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Gabriel Reyes
Gabriel Martelino Reyes (March 24, 1892 – October 10, 1952) was the 28th archbishop of Manila, and the first native Filipino to hold that post. He previously served as Archbishop of Cebu from 1934 to 1949, and then served as Archbishop of Manila from 1949 till his death in 1952.
Gabriel M. Reyes was born on March 24, 1892, in Kalibo, (then a part of Capiz). He entered St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary in Jaro, Iloilo City at the age of 13, during the time of Bishop Frederick Rooker. He was ordained a priest, on March 27, 1915, by Dennis Joseph Dougherty, the then-bishop of the then-Diocese of Jaro. After ordination, Gabriel was immediately appointed coadjutor parish priest of the future cardinal at the Cathedral Parish of Jaro. After a few months Mons. Dougherty made him the parish priest of the cathedral.
A few months later Gabriel was sent to a very challenging mission to Balasan, Iloilo, the farthest town of Iloilo up north. As the parish priest of this town, he covered sixteen small islands with neither roads, chapels nor convents but only ruins amidst an increasing number of Aglipayan and Protestant churches.
In 1918, he was transferred to be the parish priest of Capiz, Capiz (now Roxas, Capiz). On July 20, 1920, he was chosen as the diocesan chancellor and secretary by the new bishop of Jaro, Mons. James McClosky. He was also the parish priest of Santa Barbara, Iloilo.
In 1927, he was named the vicar general of Jaro.
Five years later, Mons. Gabriel Reyes was appointed by the Holy See as Bishop of Cebu. He received his episcopal consecration in the Cathedral of Jaro, on October 11, 1932, from the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Guillermo Piani, S.D.B., with Mons. James McClosky - Bishop of Jaro, and Mons. Alfredo Verzosa, Bishop of Lipa, as co-consecrators. Two days after, he was installed in Cebu.
On April 28, 1934, after more than three centuries, the Diocese of Cebu was elevated by Pope Pius XI into an archdiocese, with Gabriel Reyes as the first archbishop. In Cebu Mons. Reyes ordained every year dozens of new candidates to the priesthood. He established the Parishes of Guadalupe, Tabuelan, Simala and Santa Lucia to add to the existing parishes, and launched an evangelization program. He also started the “Catholic Hour” over radio station DZRC.
On August 25, 1949, he was appointed by Pope Pius XII as coadjutor to Archbishop Michael O’Doherty of Manila with right of succession (and apostolic administrator sede plena). On the death of the Archbishop on September 29, 1949, he took over the archi-episcopal See of Manila, being its first Filipino archbishop.
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Gabriel Reyes
Gabriel Martelino Reyes (March 24, 1892 – October 10, 1952) was the 28th archbishop of Manila, and the first native Filipino to hold that post. He previously served as Archbishop of Cebu from 1934 to 1949, and then served as Archbishop of Manila from 1949 till his death in 1952.
Gabriel M. Reyes was born on March 24, 1892, in Kalibo, (then a part of Capiz). He entered St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary in Jaro, Iloilo City at the age of 13, during the time of Bishop Frederick Rooker. He was ordained a priest, on March 27, 1915, by Dennis Joseph Dougherty, the then-bishop of the then-Diocese of Jaro. After ordination, Gabriel was immediately appointed coadjutor parish priest of the future cardinal at the Cathedral Parish of Jaro. After a few months Mons. Dougherty made him the parish priest of the cathedral.
A few months later Gabriel was sent to a very challenging mission to Balasan, Iloilo, the farthest town of Iloilo up north. As the parish priest of this town, he covered sixteen small islands with neither roads, chapels nor convents but only ruins amidst an increasing number of Aglipayan and Protestant churches.
In 1918, he was transferred to be the parish priest of Capiz, Capiz (now Roxas, Capiz). On July 20, 1920, he was chosen as the diocesan chancellor and secretary by the new bishop of Jaro, Mons. James McClosky. He was also the parish priest of Santa Barbara, Iloilo.
In 1927, he was named the vicar general of Jaro.
Five years later, Mons. Gabriel Reyes was appointed by the Holy See as Bishop of Cebu. He received his episcopal consecration in the Cathedral of Jaro, on October 11, 1932, from the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Guillermo Piani, S.D.B., with Mons. James McClosky - Bishop of Jaro, and Mons. Alfredo Verzosa, Bishop of Lipa, as co-consecrators. Two days after, he was installed in Cebu.
On April 28, 1934, after more than three centuries, the Diocese of Cebu was elevated by Pope Pius XI into an archdiocese, with Gabriel Reyes as the first archbishop. In Cebu Mons. Reyes ordained every year dozens of new candidates to the priesthood. He established the Parishes of Guadalupe, Tabuelan, Simala and Santa Lucia to add to the existing parishes, and launched an evangelization program. He also started the “Catholic Hour” over radio station DZRC.
On August 25, 1949, he was appointed by Pope Pius XII as coadjutor to Archbishop Michael O’Doherty of Manila with right of succession (and apostolic administrator sede plena). On the death of the Archbishop on September 29, 1949, he took over the archi-episcopal See of Manila, being its first Filipino archbishop.