Independent Filipino Church

The Independent Philippine Church , also Aglipayan Church ( Tagalog and Spanish Iglesia Filipina Independiente , English Philippine Independent Church or Aglipay Church ), is an independent Catholic Church that is in church fellowship with the member churches of the Anglican Community , the Polish National Catholic Church and the Utrecht Union of Old Catholic Churches stands.

development

It was founded in 1902 under the leadership of Gregorio Aglipay y Labayán , a Roman Catholic priest and freedom fighter, as a kind of Catholic national church based in Manila . The church came into being at a time when the predominantly Catholic Philippines were striving for independence from Spain and therefore wanted to distance themselves from the Spanish-dominated Roman Catholic official church - and also because of church grievances. Gregorio Aglipay was excommunicated in 1899. The Iglesia Filipina Independiente, which was then proclaimed on August 3, 1902, rejected the authority of the Pope as well as celibacy. Rather, its theology and liturgy were based on genuine Filipino traditions. At times there were currents in the church which themselves rejected the doctrine of the Trinity , but in 1947 the church officially declared itself to believe in the Trinity with the adoption of its constitution. In 1959 the PIC became a member of the World Council of Churches.

The Iglesia Filipina Independiente now has approximately 3 million believers in the Philippines, the United States, and Canada. There are close relationships with the Anglican Church , in particular with the Episcopal Church of the Philippines (full sacrament community in 1961) and with the Old Catholic Churches (with the Union of Utrecht since 1965).

Metropolitan of the PIC

• 1902–1940 Gregorio Aglipay y Labayan (1860–1940)
• 1940 – January 1946 Santiago Fonacier (1885–1977)
• 1946–1. September 1946 Gerardo Bayaca
• 1946–1971 Isabelo de los Reyes, Jr. (1900–1971)
• 1971-1981 Macario V. Ga
• 1981-1987 Abdias de la Cruz
• 1987–1989 Solimán Ganno
• 1989-1993 Tito Edralin Pasco
• 1993-1999 Alberto B. Ramento
• 1999-2005 Tomas A. Millamena
• 2005-2011 Godofredo David
• 2011–2017 Ephraim Fajutagana y Servanez
• since 2017 Rhee M. Timbang

Dioceses

diocese	Seat	bishop	cathedral
Ecclesiastical province of north central Luzon
Batac	Philippines , Batac	Rosario S. Acoba	Aglipay National Shrine
Dagupan	Philippines , Lingayén	Hermogenes M. Ranche	Pro-Cathedral of St. Joseph
Eastern pangasinan	Philippines	Ephraím Fajutagana y Servanez
Isabela	Philippines , Santiago City	Joshua U. Cuarteros	St. James the Greater
La Union, Ilocos Sur and Abra	Philippines , San Esteban	Vermilion C. Tagalog	St. Stephen the Proto-Martyr
Laoag	Philippines , Laoag City	Emiliano Domingo	St. William the Hermit
Nueva Ecija	Philippines , Santo Domingo	Warlito Baldomero	St. Jerome
Nueva Viscaya and Quirino	Philippines	Ephraím Fajutagana y Servanez
Tarlac	Philippines , Tarlac City	Emmanuel Sampayan	St. Sebastian
Tuguegarao	Philippines , Tuguegarao City	Ernesto M. Tamayo	St. Hyacinth
Zambales	Philippines , San Felipe	Generoso A. Rosales	Saint Roche
Church Province of South Central Luzon
Bataan and Bulacan	Philippines , Malolos City	Ephraím Fajutagana y Servanez	Cathedral of the Concepcion of Mary
Cavite	Philippines , Bacoor	Pedro C. Ojacastro	St. Michael the Archangel
Laguna	Philippines , Pagsanjan	Tomas A. Millamena DD	Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Manila	Philippines , Pandacan, Manila	Gregorio R. Delos Reyes	Cathedral of the Holy Child
Marinduque, Quezon, Batangas and Camarines	Philippines , Gasan	Ruel Arevalo	St. Joseph the Worker
Masbate	Philippines , Placer	Alger Loyao	Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady
Palawan	Philippines , Puerto Princesa	Ephraím Fajutagana y Servanez	Sts. Peter and Paul
Rizal and Pampanga	Philippines , Mandaluyong City	Godofredo J. David DD	Cathedral of the Holy Child
Romblon and Mindoros	Philippines , Odiongan	Ronelio V. Fabriquier	St. Vincent Ferrer
Church province of Visayas
Antique	Philippines , Sibalom	Leon T. Estrella	St. Jude Thaddeus
Capiz and Aklan	Philippines , Numancia	Abdias R. dela Cruz DD	Cathedral of Our Lady of Providence and Guide
Cebu and Bohol	Philippines , Cebu City	Vic Esclamado DD	Cathedral of the Holy Child
Guimaras	Philippines , Buenavista	Bartolome Espartero	Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation
Iloilo	Philippines , Iloilo City	Gaspar D. Bañes	Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage
Leyte, Samar and Biliran	Philippines , Padre Burgos	Vic Esclamado DD	St. James the Greater
Negros Occidental	Philippines , Bago City	Felomino Ang	St. John the Baptist
Negros Oriental and Siquijor	Philippines , Dumaguete City	David M. Ga	St. Andrew the Apostle
Church Province of Mindanao
Agusans and Surigao Sur (CARAGA)	Philippines , Cabadbaran City	Denny D. Dapitan	Cathedral of Our Lady of Presentacion
Davao (Southern Mindanao)	Philippines , Davao City	Dolphin Callao, Jr.	Cathedral of the Risen Lord
Dinagat	Philippines , Dinagat		St. Mary
Coronadal	Philippines , Koronadal City	Dolphin Callao, Jr.	Cathedral of the Holy Family
Libertad	Philippines , Libertad	Rudy Juliada	St. Matthew
Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon and Camaguin	Philippines , Cagayan de Oro	Felixberto L. Calang	Cathedral of Jesus the Nazarene
Oroquieta	Philippines , Oroquieta City	Noel B. Lorente	Cathedral of St. Mary
Ozamis (Western Mindanao)	Philippines , Ozamis City	Pablito Jarantilla	Cathedral of the Conception of Mary
Pagadian	Philippines , Pagadian City	Antonio N. Ablon	Cathedral of St. Luke
Surigao	Philippines , Surigao City	Rhee M. Timbang	Cathedral of the Transfiguration
abroad
Western United States and Canada	United States , Los Angeles Canada	Raul C. Tobias	Cathedral of the Holy Child
Eastern United States and Canada	United States , Tampa Canada	Robert D. Ilay	Cathedral of Jesus of Nazareth

literature

• Peter-Ben Smit: Old Catholic and Philippine independent ecclesiologies in history: the Catholic Church in every place. Brill, Leiden 2011 (Brill's series in church history, Vol. 52). ISBN 978-90-04-20647-2
• Franz Segbers, Peter-Ben Smit (ed.): Catholic in times of globalization. Memory of the martyr bishop Alberto Ramento, the bishop of the workers and peasants. Lucerne 2010.

Web links

• Homepage (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Johannes Madey : Aglipayismus . In: LThK ³ 1,235.
2. ↑ Cf. Urs Küry : The Old Catholic Church , 2nd edition ed. v. Christian Oeyen, Stuttgart 1978.
3. ↑ New Archbishop of the Philippine Church Homepage of the Catholic Diocese of Old Catholics in Germany, accessed on May 19, 2017