First Filipino in Religion

Dionisio D. Alejandro 1st Filipino Methodist Bishop-Elect (1944)

Jorge Barlin 1st Filipino Bishop in the Roman Catholic Church (1906) 1st Filipino Clergyman to become Civil Governor of Sorsogon (1898)

Horacio de la Costa 1st Filipino Provincial Superior of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus (1965)

Isabelo delos Reyes Founder of the 1st Filipino independent Catholic Church (Philippine Independent Church, 1902)

Lino Brocka 1st Filipino convert of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)

Aniceta Pabilona Fajardo 1st Filipina to join the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints (1945)

Rev. Francisco Galvez 1st Filipino Acting Leader of Methodism in the Philippines (1942)

Benjamin I. Guansing 1st Filipino President of Union Theological Seminary (1952)

Martin Lakandula 1st Native Filipino Friar (Roman Catholic) (1590)

Felix Y. Manalo Founder and 1st Filipino Preacher in the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ, 1914)

Braulio Manikan 1st Filipino Baptist missionary

Rev. Jeremiah Resus 1st Filipino Minister to be installed at St. James Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, California

Gabriel M. Reyes 1st Filipino Archbishop of Manila (Roman Catholic) (1949)

Gregorio Aglipay 1st Filipino Supreme Bishop of the 1st Filipino independent Catholic Church (Philippine Independent Church, 1902)

Lorenzo Ruiz 1st Filipino Saint canonized by Pope John Paul II of the Roman Catholic Church (1987)

Domingo Salazar 1st Filipino Bishop of Manila (Roman Catholic) (1579) Archbishop of Manila

Rufino J. Santos 1st Filipino Cardinal Archbishop of Manila (Roman Catholic) (1953)

Oscar Solis 1st Filipino Bishop in the United States (Roman Catholic) (2004)

Rev. Thelma Burgonio-Watson 1st Filipina to be ordained in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A.

Nicolas Zamora 1st Filipino ordained Protestant minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church (1900) Founder of the 1st Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas (IEMELIF) in Tondo, Manila (1909)