[3] In the same year, he won the chaplainship of the Capellania of Doña Petrona De Guzman, which was a pious grant given to its chaplain for life in exchange of saying Masses for the soul and intentions of its foundress.

Gomes convinced the Archbishop to grant his confident application for ordination, giving him dispensation for being a year younger than the required age to be ordained to the priesthood on September 21, 1822.

Gomes led the initiative to raise their concerns through the newspapers in Spain, receiving donated funds that came from priests in different provinces and Manila.

This article defended the native clergy from false allegations, attested to their capabilities, and reiterated their loyalty to Spain.

Pelaez in the 1863 Manila Earthquake [7] In Bacoor, his most lasting project is the current structure of the Parish of St. Michael the Archangel which was originally facing the sea.

Being a seaside town, it was decided to reorient the church inland to prevent the entry of sea water during high tides.

[8] This role led to him having regular correspondence with the Archbishop of Manila as he was responsible for the secular priests in the province.

His efforts led to the surrender of the bandits and the subsequent "Tratado de Malacañang" where the Governor General of the Philippines granted them amnesty and concessions.

Gomes, leading to the Spanish Governor of Cavite, Col. Juan Salcedo, praising this effort and the work that was done.

When Gomes took up parochial work, he discovered that he shared the name "Mariano Gómez" with a Spanish friar in Cavite and a priest from Cabuyao, Laguna.

Gomes emerged and, knowing the faithful obedience of his flock, said to the townspeople, "Hijos míos, no perdáis el juicio, retirad a vuestras casas que yo volveré pronto" (My children, do not lose your senses.

He was sent to jail along with Joaquín Pardo de Tavera, Máximo Paterno, and the secular priests José Burgos and Jacinto Zamora.

Governor-General Rafael de Izquierdo requested the Archbishop of Manila Meliton Martinez to strip the priests of their cassocks.

However, the Archbishop defied him and gave back the priests their cassocks as a symbol of their priesthood and innocence even in death.

The three priests were executed by garrote on February 17, 1872, at Bagumbayan field; and have been known since then by the acronym composed of their collective surnames – Gomburza.

The position of Vicar Forane of Cavite was soon given to the Recollect parish priest of Imus, Fray José Varela.

The people of Bacoor would dedicate a monument to him in the town plaza on May 8, 1923, which is the Feast of the Apparition of St. Michael at Mount Gargano.

In 1972, as part of the centennial commemoration of the martyrdom of the Gomburza, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines presented a marker in his honor to the town of Bacoor through its municipal mayor, and his great grand-nephew, Pablo Gomez Sarino.

[13] His brother José was the father of Padre Feliciano Gómez,[14] a fellow secular priest who was recorded to have been arrested with him in 1872.

Gómes' last will, he also revealed that he had a son prior to his ordination named Modesto De La Torre, who was known until then as his nephew.