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Iglesia Filipina Independiente

Philippine Independent Church
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Arms of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente: "Scripture, Charity, Knowledge, Liberty"
Abbreviation IFI, PIC
Classification Independent Catholic
Orientation Chalcedonian Christianity
Polity Episcopal
Supreme Bishop Ephraim Fajutagana
Associations National Council of Churches in the Philippines
Christian Conference of Asia
World Council of Churches
Region Philippines
North America
Europe
Middle East
Northeast Asia
Headquarters Iglesia Filipina Independiente National Cathedral
Ermita, Manila
Founder Gregorio Aglipay, Isabelo de los Reyes
Origin 1902
Manila
Separated from Catholic Church in the Philippines
Members 916,639 (2010)
Official website www.ifi.ph

The Philippine Independent Church (Spanish: Iglesia Filipina Independiente; Tagalog: Malayang Simbahan ng Pilipinas; Latin: Libera Ecclesia Philippina; colloquially known as the Aglipayan Church) is an independentChristian denomination in the form of a national church in the Philippines. Its schism from the Catholic Church was proclaimed in 1902 by the members of the Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina due to the alleged mistreatment of the Filipinos by Spanish priests and the execution of José Rizal during Spanish colonial rule.

Isabelo de los Reyes was one of the initiators of the separation, and suggested that former Catholic priest Gregorio Aglipay be the head of the church. It is also known as the "Aglipayan Church", after its first Supreme Bishop, Gregorio Aglipay, who like José Rizal, later became a Freemason, in May 1918.

Pope Leo XIII instructed the Archbishop of Manila, Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa to excommunicate those who initiated the schism. Since 1960 the church has been in full communion with the Episcopal Church in the United States, and through it, the entire Anglican Communion.


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