FATHER JACINTO ZAMORA

                 Father  Jacinto Zamora was born in Pandacan, Manila on August 14, 1835.  He was the son of Venancio Zamora and Hilaria del Rosario.  He studied his elementary education in Pandacan, Manila.  He finished Bachelor of Arts at San Juan de Letran and in the University of Santo Tomas for his priesthood

He was assigned parish priest at Marikina then afterwards in Pasig.  Soon after how many years he became assistant priest at the Manila Cathedral where he met Father Burgos and joined the organization to fight against the abuses suffered b y the Filipinos in the hands of the Spaniards.

When the revolution in Cavite began on January 1872. Zamora was arrested and jailed in Fort Santiago.  He was sentenced to death  on February 15 and executed by strangulation on February 28, 1872 with Father Burgos and Father Gomez.

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Si Padre Zamora ay ipinanganak sa Pandacan, Maynila noong ila-14 ng Agosto 1835.  Ang kanyang mga magulang ay sina Venancio Zamora at Hilaria del Rosario.  Nag-aral siya ng elementary sa Pandacan.  Nagtapos siya ng Batsilyer en Artes sa San Juan de Letran at nagtapos  naman siya ng pagpapari sa Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas.

Naging kura paroko siya sa Marikina sumunod sa Pasig.  Pagkaraan ng ilang panahon ay naging pangalawang kura sa Katedral ng Maynila kung saan sila nagtagpo ni Padre Burgos at sumapi siya sa samahan upang labanan ang pagmamalabis ng mga Kastila.

Nang naganap ang himagsikan sa Cavite noong Enero 1872 siya ay inaresto at ikinulong sa Fort Santiago.  Hinatulan ng kamatayan noong ika-15 ng Pebrero at isinakatuparan ang hatol noong ika-28 ng Pebrero 1872 sa pamamagitan ng garote, kasama sina Padre Burgos at Padre Gomez.