Location: Miag-ao, Iloilo
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of worship
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 16 February 1963
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
MIAGAO CHURCH
CONSTRUCTION OF THIS CHURCH BEGAN IN 1787 WHILE FRAY FRANCISCO M. GONZALES, O.S.A. WAS PARISH PRIEST OF THIS TOWN AND DOMINGO LIBO-ON WAS GOBERNADORCILLO. THE CHURCH WAS COMPLETED IN 1797. IT SERVED AS FORTRESS AGAINST MUSLIM RAIDERS. IN 1898, DURING THE REVOLUTION, THE CHURCH WAS DESTROYED. SUBSEQUENTLY REBUILT, IT WAS DAMAGED BY FILE IN 1910. IT WAS BADLY DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKE IN 1948. RESTORATION WORK BEGAN IN 1960 AND COMPLETED IN 1962, DURING THE TERM OF OFFICE OF MOST REV. DR. JOSE MA. CUENCO, D.D. METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP OF JARO, OF MSGR. FERNANDO S. JAVILLO, O.P., PARISH PRIEST OF THIS TOWN AND DIOSCORO MUEDA, MUNICIPAL MAYOR.
