Julio Rosales

His Eminence Julio Rosales
Cardinal, Archbishop of Cebu
Cebu Archbishop Julio Rosales, 1950
Province	Cebu
See	Cebu
Installed	December 17, 1949
Term ended	August 24, 1982
Predecessor	Gabriel M. Reyes
Successor	Ricardo Vidal
Orders
Ordination	June 2, 1929
Consecration	September 21, 1946 by Guglielmo Piani
Created cardinal	April 28, 1969 by Pope Paul VI
Rank	Cardinal priest
Personal details
Born	Julio Rosales y Ras (1906-09-18)September 18, 1906 Calbayog, Samar, Philippine Islands
Died	June 2, 1983(1983-06-02) (aged 76) Cebu City, Philippines
Buried	Mausoleum at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral
Denomination	Catholic
Motto	Te amari faciam ("I will love you")
Coat of arms
Ordination history
History Priestly ordination Date June 2, 1929 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Guglielmo Piani SDB Co-consecrators Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia Miguel Acebedo y Flores Date September 21, 1946 Place Palo, Leyte Cardinalate Elevated by Pope Paul VI Date April 28, 1969
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Julio Rosales y Ras as principal consecrator Teofilo Camomot May 29, 1955 Epifanio S. Belmonte October 24, 1955 Manuel S. Salvador January 19, 1967 Concordio Maria Sarte July 22, 1973 José Crisologo Sorra August 28, 1974 Pedro Dean January 25, 1978 Jesus Dosado January 25, 1978 Salvador Trane Modesto May 3, 1979 Patricio Hacbang Alo June 7, 1981 Christian Vicente Noel November 30, 1981

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Julio Rosales y Ras (Filipino: Julio Ras Rosales, September 18, 1906 – June 2, 1983), was a Filipino cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the second archbishop of Cebu, and a former bishop of Tagbilaran.

He was born in Calbayog, Samar on September 18, 1906. He was a child of Basilio Rosales and Aqueda Ras. His brother, Decoroso Rosales, later became a senator of the Philippines, while his nephew Pedro Dean followed his footsteps and became archbishop of Palo.[1]

Aspiring to become a priest, he entered the San Vicente de Paul Seminary in Calbayog, which was then under the management of the Vincentians. He was ordained by Bishop Sofronio Hacbang in his hometown on June 2, 1929. He started his ministry as an assistant parish priest in Catbalogan, Samar, and then for eleven years he was assistant parish priest at Tacloban, Leyte.[2] He also served as director of the Tacloban Institute.[3]

In 1946, Pope Pius XII appointed him as the first bishop of Tagbilaran. He was consecrated bishop of Tagbilaran on September 21, 1946 by Apostolic Delegate Guglielmo Piani, with Palo Bishop Manuel Mascariñas and Calbayog Bishop Miguel Acevedo as co-consecrators.[4] As bishop of Tagbilaran, he facilitated the establishment of the Holy Name College by asking the help of the Divine Word Missionaries in forming a school in his diocese.[5] To increase the clergy of his diocese, he also established the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in 1948.[6]

On December 17, 1949, Rosales was appointed to the metropolitan see of Cebu. During his reign, in 1965, Cebu hosted the celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the Christianization of the Philippines.[7]

Rosales was elevated to the college of cardinals by Pope Paul VI 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. He resigned the pastoral government of his archdiocese, on August 24, 1982 and died less than a year later in Cebu City, his beloved episcopal city.

Styles of Julio Rosales y Ras
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Religious style	Monsignor
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Cebu

Julio Rosales is buried at the mausoleum of the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines. His mementos are currently on display at the Cathedral Museum of Cebu.

• Catholic Hierarchy - Julio Cardinal Rosales y Ras †
• Julio Rosales at Find a Grave