V
Valderrama, Father Don Felix de SEE Villasis de Valderrama, Father Don Felix
Valdés, Father Don Francisco de, Español, Arcediano
Chaplain, capellanía, ca. 1637[1]
Valdes, Bachiller Father Don Joseph de Valdes, Español
Santiago, Extra Muros, Manila—left clerical status to get married, ca. 1708[2] Valencia, Father Don Nicolas (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 340)
Santa Barbara, Iloilo, coadjutor, 1892
Valdez Solit, Bachiller Father Don Thomas, Indio[3] 1708, “Ordained as Subdeacon”
ca. 1710, “Chaplain of the Capellanias of Angulo and Sambrano
1713-1754, “Priest-Sacristan of Ermita” Died, 28 December 1754
Valencia, Father Don Domingo de, Español, Clérigo de menores
Chaplain, capellanía, ca. 1665[4]
Valenzuela, Father Don Antonio (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 341)
No assignments listed Died, 10 June 1862
Valenzuela, Father Don Cipriano[5]
Calasiao, coadjutor, 1876-1877
Valenzuela, Father Don Felix (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 341)
Mentioned, ca. 1822, Luciano P. R. Santiago, “Before Bacoor: The Initial Career of
Padre Mariano Gomes (1822-1824) [Notes and Comments].” Philippine Studies,
33: 1 (1985), 87-92; here, 89.
Biñan, Laguna, 1842-1855[6]
Valenzuela, Father Don Juan (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 341)
Lupi, Camarines Sur, 1859-1864
Valerio, Father Don Fabian[7]
Binmaley, coadjutor, 1816-1823
Valerio, Father Don Francisco, of Mexico, Pampanga
Mentioned as a “student seminarian of the University of Sto. Tomás” but withdrew from
the priesthood, 1724.[8]
Valerio, Father Don Pedro[9]
Lingayen, coadjutor, 1830
Valle, Father Don Eduardo (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 341)
Uson, Masbate, 1875-ca. 1879, 1884-1886
Valle, Father Don Jose M. (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 341)
Samboan, Cebu, 1896
Alegria, Cebu, 1896-1897-1898
Valle, Father Don Juán del SEE Antonio del Valle, Bachiller Father Don Juán
Valle, Bachiller Father Don Juán Antonio del SEE
Antonio del Valle, Bachiller Father Don Juán
Vallejo, Father Don Vicente (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 341)
Ragay, Camarines Sur, 1890
Gainza, Camarines Sur, 1891
San Vicente, Camarines Norte, 1896-1897
Vargas, Father Don Aniceto San Antonio SEE San Antonio Vargas, Father Don Aniceto
Vega, Bachiller Father Don Bartholomé de la, Español
Sent by Archbishop to help with parish work in Diocese of Cebu, 1717[10]
Vega, Father Don Gregorio de la (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 343)
Batan, Aklan, 1839
Vega, Father Don Manuel (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 344)
Indan, Camarines Norte, 1839-1847
Veira, Father Don Vaira SEE Veyra, Father Don Pantaleon de
Vejarano, Father Don Antonio (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 344)
Ragay, Camarines Sur, 1877
San Jacinto, Masbate, ca. 1879
Masbate, Masbate, 1884-1886
Velardo, Father Don Isabelo (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 344)
Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, coadjutor, ca. 1877
Velasco, Father Don Ambrosio (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 344)
Jovellar, Albay, 1839-1864
Velasco, Father Don Diego de, Español, Clérigo de menores
Chaplain, capellanía, ca. 1624; and again, for another, 1627[11]
Velasco, Father Don Jose Maria (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 344)
Bulan, Sorsogon, 1839-1847
Velasco, Father Don Joseph de, Español, Racionero
Chaplain, capellanía, ca. 1618[12]
Velasco, Father Don Marcelo (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 344)
Milagros, Masbate, 1891-1893
Manguirin, Camarines Sur, 1895-1897
Velasco, Father Don Mariano (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 345)
Lanang, Masbate, ca. 1879, 1884-1886
San Agustin, Masbate, 1891-1892
Baleno, Masbate, 1893
Velasco, Father Don Miguel de, Español, Canónigo
Chaplain, capellanía, ca. 1615[13]
Velasco, Father Don Pedro (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 345)
Sara, Concepcion, coadjutor, 1892
Lemery, Concepcion, 1896
Velasco Reyes, Father Don Cecilio[14]
Calasiao, coadjutor, 1874-1875
Velasquez, Father Don Pastor G. (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 345)
