Antonio C. Delgado
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Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
served as Philippine ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
to the Vatican
Holy See
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from 1975 to 1985, as well as chairman of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
World Organization of the Scout Movement
The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental international organization which governs most national Scout Organizations, with 31 million members. WOSM was established in 1920, and has its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland...
from 1971 to 1973.
In 1946 he founded Delgado Brothers Incorporated and transformed it into the largest fully integrated transportation company in the Philippines which held interests in the Manila Hilton (First 5 star hotel in the Philippines), The Port of Manila, Gas stations, tankers and other varied businesses.
His son, Jose Antonio, was a member of the Phllipines contingent to the 11th World Scout Jamboree
11th World Scout Jamboree
The 11th World Scout Jamboree was held in August 1963 and was hosted by Greece at Marathon.The largest contingent for this event was the British, with almost 1,200 Scouts attending ....
, all of whom were killed in the crash of United Arab Airlines Flight 869
United Arab Airlines Flight 869 (1963)
United Arab Airlines Flight 869 was an international scheduled passenger de Havilland Comet 4C flight from Tokyo, Japan to Cairo via Hong Kong, Bangkok, Bombay and Bahrain. On 27 July 1963 it was being operated by a de Havilland Comet registered as SU-ALD, when on approach to Bombay - Santa Cruz...
on 28th July 1963.
In 1971, Delgado was awarded the Bronze Wolf
Bronze Wolf
The Bronze Wolf Award is bestowed by the World Scout Committee to acknowledge "outstanding service by an individual to the World Scout Movement"...
, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
World Organization of the Scout Movement
The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental international organization which governs most national Scout Organizations, with 31 million members. WOSM was established in 1920, and has its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland...
, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, at the 22nd World Scout Conference. He was also awarded the Silver Buffalo in 1970. The Boy Scouts of the Philippines
Boy Scouts of the Philippines
The Boy Scouts of the Philippines is the national Scout organization of the Philippines. Its mission is to imbue in the youth the love of God, country, and fellow men; to train young people to become responsible leaders; and to contribute in nation-building.The BSP was chartered under...
claims that Delgado
conceived the World Scout Emblem during his stint as the first Asian
Asian people
Asian people or Asiatic people is a term with multiple meanings that refers to people who descend from a portion of Asia's population.- Central Asia :...
World Scout Committee chairman from 1971 to 1973,http://scouts.org.ph/global/module.php?LM=news.detail&pid=22 however the design was introduced at the 8th World Scout Jamboree
8th World Scout Jamboree
The 8th World Scout Jamboree was held in 1955 and was hosted by Canada at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The Jamboree saw the introduction of the World Membership Badge which is still worn on the uniforms of Scouts the world over....
in 1955, based on a 1939 earlier design by J. S. Wilson.
In 1987, Ambassador Delgado commissioned the Vatican Mosaic Studio to prepare a mosaic image of Lorenzo Ruiz
Lorenzo Ruiz
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz , also known as San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, is the first Filipino saint venerated in the Roman Catholic Church...
, the first Filipino saint, which was installed at the Altar of the Martyrdom of St. Peter in St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Basilica
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. It was during Ambassador Delgado's term of service that Lorenzo Ruiz was canonized as the first saint of the Philippines.
External links
- French Scoutopedia article
- http://library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/fl/f148%7D1.htm
- http://www.ops.gov.ph/europevisit07/backgrounder.htm