National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Church of Sta. Maria

Location: Sta. Maria, Bulacan

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of Worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1939

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

CHURCH OF STA. MARIA

THE TOWN OF STA. MARIA DE CABOAN WAS FOUNDED IN 1602 AND CALLED SAN MIGUEL TILL 1613. ITS FIRST MINISTER WAS THE REV. ANTONIO DE LA LLAVE. A CHURCH, BUILT IN 1613 BY THE REV. GERONIMO VASQUEZ, WAS DESTROYED IN THE CHINESE UPRISING OF 1639. ANOTHER CHURCH COMPLETED IN 1669, SUCCUMED TO EARTHQUAKES IN 1880. IN 1891 THE REV. LEOPOLDO ARELLANO RE-ERECTED THE CHURCH, BUT IT WAS DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF AUGUST 20, 1937.

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 Sta. Maria

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