Nuestra Señora de los Angeles Parish Church (Santa Maria)

The Santa Maria Church or Nuestra Señora de los Angeles Parish Church (also Our Lady of Angels Parish Church) is the only Roman Catholic church in the municipality of Santa Maria, Laguna, Philippines under the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo. Its titular is the Our Lady of Angels whose feast is celebrated every August 2.

For the church in Ilocos Sur, see Santa Maria Church.
Santa Maria Church (Laguna)
Nuestra Señora de los Angeles Parish Church
Façade of Santa Maria de Caboan Church
Santa Maria Church (Laguna)
Republic of the Philippines
14°28′13″N 121°25′23″E
LocationPoblacion, Santa Maria, Laguna
CountryPhilippines
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusParish church
Founded1602
DedicationNuestra Señora de los Angeles (Our Lady of Angels)
Dedicated1613
Architecture
Functional statusActive
StyleChurch building
Administration
ArchdioceseManila
DioceseSan Pablo
ProvinceManila
Clergy
ArchbishopSede vacante
Bishop(s)Buenaventura M. Famadico

Church history

Sta. Maria was formerly a part of Morong (now Rizal) as a small village called Caboan. Father Antonio de la Llave was assigned as the first parish priest of Caboan. In 1602, the small village was converted into a town and renamed San Miguel de Caboan under the patronage of Saint Michael, the Archangel.[1] Father Geronimo Vasquez built the stone church on the exact spot where the image of the Virgin Mary was found by a Caboan couple according to legend in 1613.[1] Since then, the town was named Santa María de Caboan or simply Sta. Maria. The church was destroyed by the 1639 Chinese uprising and was rebuilt in 1669 by Father José de Jesus María, as well as the rectory.[2][3] Like the other churches in Laguna, the church of Santa Maria was heavily damaged in the 1880 Luzon earthquakes.[4] It was rebuilt by Father Leopoldo Arellano in 1891.[3] The facade of the church is still surviving at present. The church was again partly destroyed during the earthquake of August 20, 1937, but was not reconstructed until after the Liberation in 1945.[3]

Notes
  1. Huerta 1865, p. 140
  2. Huerta 1865, p. 141
  3. "Historical Marker of Santa Maria Church". Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  4. "American Journal of Science - Art.V. The earthquake of the Philippine Islands, July 1880", pp.52–57.

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