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Aglipay was a member of the Malolos Congress, the lone member coming from the religious sector, although he also represented his home province, as well. [34] Aglipay was also a guerrilla leader during the Philippine–American War, with the rank of lieutenant-general. [37]
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 ...
It is also known as the "Aglipayan Church" after its first Obispo Maximo, Gregorio Aglipay. Commonly shared beliefs in the Aglipayan Church are the rejection of the Apostolic Succession solely to the Petrine Papacy, the acceptance of priestly ordination of women, the free option of clerical celibacy, the tolerance to join Freemasonry groups ...
The shrine is dedicated to Gregorio Aglipay (1860–1940). He was a Catholic priest and served as a military chaplain and military vicar general during the Philippine Revolution in 1898. He was excommunicated in 1899 for rebelling against Spanish rule in the Philippines, a period when Roman Catholicism was the state religion in the country.
On the centenary of the birth of Gregorio Aglipay in 1960, a fundraising program was launched to build a National Cathedral on a lot in Ermita, Manila owned by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, which the latter offered to the church. The lot has an area of 3,501.50 square meters.
The secularization movement also led to the establishment of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente by Isabelo de los Reyes and Fr. Gregorio Aglipay. The church proclaimed independence from the authority of the Holy See in 1902 becoming the Philippines' first wholly-Filipino led Christian denomination. [1]
241 Aglipay St., Poblacion, Mandaluyong Church building founded: 1903 Episcopal jurisdiction: Some parishes and missions within Metro Manila, particularly those that are formerly part of the Province of Rizal, as well as parishes and missions within the whole provinces of present-day Rizal and Pampanga. Diocese of Romblon and Mindoros (ROOM)
Aglipay may refer to the following: Aglipay, Quirino , a municipality in the Philippines Gregorio Aglipay , co-founder of the Philippine Independent Church, also known as the "Aglipayan Church"