Gregorio Aglipay
Politician, Deceased Person
1860 – 1940
Who was Gregorio Aglipay?
Gregorio Aglipay Cruz y Labayan was a former Catholic priest who became the first head of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, a Protestant sect 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 a Protestant 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.
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- Born
- May 8, 1860
Batac - Religion
- Philippine Independent Church
- Catholicism
- Profession
- Education
- Colegio de San Juan de Letran
- University of Santo Tomas
- Lived in
- Ilocos Norte
- Laoag
- Died
- Sep 1, 1940
Manila
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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