Location: Antipolo Cathedral, P. Oliveros Street, Antipolo, Rizal
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee
Marker date: 1937
Marker text:
CHURCH OF ANTIPOLO
THE FIRST MISSIONARIES OF ANTIPOLO WERE FRANCISCANS. THE JESUITS ADMINISTERED THE CHURCH FROM 1591 TO 1768. BUILT BY REV. JUAN DE SALAZAR, S.J., THE CHURCH WAS READY FOR NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA PAZ Y BUEN VIAJE IN 1632. THE CHURCH WAS GREATLY DAMAGED DURING THE CHINESE UPRISING OF 1639 AND IN THE EARTHQUAKES OF 1645, 1824 AND 1863. FOR THREE CENTURIES NOW, THIS CHURCH HAS BEEN THE OBJECT OF RELIGIOUS PILGRIMAGES ALL OVER THE PHILIPPINES. THE FAMOUS HISTORIANS PP. PEDRO CHIRINO, S.J., AND PEDRO MURILLO VELARDE, S.J., MINISTERED IN ANTIPOLO.