Sinait, Ilocos Sur, interino, 1863
Velazco, Father Don Valentin (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 345)
Naic, Cavite, coadjutor, 1872-ca. 1877-1904
Alfonso, Cavite, substituto, 1891
Velázquez, Father Don Valeriano (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 345)
Tayum, Abra, 1839-1844
Bangued, Abra, 1845-1846
Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur, 1847-1864
Velez, Father Don Benedicto (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 345)
Matnog, Sorsogon, 1891-1895
Velmes, Father Don Martin SEE Belmes, Father Don Martin
Vengzon, Bachiller Father Don Eustaquio de San Andres[15]
Dagupan, 1785
Ventenilla, Father Don Eugenio[16]
Manaoag, coadjutor, 1895-1897
Sual, cura parroco, 1898-1914
Vera, Father Don Casiano (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 346)
Bacon, Sorsogon, 1884-1886
Bacacay, Albay, 1895-1898
Vera, Father Don Celestino de (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 346)
Bacolor, Pampanga, 1839
Vera, Father Don Hilario de (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 346)
Casiguran, Sorsogon, 1839-1863
Lagonoy, Camarines Sur, 1875-1879
Malinao, Albay, ca. 1879
Vera, Father Don Jose de (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 346)
Bulacan, Bulacan, coadjutor, ca. 1877
Vera, Father Don Manuel Isidoro de (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 346)
Indan, Camarines Norte, 1848-1864
Capalongan, Camarines Norte, 1877-ca. 1879
Vera, Father Don Mariano de (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 346)
Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, interino, 1864
Vera, Father Don Remigio de (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 346)
Bulan, Sorsogon, 1848-1853
Bacon, Sorsogon, 1854-1864
Tiui, Albay, 1875-ca. 1879
Vergara, Father Don Jorge
Tigaon, May 1830[17]
Vergara, Father Don Lucio (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 347)
Imus, Cavite, coadjutor, 1840s
Vergara y Masangcay, Licenciado Father Don Joseph de
One of four Philippine deputies to the 1813-1814 Cortes session, Spain.[18]
Versoza, Father Don Crispulo (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 347)
Dingras, Ilocos Norte, interino, 1855
Versoza del Rosario, Father Don Julian (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 347)
Babatñgon, Leyte, 1854
Hinunangan, Leyte, 1859-1860
Barugo, Leyte, 1863
Verzosa, Father Don Enrique (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 347)
Bangued, Abra, 1840-1843
Veyra, Father Don Pantaleon de (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 347)
Badian, Cebu, 1875-1876
Toledo, Cebu, 1876-1879
Pinamungajan, Cebu, 1884
Villaba, Leyte, 1885-1886
Matalom, Leyte, 1890-1898
Vicente, Father Don Bibiano (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 347)
Carigara, Leyte, 1839-1840
Vicente, Father Don Carlos (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 347)
Malolos, Bulacan, coadjutor, ca. 1877
Vicente, Father Don Faustino (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 347)
Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, interino, 1848 1849
Vicente, Father Don Jose SEE Mayor, Father Don Jose Vicente
Victor, Father Don Fernando (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 348)
Sagñay, Camarines Sur, interino, 1856-1862
Baleno, Masbate, 1879
Victoria, Bachiller Father Don Martin[19] Born ca. 1743
Interim Pastor, 31 October 1771-1772, Lubao, Pampanga
“Proprietary Pastor (appointed 14 May 1772),” Santor Died 1772
Victorino de San Evaristo, Father Don Matheo
Apat, Calauag, Guinayangan, in province of Tayabas [Quezon], February 1830[20]
Vidal, Father Don Estanislao (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 348)
Iligan, Misamis, interino, 1843
Vidal, Father Don Francisco
Cura Interino, 1776, Apad, between 40 and 50 years of age[21]
Vidal, Father Don Luciano (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 348)
Ibajay, Capiz, 1839-1847
Vidal de la Cruz, Father Don Manuel SEE Cruz, Father Don Manuel Vidal de la
Villa, Father Don Domingo (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 349)
Dumangas, Iloilo, coadjutor, 1892
