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Alberto Baldovino Ramento (August 9, 1936, in Guimba, Nueva Ecija – October 3, 2006, in ) was the ninth ( Obispo Máximo) and a former chairperson of the Supreme Council of Bishops of the Philippine Independent Church or Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI). He was known by the moniker, " The Bishop of the Poor Peasants and Workers". A known vocal critic against human rights abuses in the Philippines, he was murdered by unknown assailants in 2006, with his case currently remains unsolved.


Life
Ramento was born in an affluent family to Felipe Ramento y Curpoz and Margarita Baldovino y Bermudez. His grandfather Don Felix Ramento was Guimba's town mayor from 1922 to 1925 and Alberto had three uncles who were pioneer priests in the Iglesia Filipina Independiente. His father Felipe was also the chief of police in Guimba. The Ramento family owned several large plots of land inherited from the Baldovino clan, Alberto's mother's side. Ramento was a Freemason. He was married to Celerina Mendoza of Hermosa, Bataan and had children namely: Alberto II (Aldos), Aleli, Alberto III (Altres), and Liezel.

Prior to his election as Supreme Bishop, Ramento was the of from 1970 to 1993. He was co-chair of the Ecumenical Bishops' Forum, chaired the Promotion of Church People's Response– and human rights group Karapatan–, and chaired other various church and cause-oriented organizations. He was an ardent supporter of the strikers. As the chairman of the Workers Assistance Center, Inc. (WAC), he also supported the struggle of the workers in , Philippines. He was also a vocal and influential critic of the administration. He was also very vocal about the murder of IFI priest and fellow human rights advocate William Tadena, believed to be murdered by the family, for his support of the Hacienda Luisita farmers.

In September 1998, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel nominated him as an Independent Observer in the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).

He served as the of after his term as Supreme Bishop ended.


Death
Ramento was stabbed to death by unknown assailants. He was found dead with multiple stab wounds inside his rectory at the Church of Saint Sebastian in in the early morning of October 3, 2006. His remains were cremated 10 days after his death and viewing. His ashes were interred at the Church of Saint Anthony of Padua in .

Prior to his death, Ramento had been actively involved in various organizations and movements advocating , (especially for the working class), civil liberties, and genuine peace, to which he had received from. Initial police findings ruled his death as robbery with homicide, but IFI church officials, his family, followers and supporters were not convinced. A local court later dismissed the case against the then-robbery suspects because police failed to attend court hearings. His case remains unsolved.

The Church of Saint Sebastian was once temporarily closed for a number of years after Ramento's death but has since re-opened.

IFI created the " Ramento Project for Rights Defenders" (RPRD), the IFI's human rights advocacy and service arm, in his honor.


Veneration
File:9801Tarlac City Province 25.jpg| File:7315Nancamaliran West, Urdaneta, Pangasinan 39.jpg| On October 3, 2010, the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany of the Union of Utrecht Ramento and commemorated him as a martyr in a liturgical service in , as approved by the International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference. His commemoration/feast day is included in the liturgical calendar of the Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches.

Ramento is as a and both in the Union of Utrecht and the Philippine Independent Church. His commemoration/feast day is celebrated on October 3 every year.


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