Church of Balanga

NHCP Photo Collection, 1940

Location: Balanga, Bataan

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of Worship

Status: Level II – Historical marker

Marker Date:

Installed By: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

CHURCH OF BALANGA

THE SPIRITUAL MINISTRATION OF BALANGA FORMERLY BELONGED TO ABUCAY. BALANGA BECAME AN INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY CENTER IN 1739. REV. BENITO RIVAS, O.P., STRENGTHENED THIS CHURCH BY FORTIFYING ITS WALL. REV. JUAN ANTONIO VICENTE, O.P., ROOFED IT WITH GALVANIZED IRON AND DECORATED THE INTERIOR. REV. FERNALDO MA. MIÑANO, O.P., FROM 1838–45 CONSTRUCTED THE ARCH OF THE CHOIR LOFT AND MADE THE BAPTISMAL FONT OUT OF GRANITE FROM MARIVELES. THE PAROCHIAL MINISTRATION UNDER THE FILIPINO CLERGY STARTED WITH REV. MARIANO SARILI, JUNE 2, 1898.

Tags: Bataan, Buildings/Structures, Church of Balanga, House of Worship, Level II, Region III