Santuario de San Juan Evangelista

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Santuario de San Juan Evangelista
Shrine of Saint John the Evangelist
Old Dagupan Church
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Church facade in 2024
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Santuario de San Juan Evangelista
Location in Luzon
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Santuario de San Juan Evangelista
Location in the Philippines
16°02′33″N120°20′06″E / 16.04239°N 120.33495°E / 16.04239; 120.33495
LocationZamora and Jovellanos Streets, Dagupan, Pangasinan
Country Philippines
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
StatusArchdiocesan Shrine
Dedication Saint John the Evangelist
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural type Church building
Style Neoclassical architecture
Years built1816 (dst. 1660)
Completedc. 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]

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History

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Church PHC historical marker installed in 1939

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Vicariate of Sts. Peter and Paul". Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "St John's Cathedral". District 4 Pangasinan. Retrieved July 29, 2024.


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