Nicolás Zamora
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Nicolás Villegas Zamora (10 September 1875 – 14 September 1914) was a Methodist minister who is credited with the foundation of the first indigenous evangelical church in the Philippines, known as the Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas.[1] Zamora is also recognized as the first native Filipino Protestant minister in the Philippines.[2]
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Bishop Nicolás Villegas Zamora | |
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Born | (1875-09-10)10 September 1875 |
Died | 14 September 1914(1914-09-14) (aged 39) |
Religion | Christian (Methodist) |
Senior posting | |
Based in | Manila, Philippines |
Period in office | 1909–1914 |
Successor | Alejandro H. Reyes |
Ordination | 1900 |
Previous post | Lay preacher |
Post | Minister |
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