Church of San Fernando, La Union


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Location: San Fernando City, La Union (Region I)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1949
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
CHURCH OF SAN FERNANDO, LA UNION

CHAPEL MADE OF STONE AND THATCH ERECTED, 1764 BY FR. FRANCISCO ROMERO AND SANTIAGO HOLARTE AT BARRIO SAN VICENTE FORMERLY KNOWN AS PINDANGAN AFTER WHICH SAN FERNANDO WAS FIRST CALLED. MOVED TO TANQUE, THEN TO KABAROAN, AND AFTERWARDS TO ITS PRESENT SITE WHERE IT WAS BUILT OF STONE AND BRICK BY FR. JUAN SOROLLA, SIMON GUILLERMO AND PEDRO FERNANDO, 1773–1786. DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKE, 1892. OCCUPIED BY THE REVOLUTIONISTS UNDER COL. BLAS VILLAMOR, 1898, WHEN THEY OVERWHELMED THE SPANISH FORCES THAT SOUGHT SHELTER THEREIN. DESTROYED DURING THE LIBERATION, 26 FEBRUARY 1945. RECONSTRUCTED BY THE RESIDENTS THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF BISHOP SANTIAGO C. SANCHO, 1947–1949. REDEDICATED, 10 FEBRUARY 1949.

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  2. The photograph of the church above is of Balaoan, La Union and not of San Fernando City, La Union

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