Villa, Father Don Hermenegildo (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 349)
Catigbian, Bohol, interino, 1857
Dumanjug, Cebu, 1875-1877, 1879, 1884-1886, 1890-1893-1894
Villa Nicolas, Father Don Luciano (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 350)
Arevalo, Iloilo, 1839-1859
Villa Señor, Father Don Silvester
Pitogo, December 1830[22]
Villafañe, Father Don Nazario (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 350)
Alegria, Cebu, 1882-1884-1886-1888
Villa-franca, Father Don Faustino SEE Villafranca, Father Don Faustino Jose
Villafranca, Father Don Ambrosio (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 350)
“had accumulated four baccalaureate degrees in Philosophy (1858), theology (1863),
canon law (1866), and civil law (1868), and had been ordained to the
subdiaconate (1868).”[23]
Biñan, Laguna, 1877-ca. 1879, 1884-1886 Died, 6 December 1889
Villafranca, Father Don Calixto Marcelo (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 350)
Rosario, Cavite, coadjutor, ca. 1877
Naic, Cavite, interino, 1881-1882
Magallanes, Cavite, 1884-1886
Nasugbu, Batangas, interino, 1890-1891
Santa Cruz de Malabon, Cavite, coadjutor, 1891-1893
Villafranca, Father Don Cenon (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 350)
Santa Cruz de Malabon, Cavite, coadjutor, 1886-1890, 1891-1897
Cavite el Viejo, Cavite, 1898-1901
Villafranca, Father Don Faustino SEE Villafranca, Father Don Faustino Jose
Villafranca, Father Don Faustino Jose[24]
Indio, Born 15 February 1833, Intramuros
“He graduated as a Licentiate in Philosophy on 21 July 1856 and as a Bachelor of Canon
Law on 1 March 1857” (81), based on work completed at the University of Santo
Tomas.
Titulo de Profesor de Latinidad, 1858.
14 January 1859, Licentiate in Sacred Theology nomine discrepante.
11 November 1860, doctorate in theology
Calamba, Laguna, 21 May 1862-1864
Dinalupijan, Bataan, 1864-1866
“royal appointment to a full prebend (racion entera) in the cathedral chapter,” 1866 (83)
left Manila for travels abroad, 5 February 1869; returned in December 1869.
Died 11 October 1871
Villafranca, Father Don Policarpio (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 350)
Magallanes, Cavite, 1890-1891
Maragondon, Cavite, 1892-1897 (coadjutor), 1899-1903 (cura parroco)
Villafuerte, Father Don Apolinario (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 350)
Lanang, Masbate, 1875-1879
San Narciso, Tayabas, ca. 1879, 1884, 1891-1892
Villafuerte, Father Don Pedro (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 350)
Pamplona, Camarines Sur, 1861
Lanang, Masbate, 1864
Villahermosa, Father Don Felix (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 350)
Maasin, Leyte, 1863-1864
Villalobos, Father Don Jose (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 350)
Taal, Batangas, coadjutor, ca. 1877
Villamarzo, Father Don Getulio (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 351)
Guinayangan, Tayabas, 1860-1864
Villanueva, Father Don Eugenio (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 351)
Santa Cruz, Zambales, coadjutor, ca. 1877
Villanueva, Father Don Juan (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 351)
Barasoain, Bulacan, coadjutor, ca. 1877
Villanueva, Father Don Mariano (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 351)
Bantay, Ilocos Sur, interino, 1843
Villanueva, Father Don Vicente de (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 351)
Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur, 1839-1843
Villar, Father Don Antonio
June 1830, Camaligan[25]
Villareal, Father Don Andres (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 352)
Imus, Cavite, coadjutor, 1840s
San Pedro Macati, Manila, 1862 Died, 28 January 1865
Villareal, Father Don Braulio (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 352)
San Jose de Casignan, Principe, 1862-1864
Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, coadjutor, 1877
Villareal, Father Don Gregorio Carlos (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 352)
Bolinao, Zambales, 1839-1848
Villareal, Father Don Isaac (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 352)
Baleno, Masbate, 1892
Mobo, Masbate, 1895
