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Gregorio Labayan Aglipay
(May 8,1860– September 1,1940) was the first FilipinoSupreme Bishopof thePhilippine Independent Church. Born in Batac, Ilocos Norte. Aglipay was an orphan who grew up in thetobacco fields in the last volatile decades of theSpanishoccupation of thePhilippines. He bore deep grievances against the Spanish, stemming fromabuses within the agricultural system and the radical ecclesiastical reformshe championed.Arrested at fourteen for not meeting his tobacco quota, he later moved toManilato study law at theColegio de San Juan de Letranand at the University of Santo Tomas. After obtaining his degree, he then entered theseminary inIlocos Sur in 1883 and was ordained to theCatholic  priesthood  seven years later. He began a career as an assistant priest in various parishesaroundLuzon.In spite of being a Catholic priest, Aglipay, like other Filipinorevolutionaries, joined theFreemasons.
Isabelo de los Reyes
was attempting to establish a national Filipinochurch. On August 3rd, he suggested a church independent of Rome withGregorio Aglipay as its Supreme Bishop. Aglipay, a devout Catholic.OnJanuary 18, 1903, Aglipay was appointed Supreme Bishop of the PhilippineIndependent Church by the bishops of Manila,Cavite, Nueva Ecija,Isabela, Cagayan,Pangasinan, andAbra. The
Philippine Independent Church
, (officially theSpanish:
 Iglesia Filipina Independiente
ir the
 IFI 
, alis aChristiandenomination of theCatholictradition in the form of anational church. The church was founded  by the members of the first federation of labor unions in the country, the
Union Obrera Democratica (UOD)
in 1902.
Isabelo de los Reyes
was thefounder of the church and suggested to makeGregorio Aglipay
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[2]
 its head.It is also known as the
Aglipayan Church
after its first obispo maximo,Gregorio Aglipay.Communion) and, since 1965, with theOld Catholic Union of Utrecht  Association of Churches. Today the
Philippine Independent Church
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