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary
Motto:Anima Mea Pro Ovibus
(My life for my sheep)
Bishop Name:Manuel P. del Rosario
Dipstyle:The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle:Bishop

Manuel P. Del Rosario (July 1, 1915 – March 23, 2009) was a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. At the time of his death, Del Rosario was the oldest Filipino bishop[1] and one of the oldest Catholic bishops.[2] He was succeeded by Manuel Sobreviñas, D.D., Bishop-Emeritus of Imus as the oldest Filipino living bishop and oldest to die at the age of 96 in 2020.

Biography

Del Rosario was born in Baao, Camarines Sur (then a part of Ambos Camarines), Philippines in 1915, and was ordained a priest on March 25, 1939. He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Calbayog and appointed Titular bishop of Zerta on May 24, 1955, and was ordained a bishop on July 25, 1955. He succeeded the bishop of Calbayog on July 25, 1958, and was later appointed as bishop of the newly created Diocese of Malolos on December 11, 1961, and installed on March 11, 1962. He also founded the Immaculate Conception Seminary in Tabe, Guiguinto.

In 1963, Del Rosario suffered a stroke while attending the Second Vatican Council in Rome, leaving him paralyzed and using a wheelchair. Del Rosario resigned as bishop of Malolos for health reasons on December 15, 1977, and was succeeded by Bishop Cirilo Almario.

He died of pneumonia on March 23, 2009.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: RP's Oldest Bishop Passes Away at 93 . Johanna Camille Sisante . GMA News.TV . 2009-03-23 . 2009-03-23 .
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brosmp.html Catholic hierarchy
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35227681/manuel-p_-del_rosario Manuel P Del Rosario