FAMILIA MANIQUIZ HALL OF FAME (ALEJANDRO CLAN)

(Aming Ipinagmamalaki)

DOMINGO (A5) , young Katipunero included among the fifteen recognized heroes of Biak-na-Bato, a glorious episode in our independence movement against Spain. Gil was one of the youngest signatories of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato

NORBERTO (A4), LUCIO (A5) and NORBERTO (A6),  three generations of like-father-like son civic leaders

NORBERTO, the 1859 Gobernadorcillo introduced the idea of attracting immigrants to San Miguel by offering parcels of land at nominal amounts ala-Land Reform. He started this by subdividing their family estates

LUCIO, was gobernadorcillo in 1894 whose nationalistic ideas and policies were proven when he changed the his name to a more pro-Filipino MANIKIS

NORBERTO, a contemporary and associate of President Manuel L. Quezon in striving for Philippine independence from the United States. Norberto was the first San Migueleno elected to the Philippine House of Representatives

HERNANDO M. CORONEL (A8), grandson of Tio Totoy, is the secretary -general of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). At age 38, he was already a Monsignor and occupied 3 key positions in the Catholic Church:

-Treasurer of the Archdiocese of Manila

-Rector of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception/Manila Cathedral

- President of the Catholic Church Radio Station ZNN Radio Veritas

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