Manuel del Rosario
Manuel P. Del Rosario was a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. At the time of his death, Del Rosario was the oldest Filipino bishop as well as one of the oldest Catholic bishops.Biography
Del Rosario was born in Baao, Camarines Sur, 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 to bishop of Calbayog on July 25, 1958, and was later appointed to bishop of the newly created Diocese of Malolos on December 11, 1961 and installed as ordinary 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 the bishop of Malolos due to health reasons on December 15, 1977 and was succeeded by Bishop Cirilo Almario. He died in March 2009 due to pneumonia.