Villareal, Father Don Jose Eduvigis (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 352)
Quingua, Bulacan, interino, 1846-1850
Villarus, Father Don Tomas (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 352)
Jamindan, Capiz, 1877-ca. 1879
Jimeno, Capiz, 1884-1886
Villaruz, Maestro Joseph de, pastor of La-loc, Cagayan, ca. 1715[26]
Villaseñor, Father Don Justo Manuel (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 352)
La Paz, Tarlac, 1839-1843
Villaseñor, Father Don Silvestre (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 352)
Pitogo, Tayabas, 1839-1843
Villasis de Valderrama, Father Don Felix (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 352)
Bato, Catanduanes, 1844-1864
Villasis de Paula, Father Don Vicente (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 352)
Palo, Leyte, interino, 1844-1845
Vinluan, Father Don Vicente (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 353)
Santa Barbara, cura parroco interino, 1830[27]
Naguilian, La Union, 1852-1854
Vinoya, Father Don Vicente[28]
Santa Barbara, cura parroco interino, 1831
Binmaley, coadjutor, 1832-1833
Vinsons, Father Don Avelino (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 353)
Indan, Camarines Norte, 1875-ca. 1879
Lupi, Camarines Sur, 1885-1886
Vinuya, Father Don Constantino[29]
Villasis, coadjutor, 1893
San Jacinto, cura parroco interino, 1898
Viron, Father Don Juan (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 353)
Bacolor, Pampanga, coadjutor, ca. 1877
Virón, Father Don Maximo (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 353)
La Paz, Tarlac, 1896-1898
Visconde, Father Don Basilio (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 353)
Calaca, Batangas, 1852-1864, 1875
Vitero, Father Don Balbino (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 353)
Bato, Catanduanes, compañero, 1896-1898
Vitug, Father Don Marcos (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 354)
Mexico, Pampanga, coadjutor, ca. 1877
Floridablanca, Pampanga, 1891
Vivar, Father Don Ponciano (Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 354)
Orion, Bataan, coadjutor, 1886
[1] Juan Mesquida Oliver, “La Población de Manila y las Capellanías de Misas de los Españoles: Libro de Registros, 1642-1672.” Revista de Indias, 70: 249 (2010), 469-500; here, 497.
[2] Luciano P. R. Santiago, The Hidden Light: the First Filipino Priests (Quezon City: New Day Publishers 1987), 94.
[3] Luciano P. R. Santiago, “The Hidden Light: The First Filipino Priests.” Philippine Studies, 31: 2 (1983), 129-188; here, 185 and passim. Also see Luciano P. R. Santiago, The Hidden Light: the First Filipino Priests (Quezon City: New Day Publishers 1987), 102-105, and passim.
[4] Juan Mesquida Oliver, “La Población de Manila y las Capellanías de Misas de los Españoles: Libro de Registros, 1642-1672.” Revista de Indias, 70: 249 (2010), 469-500; here, 498.
[5] Regalado Trota Jose, “Secular Clergy in Pangasinan.” IN Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, ed., Pananisia-Heritage and Legacy (Dagupan City: Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, 2014), 250-251, courtesy of the author.
[6] “(from 1847, listed as Lic. D. Felix Valenzuela; in 1856, listed as having been transferred to the Cabildo Eclesiastico in Manila).”
[7] Regalado Trota Jose, “Secular Clergy in Pangasinan.” IN Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, ed., Pananisia-Heritage and Legacy (Dagupan City: Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, 2014), 250-251, courtesy of the author.
[8] Luciano P. R. Santiago, “Licenciado Don Balthazar Banta.” Philippine Studies, 38: 3 (1990), 384-387; here, 385.
[9] Regalado Trota Jose, “Secular Clergy in Pangasinan.” IN Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, ed., Pananisia-Heritage and Legacy (Dagupan City: Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, 2014), 250-251, courtesy of the author.
[10] Luciano P. R. Santiago, The Hidden Light: the First Filipino Priests (Quezon City: New Day Publishers 1987), 143.
[11] Juan Mesquida Oliver, “La Población de Manila y las Capellanías de Misas de los Españoles: Libro de Registros, 1642-1672.” Revista de Indias, 70: 249 (2010), 469-500; here, 495.
