Most Reverend Manuel Sobrevinas: The Bishop whom God Has Forgotten and Now Suddenly Remembered
Emeritus Bishop of Imus Manuel Cruz Sobrevinas died last Saturday, July 18, 2020 at the age of 96. He expired at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City at 12:45 p.m. He was a priest for 68 years and a bishop for 41 years. (www.catholic hierarchy.org/bishop/bsob.html) His remains were laid to rest at the Himlayang Pastol beneath the Divine Mercy Parish Church in Silang, Cavite, the final resting place for the bishops and clergy of the Imus Diocese. Short Biography Bishop Maning, as he was fondly called by people close to him, was born on April 7, 1924 in Dinalupihan, Bataan. He finished his elementary education at Dinalupihan Elementary School and later enrolled at the Seminario Menor de San Carlos in Mandaluyong for his Secondary Education. He had his priestly formation at the UST Central Seminary completing both his philosophical and theological studies at the said Pontifical University. He was ordained priest on March 10, 1951 for the Archdiocese of...