Religion:Religious affiliations of presidents of the Philippines

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This is a complete list of Philippine Presidents by religious affiliations that consists of the 16 heads of state in the history of the Philippines , categorised according to their religious affiliation at the time of death. All thus far are either Roman Catholic or Protestant, as the Philippines is a predominantly Christian country.

Christianity

Catholicism

  • Benigno S. Aquino III
  • Corazón C. Aquino[1]
  • Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
  • Joseph Ejército Estrada
  • Carlos P. García
  • José P. Laurel
  • Ramón F. Magsaysay
  • Diosdado Macapagal
  • Ferdinand E. Marcos (converted from the Iglesia Filipina Independiente)
  • Sergio Osmeña
  • Manuel L. Quezon
  • Elpidio Quirino
  • Manuel Roxas

Protestantism

  • Emilio Aguinaldo - Iglesia Filipina Independiente[citation needed] (converted from Roman Catholicism)
  • Fidel V. Ramos – United Church of Christ in the Philippines[2] (Methodist)

Ambiguous or undetermined

  • Rodrigo Duterte (claims to be a non-practicing Catholic, however some sources and his personal associates say that he is Agnostic, but he denies this[3])

References

  1. ↑ Mydans, Seth (31 July 2009). "Corazon Aquino, Ex-Leader of Philippines, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/world/asia/01aquino.html. 
  2. ↑ "Church leaders reflect on first Protestant presidency" (in en). UCA News. 27 July 1998. https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1998/07/28/church-leaders-reflect-on-first-protestant-presidency&post_id=11863. 
  3. ↑ "Duterte: I’m not agnostic, not atheist" (in en). Philippine News Agency. 7 July 2018. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1040733. 

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