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José Apolonio Burgos y García (February 9, 1837 – February 17, 1872) was a Filipino Catholic priest, accused of mutiny by the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines in the 19th century. He was tried and executed in Manila along with two other clergymen, Mariano Gomez and Jacinto Zamora , who are collectively known as the Gomburza .
José Apolonio Burgos y García was born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur on February 9, 1837, and was baptized on the 12th of the same month. His parents were Jose Burgos, a Spanish lieutenant in the Spanish militia of Ilocos, and Florencia Garcia, a native of Vigan.
The Father Burgos House, built in 1788, [1] is a historic house in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. [2] It was the residence of the Filipino Catholic priest Jose Burgos (1837–1872), [3] a leader of the secularization movement, referring to the full incorporation of Filipino priests into the Catholic hierarchy in the Philippines, which was dominated by Spanish friars in the past. [4]
The Gomburza National Monument is a bronze monument in the Philippines dedicated to the three Catholic martyr-priests Fathers Mariano Gomes [a], Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora who were executed via garrote by the Spanish colonial authorities in 1872 on charges of subversion arising from the 1872 Cavite mutiny.
GomBurZa is a 2023 Philippine historical biographical film co-written and directed by Pepe Diokno.Starring Dante Rivero, Cedrick Juan, and Enchong Dee, it features and follows the lives of the Gomburza, three native Filipino Roman Catholic priests executed during the latter years of the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines.
In 2023, he was cast as Fr. Jose Burgos in the historical drama film GomBurZa, a dramatization of the events that led to the execution of the titular martyr priests who were implicated in the Cavite Mutiny.
"Now he rests from his many battles with the devil," Spanish theologian Father Jose Antonio Fortea told CNA. The Amazon description of his book notes that he was “the world's most famous ...
Like Pelaez, Burgos strongly advocated for the rights of the secular clergy who were not being allowed to govern a parish due to their race. [ 5 ] However, upon the suppression of the Jesuits, the Recollect Order moving to the parishes once owned by Jesuits, surrendered their parishes to local Filipino diocesans or secular clergy, temporarily ...