Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas (7 April 1924 – 18 July 2020) was a
Filipino prelate
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. He served as the third
Bishop of Imus from 1993 to 2001.
Life and Ministry
Sobreviñas was born in Dinalupihan, Philippines. He studied at the
San Carlos Seminary, as well as at the
UST Central Seminary.
He was ordained a priest on March 10, 1951, at Villa San Miguel.
Among other assignments, he served as Parish Priest of the now Diocesan Shrine of
Our Lady of Aranzazu in San Mateo, Rizal (1962-1975), and San Felipe Neri Parish in
Mandaluyong
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(1975-1979).
Sobreviñas was appointed auxiliary bishop of the
Archdiocese of Manila
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History
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on April 7, 1979, as well as titular bishop of
Tulana, and was consecrated on May 25, 1979. Concurrently, he served as parish priest of the
Immaculate Conception Parish in
Pasig
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It is located along the eastern border of Metro Mani ...
.
On February 25, 1993 he was appointed bishop of the
Diocese of Imus and installed on April 1, 1993, replacing Felix Perez, who died in office. He served as bishop until retirement on October 22, 2001.
Death and interment
He died on 18 July 2020 at Cardinal Santos Medical Center from COVID-19. At the time of his death, Sobreviñas was the oldest living Filipino bishop.
His remains were interred at the Himlayang Pastol, located underneath the Church of Divine Mercy in
Silang, Cavite.
References
External links
Archidocese of Manila(in 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
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
People from Bataan
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