Location: San Francisco Del Monte, Quezon City
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Date of marker unveiling: 1939
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA
THE TOWN OF SANTA 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, SUCCUMBED TO EARTHQUAKES IN 1880. IN 1891 THE REV. LEOPOLDO ARELLANO REERECTED THE CHURCH, BUT IT WAS DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF AUGUST 20, 1937.
