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Case No. 11 Fonacier vs. Court of Appeals, 28 January 1955

GR L-5917

Facts:
The Supreme Head of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), Mons. Santiago A. Fonacier was
elected Obispo Maximo, and his successor should have been elected by the Asemblea Magna of the
Church, however, due to the circumstances brought about by the Pacific War, it was agreed that he
should hold over his position for the duration of the emergency created by the year. Yet before the
expiration of the agreed term, the Consejo Supremo de Obispos (Supreme Council of Bishops) of the IFI
convened and approved the designation of Mons. Alejandro Remollino as bishop of the diocese of
Cavite. Mons. Fonacier ordered the expulsion of Bishop Remollino and also of Bishop Manuel Aguilar for
acts of insubordination and defamation against him. Bishop Manuel Aguilar filed charges against Mons.
Fonacier as Supreme Bishop which were submitted to a meeting of the Supreme Council of Bishops,
which body approved the forced resignation of Mons. Fonacier. Thereafter, a case was instituted in the
Court of First Instance of Manila by the IFI against him. In 1946, the Asemblea Magna convened and
elected Mons. Isabelo de los Reyes, Jr. as Obispo Maximo who was duly registered as "corporation sole
for the administration of the temporalities of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente.” In 1950, the trial court
rendered judgment declaring Mons. Isabelo de los Reyes, Jr. as the sole and legitimate Supreme Bishop
of the IFI, and ordering Mons. Fonacier to render an accounting of his administration of the properties
and funds of the church "from the time he began occupying the position of Secretario de Economia
Temporal thereof until the present time."

Issue:
Whether the civil courts have jurisdiction to determine the legality of the ouster of certain
bishops of the IPI, to determine the proper faction to hold the church’s property, and/or pass upon
matters involving the church’s amendment of its constitution.

Ruling:
The civil courts have jurisdiction to review the action regarding said ouster since it is claimed
that the ouster was made by unauthorized person, in a manner contrary to the constitution of the
church, and that the ousted bishops were not given notice of the charges against them nor were they
afforded an opportunity to be heard. The amendments of the constitution, restatement of articles of
religion and abandonment of faith or abjuration alleged by Mons. Fonacier, having to do with faith,
practice, doctrine, form of worship, ecclesiastical law, custom and rule of a church and having reference
to the power of excluding from the church those allegedly unworthy of membership, are unquestionably
ecclesiastical matters which are outside the province of the civil courts.

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