[12] Juan Mesquida Oliver, “La Población de Manila y las Capellanías de Misas de los Españoles: Libro de Registros, 1642-1672.” Revista de Indias, 70: 249 (2010), 469-500; here, 497.
[13] Juan Mesquida Oliver, “La Población de Manila y las Capellanías de Misas de los Españoles: Libro de Registros, 1642-1672.” Revista de Indias, 70: 249 (2010), 469-500; here, 495.
[14] Regalado Trota Jose, “Secular Clergy in Pangasinan.” IN Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, ed., Pananisia-Heritage and Legacy (Dagupan City: Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, 2014), 250-251, courtesy of the author.
[15] Regalado Trota Jose, “Secular Clergy in Pangasinan.” IN Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, ed., Pananisia-Heritage and Legacy (Dagupan City: Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, 2014), 250-251, courtesy of the author.
[16] Regalado Trota Jose, “Secular Clergy in Pangasinan.” IN Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, ed., Pananisia-Heritage and Legacy (Dagupan City: Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, 2014), 250-251, courtesy of the author.
[17] Philippine National Archives, Patronato, Unclassified. [1830 and 1832 Visitas Eclesiasticas by El Yllmo. y Rmo. Señor Juan Antonio de Villo, Obispo, Nueva Caceres]. 24ff.
[18] Luciano P. R. Santiago, “The Filipino Clergy and Secularization Decree of 1813.” Philippine Studies, 36: 1 (1988), 54-67; here, 55.
[19] Luciano P. R. Santiago, “The Struggles of the Native Clergy in Pampanga, 1771-77.” Philippine Studies, 33: 2 (1985), 176-202; here, 180, 182 as well as 189, and passim.
[20] Philippine National Archives, Patronato, Unclassified. [1830 and 1832 Visitas Eclesiasticas by El Yllmo. y Rmo. Señor Juan Antonio de Villo, Obispo, Nueva Caceres]. 24ff. Later this author would put Don Apolinario Bernardino in Guinayangan.
[21] Archivo Franciscano Ibero-Oriental, 92/32: Informe sobre el obispado de Camarines, sus pueblos, tributos, distancias y visitas, redactado por un franciscano a peticion del Obispo para informar al Rey. Ms. 27ff., 1776.
[22] Philippine National Archives, Patronato, Unclassified. [1830 and 1832 Visitas Eclesiasticas by El Yllmo. y Rmo.
Señor Juan Antonio de Villo, Obispo, Nueva Caceres]. 24ff.
[23] Luciano P. R. Santiago, “Padre Faustino Jose Villafranca: The Filipino Pilgrim.” Philippine Studies, 34: 1 (1986), 77-85; here, 84.
[24] Luciano P. R. Santiago, “Padre Faustino Jose Villafranca: The Filipino Pilgrim.” Philippine Studies, 34: 1 (1986), 77-85. Unless otherwise noted, all entries are based on information from this essay. I have decided to use Santiago’s form of the name rather than the one in Jose, Curas de Almas, v. 4, 350. There he is listed as Father Don Faustino Villa-franca.
[25] Philippine National Archives, Patronato, Unclassified. [1830 and 1832 Visitas Eclesiasticas by El Yllmo. y Rmo. Señor Juan Antonio de Villo, Obispo, Nueva Caceres]. 24ff.
[26] Luciano P. R. Santiago, “ ‘To Love and to Suffer’: The Development of the Religious Congregations for Women in the Philippines during the Spanish Era (1565-1898). Second of three parts, Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society, 24: 1-2 (March-June 1996), 119-179; here, p. 147.
[27] Regalado Trota Jose, “Secular Clergy in Pangasinan.” IN Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, ed., Pananisia-Heritage and Legacy (Dagupan City: Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, 2014), 250-251, courtesy of the author.
[28] Regalado Trota Jose, “Secular Clergy in Pangasinan.” IN Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, ed., Pananisia-Heritage and Legacy (Dagupan City: Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, 2014), 250-251, courtesy of the author.
[29] Regalado Trota Jose, “Secular Clergy in Pangasinan.” IN Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, ed., Pananisia-Heritage and Legacy (Dagupan City: Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, 2014), 250-251, courtesy of the author.