Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 3):
September 18, 1906
Julio Rosales y Ras (September 18, 1906 – June 2, 1983), the second Archbishop of Cebu, was born on September 18, 1906 in Calbayog, Samar. His parents were Basilio Cinco Rosales and Agueda Sison Ras.
He studied at the Seminary of Calbayog and was ordained on June 2, 1929 in his hometown. Rosales was into pastoral work in the diocese of Calbayog from 1929 to 1946.
On September 21, 1946, he was consecrated as bishop of Tagbilaran and was promoted to the Metropolitan See of Cebu on December 17, 1949. As Archbishop of Cebu, he helped in the 400th anniversary celebrations of the Christianization of the Philippines, which Cebu hosted in 1965.
Pope Paul VI elevated him to the College of Cardinals in the consistory of April 28, 1969 and given the titular church of Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia. He also participated in both conclaves of 1978.
On August 24, 1982, he resigned the pastoral government of his archdiocese. Julio Cardinal Rosales died in his beloved episcopal city, Cebu City on June 2, 1983.
He was the brother of Senator Decoroso Rosales whose grandson was named Julio Rosales II.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
Photo credit: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu
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