Gregorio Aglipay
1st Obispo Maximo and Co-founder of the Philippine Independent Church · Philippines · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1860 to 1940 · aged 80
Gregorio Aglipay Cruz y Labayán was a Filipino former Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine-American War who became the first head and leader of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), the first-ever wholly Filipino-led independent Christian Church in the Philippines in the form of a nationalist church.
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Historical marker at Batac, Ilocos Norte, the birthplace of Aglipay
Aglipay (third from right, back row) together with some of the other delegates to the first Assembly of Representatives of the Malolos Congress, taken in 1929 at the Barasoain Church, 30 years after the Malolos Constitution was ratified.
Then-Manila Archbishop Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, who served from 1889 to 1902, excommunicated Aglipay upon the expressed permission of the pope due to his involvement in revolutionary activities at the height of the Philippine-American War.
Aglipay circa 1905
Undated photo of Aglipay (center, seated), together with two unnamed IFI priests
Aglipay as the presidential candidate of the Republican Party in the 1935 Philippine presidential election, with his running mate Norberto Nabong.About this person
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Philippines
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Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1860 to 1940 · aged 80
