In 1968 he served as the first Filipino Rector Magnificus of the University Of Santo Tomas Central Seminary, and in 1970, he was appointed as the first Filipino Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas.
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He was appointed as the first Filipino Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in 1970.
The Maces of the Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) are 17th Century silver maces which are considered to be the oldest symbols of the office Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the oldest extant European chartered University in Asia.
Rolando V. de la Rosa, O.P., was the former Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas (UST), the oldest and the largest Catholic university in Asia.
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The Archbishop Leonard Legaspi O.P., who was also the first Filipino Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, and the first Vicar of the Dominican Province of the Philippines.