Church of Parañaque

NHCP Photo Collection

NHCP Photo Collection

Location: Parañaque Cathedral, Quirino Avenue, La Huerta, Parañaque City
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1939

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

CHURCH OF PARAÑAQUE

THE FIRST CATHOLIC MISSIONARY OF PARAÑAQUE WAS THE REV. DIEGO DE ESPINAL, O.S.A., COMPANION OF SALCEDO IN THE RECONNOISSANCE OF CAMARINES. THE VENERATION FOR NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL BUEN SUCESO AT PARAÑAQUE DATES FROM 1625. THE CHURCH AND THE CONVENT WERE BUILT BY THE REV. DIONISIO SUAREZ, O.S.A., PARISH PRIEST FROM 1638 TO 1650. THIS CHURCH WAS ADMINISTERED BY THE EMINENT HISTORIAN, THE REV. JOAQUIN MARTINEZ DE ZUÑIGA, O.S.A., FROM 1801 TO 1806. PARAÑAQUE IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE FILIPINO BOTANIST, THE REV. IGNACIO MERCADO, O.S.A.