22 October, 1899

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TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY:

Apolinario Mabini, by that time former foreign minister of the Philippines, issued a manifesto to the Filipino clergy calling for our own Filipino Independent Church.Mabini saw a need for a Filipino Church, though still under the Vatican, that would work with the Revolutionary government.

During the Spanish Era, the clergy in the Philippines were mostly Spanish Friars. Mabini wanted a clergy with Filipino officials from the top position down to the rank and file. Gregorio Aglipay was the first to respond to Mabini’s call by calling on the Filipino clergy to an assembly in Paniqui, Tarlac. Their mission was the Filipinization of the Clergy and to draft a constitution for the Filipino Church. Thus the Philippine Independent Church was founded with Aglipay as Supreme Bishop.

(Ref: High Beam, NHI)

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