Santuario de San Juan Evangelista
Santuario de San Juan Evangelista | |
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Shrine of Saint John the Evangelist | |
Old Dagupan Church | |
Location in Luzon | |
16°02′33″N 120°20′06″E / 16.04239°N 120.33495°E | |
Location | Zamora and Jovellanos Streets, Dagupan, Pangasinan |
Country | Philippines |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Status | Archdiocesan Shrine |
Dedication | Saint John the Evangelist |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Church building |
Style | Neoclassical architecture |
Years built | 1816 (dst. 1660) |
Completed | c. 1590–1610 |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Lingayen-Dagupan |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Socrates B. Villegas |
The Santuario de San Juan Evangelista, also known as the Shrine of St. John the Evangelist or Dagupan Church, is a Roman Catholic church located along Jovellanos Street and Zamora Street, Dagupan, Pangasinan in the Philippines. It belongs to the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.[1]
History
[edit]The shrine traces its origins back to the late 1590s and early 1610s as the parish church of Dagupan, when the Augustinians assumed spiritual administration of the then-town, with Rev. Fr. Kuis Huete serving as the first parish priest.
In 1660, the church was burned by the men of Andres Malong, a local chieftain of Binalatongan (now San Carlos) and leader of the Malong Revolt against the Spaniards.[2] In 1713, the Dominicans took over until the late 19th century. The church was rebuilt in 1816 by Rev. Fr. Pedro de Rama. The church was later destroyed by the earthquake on March 16, 1892, and subsequent disasters up to the 1910s, requiring numerous rebuilds. The convent became the sanctuary to the Spanish rulers in Pangasinan during the 1898 Philippine Revolution against the Spanish colonial rule.[3]
Gallery
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Church interior in 2012
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Refurbished interior in 2024
References
[edit]- ^ "Vicariate of Sts. Peter and Paul". Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
- ^ Sandoval, Mile (March 6, 2023). "The Malong Revolt of 1660: An Attempt to Overthrow Spanish Colonial Rule in Pangasinan". Our Pangasinan. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "St John's Cathedral". District 4 Pangasinan. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Old Dagupan Church at Wikimedia Commons
- Santuario de San Juan Evangelista on Facebook
- Roman Catholic churches in Pangasinan
- Spanish Colonial architecture in the Philippines
- Buildings and structures in Dagupan
- Neoclassical church buildings in the Philippines
- Churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan
- Asian church stubs
- Philippine building and structure stubs
- Roman Catholic church stubs