Jaime Sin was instrumental in the historic and peaceful 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled the dictatorship and ended martial law under Ferdinand Marcos and installed Corazon Aquino as his successor in the Fifth Republic of the Philippines.
21 Facts About Jaime Sin
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Jaime Sin was a key figure in the 2001 EDSA Revolution that replaced President Joseph Estrada with Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
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Jaime Sin left his childhood home and his family to study in St Vincent Ferrer Seminary, and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Jaro on April 3,1954.
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Jaime Sin was the first rector of St Pius X Seminary in Lawaan Hills, Roxas City, Capiz, serving from 1957 to 1967.
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Jaime Sin was appointed auxiliary bishop of Jaro on February 10,1967, and was consecrated bishop of the titular see of Obba on March 18 of that year.
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On March 15,1972, Jaime Sin was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Jaro, taking on administrative roles in the archdiocese, while holding the titular see of Massa Lubrense.
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On October 8,1972, Jaime Sin was appointed Archbishop of Jaro.
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Jaime Sin was appointed archbishop of Manila on January 21,1974.
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Jaime Sin was officially installed as Archbishop of Manila at Manila Cathedral on March 19,1974, making him only the third native Filipino in the office after centuries of Spanish, American, and Irish archbishops.
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Jaime Sin participated as a cardinal-elector in both the August 1978 and October 1978 papal conclaves which elected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively.
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Jaime Sin became witness to corruption, fraud, and even murder by the regime and rising popular discontent with the dictatorial rule of Marcos and his wife, Imelda.
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Jaime Sin appealed to Filipinos of all religions to follow the teachings of Jesus in the Gospels and use peaceful means to change the political situation in the Philippines.
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Jaime Sin eventually decided to speak out in support of Corazon Aquino, the widow of the assassinated opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr.
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In February 1986, Jaime Sin called on Filipinos to surround the police and military headquarters in Manila to protect then-military Vice Chief of Staff Fidel Ramos, who had broken with Marcos.
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Jaime Sin decided to intervene again in 2001 to become spiritual leader of another People Power Movement.
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Jaime Sin retired as Archbishop of Manila on September 15,2003, and was succeeded by Lipa Archbishop Gaudencio Borbon Rosales.
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Jaime Sin was too ill to travel to the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI.
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Jaime Sin died of renal failure on June 21,2005, at the age of 76, two months before his 77th birthday.
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Jaime Sin was buried beside his three immediate predecessors in the crypt of Manila Cathedral after a funeral attended by thousands of Filipinos.
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Jaime Sin received 26 honorary doctorates in various fields from higher education institutions in the Philippines and abroad, among which are the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Yale University, Georgetown University, Brandeis University and Boston College.
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Jaime Sin denounced then-Health Secretary Juan Flavier, with some asserting that the latter's condom promotion had made him an unwitting agent of Satan.