10 Facts About Celestino Rodriguez

Celestino Rodriguez y Lasala was a Filipino lawyer and politician from Cebu, Philippines.

Celestino Rodriguez served as member and deputy in the Philippine Assembly, as senator, member of the 1st National Assembly, and 1st Congress of the Commonwealth in 1945.

Celestino Rodriguez was born to parents Jose Francisco Rodriguez Alvarez and Vicenta Lasala in Bogo, Cebu on May 11,1872, coming from a wealthy Bogo family with extensive landholdings in the northern sugar-belt towns of the province.

Celestino Rodriguez married his cousin Ignacia Lasala and had four children.

In 1904, Rodriguez first became the municipal president of Cebu.

Celestino Rodriguez became the first representative of the old first district of Cebu, which included the towns of Bogo, Borbon, Catmon, Danao, Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Sogod, Tabogon, and Tudela.

Later, Celestino Rodriguez was elected senator and served in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Legislatures, from 1916 until 1925.

At the time, the country was divided into 12 senatorial districts, with each district voting two senators; Celestino Rodriguez represented Cebu, which was the 10th district.

Celestino Rodriguez was voted as a member of the 1st National Assembly, representing Cebu's first district, from 1935 to 1938.

Celestino Rodriguez then served in the 1st Congress of the Commonwealth after the war in 1945.