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Recalling the Unitarian Bishop Gregorio Aglipay
In the Episcopal Church today, the 5th of September is marked as a feast day for Bishop Gregorio Aglipay.
I’ve always loved that they have a feast day for a Filipino revolutionary, dissident Roman Catholic priest, Independent Catholic bishop, and Unitarian. As those who know me might suspect, he’s just a favorite spiritual figure for me.
Aglipay was born in 1860. He was orphaned early. When he was fourteen and working in the tobacco fields he was arrested for not meeting his daily quota. Stung by the injustice he started to seek an education. He read law. With this as a foundation he entered University. After graduating he entered seminary and in 1890 he ordained as a Catholic priest.
He was also a fervent Filipino patriot, quickly rising as one of the leaders of the revolution. During this time of armed struggle he was excommunicated.
When the war ended he was elected the first bishop of a new independent Catholic Church.
All the original clergy of the new church had been Roman Catholic priests. Following his election as the
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TODAY in Masonic History:
Today in Masonic History Gregorio Aglipay Cruz y Labayan is born in 1860.
Gregorio Aglipay Cruz y Labayan was a Filipino priest and revolutionary.
Aglipay was born on May 5th, 1860 in Batac City, Ilcos Norte, Philippines. He was an orphan and grew up in the agricultural system of the colonial Spanish Government. He worked in the tobacco fields. At the age of fourteen he was arrested for not fulfilling his quota of tobacco. It is believed Aglipay suffered in other ways under the harsh agricultural system and it had an impact on his views in the future.
Eventually Aglipay moved to Manila where he spent two years studying law. In 1883 he entered the seminary. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1890. As a priest he worked in several different parishes. While in Victoria, Tarlac he aided the revolutionaries in the region. He hired 30 carpenters as a cover for the men who were all members of the revolutionary group Katipunan.
In 1898, Aglipay was sent to negotiate with the rebels by the Archbishop. In exchange for ending the revolution, the rebe
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Gregorio Aglipay National Shrine
National shrine in Batac, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
The Gregorio Aglipay National Shrine is a memorial shrine in Batac, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
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. He became a member of the Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1899, the lone member coming from the religious sector and also represented his home province of Ilocos Norte. He was also a lieutenant-general during the Philippine-American War. Aglipay later co-founded the Philippine Independent Church with Isabelo de los Reyes in 1902 and became the church's first supreme bishop.[1][2]
The shrine houses Aglipay's mausoleum and the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Philippine Independent Church.[3] It has a marker dated 1949 from the Philippin
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