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CHURCH OF BALANGA<\/p>\n

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. MI\u00d1ANO, O.P., FROM 1838\u201345 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. 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