1. Donato Guimbaolibot is regarded as The Saintly Priest of Balangiga.
11 Facts About Donato Guimbaolibot
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Donato Guimbaolibot was the second child and the only son of four, having three sisters: Felipa, the eldest, and Faustina and Maria, the younger ones.
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Donato Guimbaolibot completed his primary education in Guiuan and, with the support of his parents, he later studied for the priesthood at the San Carlos Seminary in Cebu.
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Donato Guimbaolibot was ordained on December 27,1893, at the age of 28.
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In 1903, Donato Guimbaolibot was transferred to Guiuan, where he dedicated nearly half a century of his life.
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Donato Guimbaolibot was elevated to monsignor where he was first-ever priest in the Diocese of Calbayog and was conferred the honorary title of Supernumerary Privy Chamberlain on January 24,1930.
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On January 6,1949, Donato Guimbaolibot was appointed vicar general by Bishop Miguel Acebedo Flores, a role which he reluctantly accepted.
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Donato Guimbaolibot was offered to become a bishop many times, but he humbly refused all these offers.
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Donato Guimbaolibot's monument stands at the western yard of the historic Guiuan Parish Church with the inscription:.
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On December 8,1995, the Parish Church of Guiuan formally launched a beatification movement for Donato Guimbaolibot, coinciding with the town fiesta and the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the town's Christian evangelization.
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Donato Guimbaolibot is mentioned in Gina Apostol's 2018 novel, Insurrecto, a narrative retelling of the Balangiga massacre by a Filipino translator and an American filmmaker.