# Who is Padre Camorra in El Filibusterismo?

> El Filibusterismo by José Rizal

## Answer

Padre Camorra is a Franciscan (in the novel’s cast of friars) associated with lust, violence, and the petty tyranny of parish power. He is part of the clerical gallery — with Salvi, Sibyla, and others — through which Rizal indicts religious hypocrisy as colonial infrastructure.

Search interest in his name tracks classroom character lists. Anchor him to the colonial-hypocrisy concept and to the women’s and students’ suffering that his type produces, not to a cartoon villain isolated from the system.

## Evidence

- [xi-los-ba-os](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/xi-los-ba-os.md): Friars and officials gather; Camorra’s type of clerical swagger is in play in the Los Baños society.
- [xxi-manila-types](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/el_filibusterismo_se/chapters/xxi-manila-types.md): Colonial social types, including friar power, are displayed.

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