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The following are the dioceses or bishoprics of the Philippine Independent Church (IFI), an Independent Catholic denomination with nationalist and Anglo-Catholic orientation, along with their respective bishops and cathedrals (seats of dioceses), which were organized by the church's Supreme Council of Bishops and bishops conference (as of 2025):
Rhee Millena Timbang is the thirteenth Obispo Máximo or Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church (Iglesia Filipina Independiente) who served from 2017 to 2023.He was elevated from Diocesan Bishop of Surigao to Obispo Máximo (OM) on June 25, 2017 and succeeded Ephraim Fajutagana after getting elected on May 9, 2017.
Ephraim Servañez Fajutagana is the twelfth Obispo Máximo or Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church (Iglesia Filipina Independiente or IFI) who served from 2011 to 2017. As the 12th Obispo Máximo, he attained the highest post of the church that goes back from its first and co-founder Gregorio Aglipay .
Diocese of Surigao Dioecesis Surigensis: Antonieto D. Cabajog (23 years, 292 days) Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands: Cathedral of San Nicolas de Tolentino: Saint Nicholas of Tolentino: June 3, 1939 (85 years, 249 days) none: none: 34 parishes Diocese of Tandag Dioecesis Tandagensis: Raul B. Dael (6 years, 238 days) Surigao del Sur
The following is a list of bishops of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The Catholic Church in the Philippines comprises: 52 Latin Church dioceses led by bishops; 7 apostolic vicariates led by apostolic vicars; 5 territorial prelatures led by Bishop-Prelate; The Military Ordinariate of the Philippines, for military personnel
The Philippine Independent Church (Filipino: Malayang Simbahan ng Pilipinas; Ilocano: Nawaya a Simbaan ti Filipinas), officially referred to by its Philippine Spanish name Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) and colloquially called the Aglipayan Church, is an independent [e] Christian denomination, in the form of a nationalist church, [f] in ...
The supreme bishop is the primate, spiritual head, and chief executive of the Philippine Independent Church. A supreme bishop is elected from the bishops of the church during the General Assembly every six years, by the delegates of every diocese, strictly via majority vote and cannot be re-elected for a consecutive term as per the church's ...
Fernando Buyser, also known by his pseudonym Floripinas (May 30, 1879 – November 16, 1946), was a Filipino Visayan poet, writer, and bishop of the Philippine Independent Church. [1] He was a prolific writer and best known as the inventor of the Cebuano sonnet form called sonanoy and as the pioneer in the study of Visayan folklore.