COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Father Pedro Perez
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Father Pedro Valderrama
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Father Pedro Nuez
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first Catholic mass in the Philippines was on Easter Sunday of March 31, 1521 officiated by Father Pedro de Valderrama in the shore of a town islet named as Limasawa in the tip of Southern Leyte.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first documented Catholic Mass in the Philippines was held on March 31, 1521, Easter Sunday. It was conducted by Father Pedro de Valderrama of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition along the shores of what was referred to in the journals of Antonio Pigafetta as “Mazaua".
Detailed explanation-3: -Pedro Gómez Valderrama (13 February 1923 – 7 May 1992) was a Colombian lawyer, writer, and career diplomat who served as the 1st Ambassador of Colombia to the Soviet Union and as Ambassador of Colombia to Spain.
Detailed explanation-4: -The country’s first Catholic mass was officiated by Fr. Pedro Valderrama on March 31, 1521, upon orders of Portugese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. The Limasawa mass marked the birth of Roman Catholicism in the country, which remains as the nation’s dominant religion in the country up to present.
Detailed explanation-5: -On Easter Sunday, 31 March 1521, Fr. Pedro de Valederrama celebrated the first mass in the Philippines.