jose burgos, baptized jose apolonio burgos y garcía, was born in vigan, ilocos sur on february 9, 1837 to a spanish officer, don josé tiburcio burgos, and a filipino mestiza mother named florencia garcía. he obtained three undergraduate degrees with honors, two master's degrees and two doctorate degrees from the colegio de san juan de letran and from the university of santo tomas. he conducted his first mass in the intramuros.