Nilo Tayag
Bishop
ChurchInternational Conference of Philippine Independent Catholic Churches of Jesus Christ, formerly the Philippine Independent Catholic Church/Iglesia Catolica Filipina Independiente
(breakaway/offshoot church from the Philippine Independent Church)
Orders
Ordination1989 (priesthood)
by Manuel Lagasca Sr.
ConsecrationMarch 19, 1993
by Macario V. Ga, Armando L. de la Cruz, and Melvyn Acosta
Personal details
Born
Nilo Salumbides Tayag

1942 or 1943 (age 80–81)[1]
Porac, Pampanga
NationalityFilipino
Denomination"Aglipayan sect" (not in communion with the Philippine Independent Church)
SpouseJosefina Gutierrez David (separated)
Angel Garcia (current)
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Diliman[2]
ICFI National Seminary
Known forCo-founding Kabataang Makabayan
Notable work"On Commitment"[3]

Nilo Tayag is a Filipino bishop, social activist, and revolutionary. Contrary to popular belief, Tayag is not from the Philippine Independent Church, but rather from an offshoot church of the aforementioned. He is an advocate of a revolutionary government in the Philippines[2]

Tayag co-founded, along with Jose Maria Sison and others, the Maoist youth group Kabataang Makabayan ("Patriotic Youth") in 1964, which became the nucleus of the established Communist Party of the Philippines in 1968, and served as its Central Committee member.[4] He was the group's national chairman until he was arrested on June 11, 1970 in Barrio Concepcion, San Pablo, Laguna.[3] Detained along with Benito Tiamzon, Jesus Lava and other left-wing personalities at the Youth Rehabilitation Center in Fort Bonifacio, and later declaring support for the incumbent president Ferdinand Marcos, he was released in 1981 or 1982 after pleading guilty to the charge of subversion.[5]

After being released from prison, Tayag undertook theology studies in the Iglesia Catolica Filipina Independiente (ICFI) National Seminary at Batac, Ilocos Norte (a splinter group from the Philippine Independent Church). In 1987, he ran for the Senate under the UPP-KBL ticket but lost.[6] After losing the election, in January 1988, Tayag and other Marcos loyalists declared their exit from the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan party to form a new party called the Loyalist Party of the Philippines (LPP), of which Tayag was co-vice president with Pacifico de Leon.[7] In 1989, his Church ordained him a priest, and by 1993 consecrated him as a bishop.[2] He was a prominent supporter of Rodrigo Duterte during the latter's campaign for the Presidency[8] and is a founding member of the "Democratic Front for Filipinism" and "Kilusang Pilipinismo", groups supporting Duterte's "revolution against illegal drugs, the oligarchs and the exploiters of the Filipino masses."[9]

Tayag is a member of the UP Alpha Sigma Fraternity, Philippine Guardians Brotherhood Inc., and Freemasonry.

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References

  1. ^ Socrates, Victorino Dennis M. (November 4, 2022). "The Nilo Tayag case revisited". Palawan News. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Cosme, Colleen; Agustin, Carl Martin (1 September 2012). "From guts to Gloria". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b Pimentel, Benjamin (1991). Rebolusyon!: A Generation of Struggle in the Philippines. NYU Press. p. 98. ISBN 9780853458234.
  4. ^ Franco, Jennifer Conroy (2001). Elections and Democratization in the Philippines. Routledge. p. 89. ISBN 0-8153-3734-5.
  5. ^ Hilario, Ernesto M. (28 March 2014). "The NPA, a tunnel, and a prison escape plot". Rappler. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Manila Standard - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  7. ^ "Hardcore FM men quit KBL". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. January 8, 1988. p. 8. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  8. ^ Holmes, Ronnie (13 May 2016). "Days of Duterte begin". Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  9. ^ Vizcarra, Joseph U. (15 August 2016). "Group of ex-rebels calls support for 'Duterte Revolution'". Business World Online. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
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