# Padre Camorra — El Filibusterismo character guide

> Padre Camorra in El Filibusterismo by José Rizal.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Camorra, Poor Padre Camorra

**First appearance:** 0013-xi-los-ba-os

## Who they are

A jolly Franciscan curate whose guitar, jokes, and 'liberal' manners conceal an appetite that leaves wreckage behind him.

## In the story

### [I: On the Upper Deck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/i-on-the-upper-deck)

A friar with the countenance of an artilleryman, he argues with Ben-Zayb and enthusiastically supports Padre Salví's point about the bridge.

### [Legends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/iii-legends)

Padre Camorra responds gleefully to complaints and later gravely answers Simoun's philosophical questions about petrified animals.

### [Los Baños](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/xi-los-ba-os)

Plays cards in good faith, argues against teaching Castilian to Indians, and nearly fought Isagani on a steamer.

### [The Tribulations of a Chinese](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/xvi-the-tribulations-of-a-chinese)

Argues with Ben-Zayb about spiritualism and the sphinx, showing his characteristic impulsiveness.

### [The Quiapo Fair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/xvii-the-quiapo-fair)

A lecherous friar who is delighted by the pretty girls at the fair, pinches Ben-Zayb in excitement, and laughs at the satirical figures.

### [Legerdemain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/xviii-legerdemain)

Attends the show, initially skeptical but affected by the atmosphere.

### [Julî](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/xxx-jul)

Padre Camorra is the curate who has made inappropriate advances toward Julî and is seen as the only one who can free Basilio.

### [The High Official](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/xxxi-the-high-official)

Padre Camorra is transferred from his town due to the events in Tiani.

### [Ben-Zayb's Afflictions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/xxxvi-ben-zayb-s-afflictions)

The wounded friar in the country-house robbery, sentenced by his Provincial for his pranks in Tiani.

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