Location: Laoag City, Ilocos Norte (Region I)
Category: Building
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1950
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
CHURCH OF LAOAG
CHAPEL OF WOOD AND THATCH BUILT ON THIS SITE WHEN THE AUGUSTINIAN FRIARS FOUNDED THE PARISH, 1580. REPLACED BY THIS CHURCH OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE; FOUNDATION LAID, 1612. LOOTED BY THE CHIEFTAIN ALMAZAN WHO TOOK POSSESSION OF VIRGIN MARY’S CROWN AND PROCLAIMED HIMSELF KING, 1661. DAMAGED BY FIRE, 1843; REPAIRED BY OBRAS PUBLICAS UNDER ENGINEER ANTONIO DE LA CAMARA AND FRAY SANTIAGO MUNIZ, 1873–1880. OCCUPIED BY REVOLUTIONISTS, 1898; BY AMERICAN FORCES, 1899. OWNERSHIP CONTESTED BY AGLIPAYANS, 1901. SCENE OF DIOCESAN MARIAN CONGRESS, 1932 AND 1949.
