Location: Intramuros, Manila
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: Unknown
Marker text:
SITE OF THE FORMER CHURCH OF SAN JUAN DE DIOS
ON TAKING POSSESSION OF THE HOSPITAL DE LA MISERICORDIA ON MARCH 31, 1656, THE HOSPITALARIOS DE SAN JUAN DE DIOS, A RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE SOCIETY, BUILT A SMALL CHURCH HERE WITH ADJOINING LODGINGS. THIS CHURCH WAS DAMAGED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF JULY 19, 1664. THE SECOND AND LARGER CHURCH WAS WRECKED BY AN EARTHQUAKE IN 1674. THE NEXT CHURCH AND ITS CONVENT WEAKENED BY REPEATED SEISMIC SHOCKS HAD TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 1727. A NEW CHURCH SOLEMNLY BLESSED MAY 10, 1732, WAS LEVELLED TO THE GROUND BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF JUNE 3, 1863.
