Manuel del Rosario

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Manuel P. del Rosario (born July 1, 1915 in Salvacion, Baao , Philippines ; † March 23, 2009 in Bocaue , Bulacan , Philippines) was Bishop of Malolos (Philippines).

Life

Manuel del Rosario, the youngest of five children, entered the Holy Rosary Minor Seminary in 1928. From 1932 to 1936 he studied philosophy at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila and from 1936 to 1939 theology at the Central Seminary there. Manuel del Rosario was ordained a priest on March 25, 1939 in the cathedral of Nueva Caceres, today's Naga City , by Bishop Pedro Paulo Santos Songco for the diocese of Sorsogon . He was first coadjutor at the cathedral of Nueva Caceres, later chief financial officer of the diocese and parish representative in Iriga. During the war years of the Second World War, he served as diocese economist, censor, rector of the Peñafrancia sanctuary and vicar general . In 1949 he became diocesan administrator , vicar general in the diocese of Catanduanes and priest of the parish of Virac and from 1950 in Gubat, Sorsogon.

1955 he was by Pope Pius XII. appointed titular bishop of Zerta and appointed coadjutor with the right of succession in the diocese of Calbayog . He received his episcopal ordination on July 25, 1955, the Archbishop of Caceres, Pedro Paulo Santos Songco ; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of Sorsogon, Teopisto Valderrama Alberto , and the Bishop of Palo, Lino R. Gonzaga y Rasdesales . He was the youngest bishop to be ordained in the Philippines at the time of ordination. In 1956 he became Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Calbayog.

Pius XII. appointed him in 1958 the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Calbayog. In 1961 John XXIII appointed him . first bishop of the diocese of Malolos . Manuel del Rosario was a participant in the Second Vatican Council . He suffered a stroke in 1963 and has been in a wheelchair ever since. His resignation for health reasons was 1977 by Paul VI. granted.

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predecessor Office successor
- Bishop of Malolos
1961–1977 		Cirilo R. Almario
Miguel Acebedo y Flores Bishop of Calbayog
1958–1961 		Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa
personal data
SURNAME Rosario, Manuel del
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosario, Manuel P. del
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Filipino clergyman, Bishop of Malolos
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Salvacion, Baao , Philippines
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 2009
Place of death Bocaue , Bulacan , Philippines