Celestino Rodriguez

Celestino Rodríguez y Lasala (May 11, 1872 – 1955)[1] was a Filipino lawyer and politician from Cebu, Philippines.

He was born to parents José Francisco Rodríguez Álvarez (of San Esteban de Molleda, Asturias) and Vicenta Lasala in Bogo, Cebu on May 11, 1872,[2] coming from a wealthy Bogo family with extensive landholdings in the northern sugar-belt towns of the province.

[2] Passing the bar and having been called to the bench in 1902, he practiced law as his main profession.

[7] He 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.

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

Rodriguez depicted in a publication of the Philippine Education , published April 1917