IGLESIA FILIPINA INDEPENDIENTE

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About IGLESIA FILIPINA INDEPENDIENTE

The Philippine Independent Church, officially the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), in Spanish, is a Christian denomination of the Catholic tradition in the form of a national church. The church was founded by Isabelo de los Reyes[1][2][3][4][5] on 1902 and made Gregorio Aglipay[6][7] as its head. Its better known as the Aglipayan Church after its first head, Gregorio Aglipay.





Since 1965 it has been in full communion with the Old Catholic Union of Utrecht Association of Churches. Today the Philippine Independent Church or Aglipayan Church is the third largest Christian denomination in the Philippines after Roman Catholic and Iglesia ni Cristo respectively, with approximately two to four million members which is scattered all over the Philippines and with large congregations as well in the United States and parts of Asia. The bulk of the Aglipayans comes from the northern part of the island of Luzon especially in the Ilocandia region, where its first Supreme Bishop comes from. Now the church is divided into 10 dioceses which includes the Diocese of United States and Canada. But due to lack of priests to serve its church, many parishes in the USA are priestless.

The current Obispo Maximo now is the Most Rev. Godofredo J. David, which has its central office in the capital of the country in Manila (National Cathedral of the Holy Child in Taft Ave, Manila). The line of succession goes back from the first Obispo Maximo Aglipay and which is followed by 10 other successors.

The Philippine Independent Church is considered the most tangible product of the 1898 Revolution against Spain.

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