Mariano Gómes de los Ángeles, often known by his birth name Mariano Gómez y Custodio or Mariano Gomez in modern orthography, was a Filipino Catholic priest who was falsely accused of mutiny by the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines in the 19th century. He was placed in a mock trial and summarily executed in Manila along with two other clergymen collectively known as the Gomburza. Gomes was the oldest of the three priests and spent his life writing about abuses against Filipino priests.
Fr. Gomes was appointed the sacristan of the Manila Cathedral in 1822
The current structure of Bacoor Church
Historical marker of the Gomburza execution site at Luneta
The 1923 monument for Fr. Mariano Gomes in the town plaza of Bacoor
Gomburza, alternatively stylized as GOMBURZA or GomBurZa, refers to three Filipino Catholic priests, Mariano Gómes, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora, who were executed by a garrote on February 17, 1872, in Bagumbayan, Philippines by Spanish colonial authorities on charges of subversion arising from the 1872 Cavite mutiny. The name is a portmanteau of the priests' surnames.
Photo of a drawing recreating (from left to right) Jacinto Zamora, Mariano Gómez, and José Burgos
P. José Apolonio Burgos
P. Jacinto Zamora
Monument marking the execution site of the Gomburza in Rizal Park