Santiago Fonacier


Santiago Fonacier,
Obispo Máximo II
Second Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church
Church
SeeTondo
Taft
Appointed14 October 1940
Installed21 November 1940
Term ended21 January 1946
PredecessorGregorio Aglipay
SuccessorGerardo Bayaca
Previous post(s)
  • Personal secretary of Gregorio Aglipay
  • Second assigned priest at the IFI Tondo Cathedral
Orders
Ordination
  • November 15, 1903
(Priesthood)
by Ramon Joaquin Farolan y Paraiso
Consecration
  • 12 January 1933
(Episcopate)
by Gregorio Aglipay
Personal details
Born
Santiago Antonio Fonacier y Suguitan

(1885-05-21)May 21, 1885
DiedDecember 8, 1977(1977-12-08) (aged 92)
Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
DenominationAglipayan
(Philippine Independent Church/Iglesia Filipina Independiente, Independent Church of Filipino Christians)
SpouseCarmen Jamias
Children8
OccupationReligious leader, writer, politician
Senator of the Philippines from the 1st District
In office
3 June 1919 – 2 June 1925
Serving with Vicente Singson Encarnacion (1919-1922),
Isabelo de los Reyes (1922-1925)
Preceded byJuan Villamor
Succeeded byElpidio Quirino
Member of the Philippine Assembly from Ilocos Norte's 1st district
In office
16 October 1912 – 16 October 1916
Preceded byIrineo Javier
Succeeded byVicente Llanes (as Representative)
Personal details
Political partyNacionalista
Styles of
Santiago Fonacier
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Religious styleObispo Máximo II
Monsignor
Bishop
Posthumous styleThe Most Reverend

Santiago Antonio Fonacier y Suguitan (May 21, 1885 – December 8, 1977) was a Filipino priest, bishop, writer, educator, and politician who became a senator and the second Obispo Maximo of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, also informally known as the Aglipayan Church.