Victorino Mapa

Victorino Montaño Mapa[2] (February 25, 1855 – April 12, 1927) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and later, as the second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines under the American colonial Insular Government.

[3] Later, he earned his Bachelor of Arts from Colegio de San Juan de Letran and his degree of Bachelor of Laws and Jurisprudence from the University of Santo Tomas at the age of 25.

He was appointed an associate justice of the newly created Supreme Court of the Philippines in 1901, together with Cayetano Arellano and Florentino Torres.

His tenure was brief, as his frail health forced him to retire early on October 31, 1921.

On April 29, or 17 days later, his fellow retired justice, Florentino Torres, also died.