Religious affiliations of presidents of the Philippines

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This is a complete list of Philippine Presidents by religious affiliations that consists of the 16 heads of state in the history of the Philippines , categorised according to their religious affiliation at the time of death. All thus far are either Roman Catholic or Protestant, as the Philippines is a predominantly Christian country.

Christianity

Catholicism

Benigno S. Aquino III
Corazón C. Aquino^[1]
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Joseph Ejército Estrada
Carlos P. García
José P. Laurel
Ramón F. Magsaysay
Diosdado Macapagal
Ferdinand E. Marcos (converted from the Iglesia Filipina Independiente)
Sergio Osmeña
Manuel L. Quezon
Elpidio Quirino
Manuel Roxas

Protestantism

Emilio Aguinaldo - Iglesia Filipina Independiente^{[citation needed]} (converted from Roman Catholicism)
Fidel V. Ramos – United Church of Christ in the Philippines^[2] (Methodist)

Ambiguous or undetermined

Rodrigo Duterte (claims to be a non-practicing Catholic, however some sources and his personal associates say that he is Agnostic, but he denies this^[3])

References

↑ Mydans, Seth (31 July 2009). "Corazon Aquino, Ex-Leader of Philippines, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/world/asia/01aquino.html.
↑ "Church leaders reflect on first Protestant presidency" (in en). UCA News. 27 July 1998. https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1998/07/28/church-leaders-reflect-on-first-protestant-presidency&post_id=11863.
↑ "Duterte: I’m not agnostic, not atheist" (in en). Philippine News Agency. 7 July 2018. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1040733.

Sources

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[1] Mydans, Seth (31 July 2009). "Corazon Aquino, Ex-Leader of Philippines, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/world/asia/01aquino.html.

[2] "Church leaders reflect on first Protestant presidency" (in en). UCA News. 27 July 1998. https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1998/07/28/church-leaders-reflect-on-first-protestant-presidency&post_id=11863.

[3] "Duterte: I’m not agnostic, not atheist" (in en). Philippine News Agency. 7 July 2018. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1040733.

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