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The following are the dioceses or bishoprics of the Philippine Independent Church (IFI), an Independent Catholic denomination with nationalist and Anglo-Catholic orientation, along with their respective bishops and cathedrals (seats of dioceses), which were organized by the church's Supreme Council of Bishops and bishops conference (as of 2024):
The Philippine Independent Church (Filipino: Malayang Simbahan ng Pilipinas; Ilocano: Nawaya a Simbaan ti Filipinas), officially referred to by its Philippine Spanish name Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) and colloquially called the Aglipayan Church, is an independent [e] Christian denomination, in the form of a nationalist church, [f] in ...
The supreme bishop is the primate, spiritual head, and chief executive of the Philippine Independent Church. A supreme bishop is elected from the bishops of the church during the General Assembly every six years, by the delegates of every diocese, strictly via majority vote and cannot be re-elected for a consecutive term as per the church's ...
Joel Ocop Porlares is the current and fourteenth Obispo Máximo or Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church (Iglesia Filipina Independiente or IFI) since June 2023. Porlares was the church's General Secretary, the second highest post in the church, from June 2017 to June 2023. [1]
Gregorio Aglipay Cruz y Labayán (Latin: Gregorius Aglipay Cruz; Filipino: Gregorio Labayan Aglipay Cruz; pronounced uhg-LEE-pahy; May 5, 1860 – September 1, 1940) 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 ...
Pages in category "Members of the Philippine Independent Church" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Rhee Millena Timbang is the thirteenth Obispo Máximo or Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church (Iglesia Filipina Independiente) who served from 2017 to 2023.He was elevated from Diocesan Bishop of Surigao to Obispo Máximo (OM) on June 25, 2017 and succeeded Ephraim Fajutagana after getting elected on May 9, 2017.
After the archbishop or bishop retires or dies, the coadjutor normally succeeds him without an appointment by the pope. The pope appoints all coadjutors. All active and retired (arch)bishops in the Philippines, coadjutor, and auxiliary — are members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).