Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas (7 April 1924 – 18 July 2020) was a

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of the

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. Sobreviñas was born in Dinalupihan, Philippines and was ordained a priest on March 10, 1951. Sobreviñas was appointed auxiliary bishop of the

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on April 7, 1979, as well as titular bishop of Tulana, and was consecrated on May 25, 1979. On February 25, 1993 he was appointed bishop to the

Diocese of Imus The Diocese of Imus ( la, Dioecesis Imusensis; Tagalog: ''Diyosesis ng Imus''; Spanish and Chavacano: ''Diócesis de Imus'') is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Philippines that comprises the entire province of Cavite. The diocese was canonicall ...

until retirement on October 22, 2001. He died on 18 July 2020 at Cardinal Santos Medical Center. At the time of his death, Sobreviñas was the oldest living Filipino bishop.Oldest Filipino bishop dies at 96
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(Filipino) 1924 births 2020 deaths People from San Juan, Metro Manila 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines Participants in the Second Vatican Council Roman Catholic bishops of Imus {{Philippines-RC-bishop-stub