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A Historical Perspective: The Martyrdom of GOMBURZA

“We need to participate for the common good… good Catholics immerse themselves in politics by offering the best of themselves so that the leader can govern.” Pope Francis, 9/16/2013

Two weeks ago, I asked one of my siblings in Naga City if there was any planned celebration in the city for the 150th year since the martyrdom of the three Catholic priests that formed the acronym GOMBURZA? Her response was “who?” When I explained who the priests were, she said that nobody really pays attention anymore to these important historical people. Even for Dr. Jose Rizal, the national hero, she said that most Filipinos would rather go to the mall to enjoy the holiday.

It’s a real shame, but despite government efforts to promote them with various activities and rituals, these dynamics no longer evoke a popular sense of belonging to such important dates and people of the past. Their relevance hardly connects anymore. In the case of the martyred priests, one would think that the Catholic Church would be at the forefront promoting such important milestones particularly for the reasons why they were killed.

Filipino priests Francisco Gomes, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora (GOMBURZA) were executed with a garrote while blindfolded and seated on a scaffold at Bagumbayan (now Luneta Park) on February 17, 1872. They were meted the death penalty for their alleged participation in the 1872 Cavite Mutiny. The mutiny occurred January 20. The priests were arrested, tried, convicted, and executed all in less than a month.

Gomes was the first to be executed. He was a 73 years old mestizo, college educated in Catholic schools (Letran and Santo Tomas) and was the head priest in Bacoor. Next was Jacinto Zamora, 37 years old and also college educated in the same schools as Gomes. He was working on his canon law doctorate He was previously assigned in several parishes in Metro Manila. Last was Burgos, the youngest at 35 and w

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  • 3. 'tdîsilá . 'yiginawad: . . Padre Jose Ma. Burgos  priest-reformist  one of the GOMBURZA martyrs executed by Spain, on suspicion of rebellion  taught Rizal at the Ateneo de Manila  born February 9, 1837  died February 28, 1872 at Bagumbayan by execution Padre Jose Ma. Burgos studied in San Juan de Letran. He sought equal treatment for browns and whites. He was busy seeking reforms when theCavite Revolt broke out in 1872. Padre Burgos was suspected to be one of those inciting the people to revolt. On February 15, 1872, during a secret trial, three Filipino priests were sentenced to die at the gallows. The three priests, Fathers Gomez, Burgos and Zamora were executed at the gallows in Bagumbayan on February 28, 1872. The three martyred priests were collectively called theGOMBURZA. Excerpts from TalambuhayngmgaBayani by Rene Alba The GOMBURZA priests were executed in Bagumbayan in 1872, and buried in an unknown location at the Paco Cemetery. This Centennial year, bones believed to be the missing bones of theGomburza martyrs were accidentally found at the Paco Park Cemetery by the Manila City Engineers Office. The youngest among the three Filipino Martyr Priests(Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora), Father Jose Burgos was born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur on February 9, 1837. His parents were Jose Burgos and Florencia Garcia. Young

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    For the film, see GomBurZa (film).

    Gomburza, alternatively stylized as GOMBURZA or GomBurZa ("Gom" for Gómes, "Bur" for Burgos, and "Za" for Zamora), refers to three Filipino Catholicpriests, Mariano Gómes, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora, who were executed by a garrote on February 17, 1872, in Bagumbayan, Philippines by Spanish colonial authorities on charges of subversion arising from the 1872 Cavite mutiny. The name is a portmanteau of the priests' surnames.

    Gomburza incurred the hatred of Spanish authorities for fighting for equal rights among priests and leading the campaign against the Spanish friars. They fought on the issues of secularization in the Philippines that led to the conflict of religious and church seculars.

    Their execution had a profound effect on many late 19th-century Filipinos; José Rizal, later to become the country's national hero, would dedicate his novel El filibusterismo to their memory. Mutiny by workers in the Cavite Naval Yard was the pretext needed by the authorities to redress a perceived humiliation from the principal objective, José Burgos, who threatened the established order.

    Burgos was a Doctor of Philosophy and Arts whose prominence extended even to Spain, such that when the new Governor and Captain-General Carlos María de la Torre arrived from Spain to assume his duties, he invited Burgos to sit beside him in his carriage during the inaugural procession, a place traditionally reserved for the archbishop and who was a peninsular Spaniard. The arrival of the liberal de la Torre was opposed by the ruling minority of friars, regular priests who belonged to an order (Dominicans, Augustinians, Franciscans, etc.) and their allies in civil government. It was supported by the secular priests, most of whom were mestizos assigned t

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