Gabriel Reyes
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The Most Reverend Gabriel M. Reyes |
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| Archbishop of Manila | |
The Most Reverend Gabriel M. Reyes
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| See |
 Manila
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| Appointed | October 14, 1949 |
| Term ended | October 10, 1952 |
| Predecessor | Michael J. O'Doherty |
| Successor |
 Rufino Jiao Santos
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| Orders | |
| Ordination |
 Diocese of Jaro, March 27, 1915 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Gabriel Martelino Reyes |
| Born |
March 24, 1892 Kalibo, Capiz, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | October 10, 1952 (aged 60) Manila, Philippines |
| Buried | Manila Cathedral crypt |
| Nationality | |
| Denomination | |
| Previous post |
 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu (1934–1949) |
| Alma mater |
 St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary
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Gabriel Martelino Reyes (March 24, 1892 - October 10, 1952) was the 28th Archbishop of Manila, and the first native Filipino to hold that post. He previously served as Archbishop of Cebu from 1934 to 1949, and then served as Archbishop of Manila from 1949 till his death in 1952.
Gabriel M. Reyes was born on March 24, 1892 in Kalibo, (then a part of Capiz). He entered St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary in Jaro, Iloilo City at the age of 13, during the time of Bishop Frederick Rooker. He was ordained a priest, on 27 March 1915, by Bishop Dennis Joseph Dougherty of then Diocese of Jaro, later Cardinal and Archbishop of Philadelphia, USA. After ordination, Gabriel was immediately appointed coadjutor parish priest of the future Cardinal at the Carhedral Parish of Jaro. After a few months Mons. Dougherty made him the parish priest of the Cathedral.
A few months later Gabriel was sent to a very challenging mission to Balasan, Iloilo, the farthest town of Iloilo up north. As the parish priest of this town, he covered sixteen small islands with neither roads, chapels nor convents but only ruins amidst increasing number Aglipayan and Protestant churches.
In 1918 he was transferred to be the parish priest of Capiz, Capiz (now Roxas, Capiz). On July 20, 1920, he was chosen as the Diocesan Chancellor and Secretary by the new Bishop of Jaro, Mons. James McClosky. He was also the parish priest of Santa Barbara, Iloilo.
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