Manuel Platon Del Rosario (July 1, 1915 – March 23, 2009) was a Filipino
prelate
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. At the time of his death, Del Rosario was the oldest Filipino bishop
and one of the oldest Catholic bishops. 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
Baao, officially the Municipality of Baao (Rinconada Bikol: ''Banwāan ka Baao''; Tagalog language, Tagalog: ''Bayan ng Baao)'' is municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it ...
(then a part of
Ambos Camarines
Ambos Camarines (, meaning "both"; commonly known as Camarines), officially the Province of Ambos Camarines, was a historical province in the Philippines found on the northern end of the Bicol Peninsula. It now exists as two separate province ...
), 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 bishop of the newly created
Diocese of Malolos
The Diocese of Malolos (Latin language, Latin: ''Dioecesis Malolosinae''; Tagalog language, Tagalog: ''Diyosesis ng Malolos''; Spanish: ''Diócesis de Malolos'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church i ...
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.
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See also
*Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos
The Diocese of Malolos (Latin language, Latin: ''Dioecesis Malolosinae''; Tagalog language, Tagalog: ''Diyosesis ng Malolos''; Spanish: ''Diócesis de Malolos'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church i ...
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Calbayog
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1915 births
2009 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines
Deaths from pneumonia in the Philippines
People from Camarines Sur
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