INTRA-CLERGY

CONFLICTS
Escanillla, Escobar, Escorsa,
Federis, Goyola, Jadie, Leron
An TODAY'S PRESENTATION
Overview INTRA-CLERGY CONFLICTS
Roots of Controversy
Patronato Real
Visitation Controversy
Late and erratic development of a nativer clergy
Types of Clergy
Policy of Secularization and its reversal
Archbishop Basilio Santa Justa
Cedula of 1849
Palaez and Gomez
Cedula of 1861
References

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PATRONATO
REAL
INTRA-CLERGY CONFLICTS | ROOTS OF CONTROVERSY

By the papal grant of the Patronato real, the

Spanish crown received the most complete
control over the churches in the Indies including
the Philippines, this is in exchange for its
commitment to financially support the missionary
enterprise.

The clergy was considered as employees of the

state and religion as means of government

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VISITATION
CONTORVERSY
INTRA-CLERGY CONFLICTS | ROOTS OF CONTROVERSY

the conflict started when the bishops

insisted on visiting the parishes that were
being run by the regular priests.

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LATE AND
ERRATIC
DEVELOPMENT OF
A NATIVE CLERGY
INTRA-CLERGY CONFLICTS | ROOTS OF CONTROVERSY

•The long failure of the bishops to enforce

their rights of visitation closely linked up to
the third root which is the failure of the
spanish missionaries to encourage the
development of a native Filipino clergy.

Archbishop Sancho de Santa Justa made up

his mind to settle the visitation controversy.

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TWO TYPES OF
CLERGY
INTRA-CLERGY CONFLICTS

Regular Clergy
belongs to the religious orders. Their main
task was to spread Christianity.

Secular Clergy
did not belong to any religious orders. They
were trained specifically to run the parishes
and were under the supervision of the bishops.

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POLICY OF
SECULARIZATION
AND ITS REVERSAL
INTRA-CLERGY CONFLICTS

A new factor now entered which

contributed to the total of the Spanish
Government policy about to take place -
the emancipation of Spain's American
colonies beginning in 1810.

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ARCHBISHOP
BASILIO SANTA
JUSTA
INTRA-CLERGY CONFLICTS

upheld the diocese’s authority over the

parishes and accepted the resignations of
the regular priests Secular priests took over
the parishes.

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NOVEMBER 09, 1774
A royal decree was issued , which
provided for the secularization of all
parishes or the transfer of parochial
administration from the regular friars
to the secular priest.

JUNE 08, 1826

the secularization fallacy of 1774 was

ROYAL
overturned by the Spanish
government led by Ferdinand VII. He

DECREE
ordered the returned of the parishes
of Malate to the Augustinians and the
reinstitution to the religious orders of
all the parishes given to the secular INTRA-CLERGY CONFLICTS
clergy.
MARCH 9, 1849
a cedula issued mandating the handover
of the parishes of Bacoor, Cavite and
Silang to the Recollects and the parishes
of Santa Cruz, San Francisco de Malabon,
Naic and Indang to the Dominicans

The reason behind the issuance of the

cedula was because Guillermo Agudo
who asked for the handover of the
parishes of Cavite to his recollect province CEDULA OF
whenever a vacancy would arise in order
to put in place definidores and take the 1849
advantage to receive the handling
parishes. INTRA-CLERGY CONFLICTS
AS LEADERS OF THE PROTEST
Cavite town of Santa Cruz De Malabon
(Tanza)
• Epicenter of the protest

Response of the Clergy

• Petition for abolishment of cedula or
indemnification for expropriated parishes
• published anonymously in El Clamor
Publico
• Funds to maintain an agent in Spain -
Clergy not only from Cavite but from
Batangas, Manila and La Laguna gave
PELAEZ AND
their collections.
GOMEZ
INTRA-CLERGY CONFLICTS
EXCHANGE
Parishes in Cavite in exchange for
Parishes in Mindanao

RESPONSES
• Temporary Suspension
• Petition signed by a few people -
Creoles Zulueta, Rojas and Lizola
• Another Letter signed practically
by the whole Cabildo
CEDULA OF
1861
INTRA-CLERGY CONFLICTS
Due to the propositions of Pelaez, he
was able to let the archbishop take
his side for he was also opposed
with the royal order.

Unfortunately, the success of Pelaez

and the Archbishop lasted for a
short time due to the explanatory
royal order on June 20, 1862.
 REFERENCES
Schumacher, John. 2011. The Cavite Mutiny: Toward a definitive history. Philippine
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