Location: Baao, Camarines Sur (Region V)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II: Historical marker
Marker date: 1939
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
CHURCH OF BAAO
THIS CHURCH BUILT IN 1684 AT THE JUNCTION OF LANGDAY AND BAHAY RIVERS, WAS RUINED BY A TYPHOON IN 1706. CONSTRUCTED IN 1720, THE SECOND CHURCH LASTED UNTIL 1731, WHEN THE TOWN, WHICH WAS TRANSFERRED TO ITS PRESENT SITE, ERECTED ANOTHER CHURCH. THIS WAS DAMAGED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1811 BUT WAS REPAIRED IN 1850. ITS BELFRY WAS REBUILT IN 1848.
