Francisco Gaínza

Francisco Caracciolo Urreta Visayas de Gainza (3 June 1818 – 31 July 1879)[1] was the 25th bishop of the Diocese of Nueva Cáceres. He was born in the city of Calahorra, in the province of Logroño, Spain.

He studied in the Philippines and lived in Manila. In Manila he was a professor at the Colegio of Santo Tomas. Gaínza and his friend, Father Pedro Peláez from Laguna, were leaders of the secularization movement, seeking reforms within the Catholic Church to respect the rights of the secular clergy, who were mostly natives, in parishes.[2][3] Together with Peláez, they founded in 1861 El Católico Filipino, the first Catholic newspaper in the Philippines.[4][3]

In March 1862, Gaínza was appointed the bishop of the Diocese of Nueva Cáceres. After Peláez's death from the 3 June 1863 earthquake, Gaínza dispelled rumors of Peláez's unfulfilled plans of rebellion against Spain.[5]

References
  1. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caceres". gcatholic.org.
  2. Flores, Albert (2007). "Pedro Peláez' "Brebes Apuntes Sobre la cuestion de Curatos de Filipinas:" A Transcription". Landas. 21 (1): 1. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  3. Andrés, Roberto Blanco (2010). Translated by Renán Prado; Filomeno Aguilar. "Pedro Peláez, Leader of the Filipino Clergy" (PDF). Philippine Studies. Ateneo de Manila University. 58. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  4. Romanillos, Emmanuel Luis (December 2016). Barrot, Leander (ed.). "Fr. Pedro Pelaez's Unpublished Letters" (PDF). Quærens. Quezon City, Philippines: Recoletos School of Theology, Inc. 11 (2): 11. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  5. Schumacher, John (1998). Revolutionary Clergy: The Filipino Clergy and the Nationalist Movement, 1850–1903 (3rd ed.). Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University Press. p. 11. ISBN 971-550-121-4. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
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