Gregorio Aglipay
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The Most Reverend Gregorio Aglipay |
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| Founder and First Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church | |
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| Church | Philippine Independent Church |
| In office | 3 August 1902 - 1 September 1940 |
| Predecessor | Position created |
| Successor | Santiago Antonio Fonacier y Suguitan, Obispo Maximo II |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1890 |
| Rank | Priest-Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Gregorio Aglipay Cruz y Labayan |
| Born |
5 May 1860 Batac, Ilocos Norte, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | 1 September 1940 (aged 80) Manila, Commonwealth of the Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Denomination | Catholic, excommunicated Roman Catholic |
| Spouse | Pilar Jamias y Ver |
| Profession | Catholic priest, Monsignor, Bishop of Aglipayan Church, political activist, politician |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 5 September |
| Venerated in |
Philippine Independent Church Episcopal Church (United States) |
Gregorio Aglipay Cruz y Labayan (Latin: Gregorius Aglipay; Filipino: Gregorio Labayan Aglipay Cruz; 5 May 1860 – 1 September 1940) was a former Catholic priest who became the first head of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, an independent Catholic Church in the form of a national church in the Philippines.
Known for inciting patriotic rebellion among the Filipino clergy, he was also a political activist who became acquainted with Isabelo de los Reyes, who would start an Independent Christian Filipino Church named after Aglipay in 1902.
Aglipay was previously excommunicated by Archbishop Bernardino Norzaleda y Villa of Manila in May 1899, upon the expressed permission of Pope Leo XIII. Aglipay later joined Freemasonry in May 1918. Aglipay later married Pilar Jamias y Ver from Sarrat, Ilocos Norte in 1939 and then died one year later. Followers of Aglipay through the church colloquially sometimes refer to their membership as Aglipayans.
Born in Batac City, Ilocos Norte, Aglipay was an orphan who grew up in the tobacco fields in the last volatile decades of the Spanish occupation of the Philippines. He bore deep grievances against the colonial Spanish government of the islands, stemming from abuses within the agricultural system. Arrested at fourteen when a tobacco-picking worker for not meeting his tobacco quota, he later moved to the capital of Manila to study law under the private tutelage of Julian Carpio.
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