Location: Morong, Rizal (Region IV-A)
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 MORONG
THE TOWN DATES FROM 1578. A RESIDENT PRIEST WAS ASSIGNED TO IT IN 1586. A FIRE IN 1612 DESTROYED THE TOWN AND ITS FIRST CHURCH. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE PRESENT CHURCH WAS CONSTRUCTED. ITS FRONTISPIECE AND THE BELFRY WERE BUILT BY BARTOLOME PALATINO, OF PAETE, BETWEEN 1850 AND 1853.
