Victorino Mapa Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honorable
Victorino M. Mapa
Office:2nd Chief Justice of the Philippines
Term Start:July 1, 1920
Term End:October 31, 1921
Predecessor:Cayetano Arellano
Successor:Manuel Araullo
Appointer:Woodrow Wilson
Office1:Secretary of Finance and Justice
Term Start1:November 1, 1913
Term End1:June 30, 1920
Predecessor1:Gregorio S. Araneta
Appointer1:Francis Burton Harrison
Office2:Member of the Second Philippine Commission
Term Start2:October 27, 1913
Term End2:October 16, 1916
Office3:3rd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Term Start3:June 15, 1901
Term End3:October 31, 1913
Predecessor3:Position created
Successor3:Manuel Araullo
Appointer3:William McKinley
Birth Date:25 February 1855
Birth Place:Kalibo, Capiz, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Death Place:Manila, Philippine Islands
Nationality:Filipino
Restingplace:La Loma Cemetery[1]

Victorino Montaño Mapa[2] (February 25, 1855 – April 12, 1927) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and later, as the second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines under the American colonial Insular Government.

Career

He was homeschooled during his childhood.[3] Later, he earned his Bachelor of Arts from Colegio de San Juan de Letran and his degree of Bachelor of Laws and Jurisprudence from the University of Santo Tomas at the age of 25.

He was appointed an associate justice of the newly created Supreme Court of the Philippines in 1901, together with Cayetano Arellano and Florentino Torres. He left the Supreme Court to be Secretary of Finance and Justice in 1913 during which he also served on the Philippine Commission, the upper house of the Philippine Legislature.

Upon Arellano's retirement in 1920, he was appointed the second Chief Justice. His tenure was brief, as his frail health forced him to retire early on October 31, 1921. He died on April 12, 1927. On April 29, or 17 days later, his fellow retired justice, Florentino Torres, also died.

Legacy

Victorino Mapa High School, Victorino Mapa Street, and the nearby V. Mapa LRT Station, all in Manila, are named after him.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our Heritage and the Departed: A Cemeteries Tour . Presidential Museum & Library (Philippines) . 27 September 2015.
  2. Web site: Victorino Montaño Mapa. May 24, 2021. MyHeritage.
  3. Sevilla, Victor J. Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. QC: New Day Publishers, 1984. Vol. I, p. 16-17. 17.
  4. News: Did you know.... Philippine Daily Inquirer. 22 December 2013.