Nicolás Zamora

Bishop
Nicolás Villegas Zamora
Portrait of Zamora with his signature
Personal life
Born(1875-09-10)10 September 1875
Binondo, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died14 September 1914(1914-09-14) (aged 39)
Bulakan, Bulacan, Philippine Islands
Religious life
ReligionChristian (Methodist)
Ordination1900
Senior posting
Based inManila, Philippines
PostMinister
Period in office1909–1914
SuccessorAlejandro H. Reyes
Previous postLay preacher

Nicolás Villegas Zamora (10 September 1875 – 14 September 1914) was a Methodist minister who is credited with the foundation of the first indigenous evangelical church in the Philippines, known as the Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas. Zamora is also recognized as the first native Filipino Protestant minister in the Philippines.

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