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Word: aglipayan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Soon as Bishop Dougherty arrived in his See city, Vigan, and found his residence sacked, its library scattered, its chapel fouled from having been used as a stable and the cathedral in possession of an Aglipayan priest, this sturdy son of Patrick and Bridget Dougherty girded for action. He gathered a band of loyal Catholics, braved a shower of stones to wrest the cathedral from the Aglipayan. Arming his flock he toured his diocese reopening and reconsecrating churches, confirming as many as 70,000 Filipino children at a time, spending weeks on horseback and at times paddling his own canoe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: On the Luneta | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

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