National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Church of Lubao*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2017

Location: Lubao, Pampanga (Region III)

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of Worship

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Resolution No. 8, s. 1991

Marker date: 1957

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

CHURCH OF LUBAO

FOUNDED 1572 IN BARRIO SANTA CATALINA. MOVED TO THIS SITE THIRTY YEARS LATER DUE TO YEARLY FLOODS. ARCHITECT FR. ANTONIO HERRERA, AUGUSTINIAN, CONSTRUCTED THIS CHURCH 1614–1630 OUT OF LOCALLY-MADE BRICK AND SAND MIXED IN EGG ALBUMEN CONTRIBUTED BY THE PEOPLE OF LUBAO. OCCUPIED 1898 BY THE REVOLUTIONISTS. USED AS HOSPITAL 1899 BY AMERICAN FORCES. DESTROYED 1942 BY JAPANESE SHELLING. REPAIRED 1949–1952, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FR. MELENCIO GARCIA AND OTHER PRIESTS.

Legend

LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

Church of Lubao*

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