Philippine Independent Church
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![President Emilio Aguinaldo and Obispo Máximo Gregorio Aglipay, with some Cabinet officials of the First Philippine Republic, December 1904.](/Images/godic/202502/02/Aguinaldo_ang_aglipay1036.jpg")
![Gregorio Aglipay in his youth before excommunication.](/Images/godic/202502/02/Gregorio_Aglipay1036.jpg")
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The Philippine Independent Church (Spanish:Iglesia Filipina Independiente; Tagalog:Malayang Simbahan ng Pilipinas; Latin:Libera Ecclesia Philippina; colloquially known as the Aglipayan Church) is an independent Christian denomination in the form of a national church in the Philippines. Its schism from the Catholic Church was proclaimed in 1902 by the members of the Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina due to the alleged mistreatment of the Filipinos by Spanish priests and the execution of José Rizal during Spanish colonial rule.