HISTORY OF THE OLDEST CHURCHES IN THE PHILIPPINES

Hello and welcome. Please look at the pictures of the oldest churches in the Philippines down below.

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Church of the Three Kings

Built in 1856, this church is the largest and oldest Roman Catholic structure in Nueva Ecija.

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Our lady of pillar parish church

The second-oldest church in Bataan is the Our Lady of the Pillar Parish Church made of coral stone, which was built in 1607. It is one of the first places of Catholic worship in the Philippines and was initially designed using features from the Gothic, Renaissance, and boroque styles.

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Abucay church

One of the earliest churches in the Philippines, the First Abucay Catholic Church was constructed by Father Geronimo de Belen in the early 1600s. It is one of the most famous and significant pilgrimage sites in Bataan.

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Nuestra Senora de LA candelaria

The current church, which is the home of the archbishop of Jaro and one of the oldest and largest Roman Catholic dioceses in the nation, was built in the 1800s and has a detached belfry across it as one of its distinguishing features.

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Metropolitan cathedral

The earliest edifice in Nueva Caceres, one of the four oldest dioceses in the Philippines, was constructed in 1595.

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Taal batangas

Built in 1575, one of Taal Bata's oldest churches

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Sta. Lucia parish

It was created by Augustinian priests in the 17th century and named for St. Lucy, the patron saint of the blind. Saint Lucy, noted for working miracles.

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