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 | | Jose Burgos at the hands of the Spanish authorities, church reforms became a facet of the Philippine independence movement. |
 | | Gomez is said to have indirectly ignited the Philippine revolution and had a profound effect on Dr. Jose Rizal. |
 | | Gregorio Aglipay was an activist priest from Ilocos Norte that, despite his intercession and defense of the Spanish clergy from revolutionaries, was excommunicated by the Vatican for inciting rebellion within the Filipino clergy. |
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