Barasoain Church
| Barasoain Church | |
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| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish | |
Barasoain Church during the Independence Day rites drill, 2015.
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 Barasoain Church
Republic of the Philippines
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| 14°50′48″N 120°48′46″E / 14.846649°N 120.812679°ECoordinates: 14°50′48″N 120°48′46″E / 14.846649°N 120.812679°E | |
| Location | Malolos City, Bulacan |
| Country | Philippines |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | http://www.barasoainchurch.org |
| History | |
| Founded | 31 August 1859 |
| Dedication | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Relics held | John Paul II |
| Associated people |
Emilio Aguinaldo Felipe Calderon Pedro Paterno |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Seat of the First Philippine Republic |
| Designated | 1 August 1873 |
| Architect(s) | Miguel Magpayo |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Baroque |
| Completed | 1885 |
| Specifications | |
| Number of domes | None |
| Number of towers | 1 |
| Materials | Adobe and concrete |
| Bells | 5 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos |
| Province | Ecclesiastical Province of Manila |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Jose F. Oliveros |
| Rector | Dario V. Cabral |
| Vicar(s) | John Paul Avila |
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Barasoain Church (also known as the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish) is a Roman Catholic church built in 1888 in Malolos, Bulacan. It is about 42 kilometers away from Manila. Having earned the title as the "Cradle of Democracy in the East, the most important religious building in the Philippines", and the site of the First Philippine Republic, the church is proverbial for its historical importance among Filipinos.
The term "Barasoain" was derived from Barásoain in Navarre, Spain to which the missionaries found the place in Malolos in striking similarity. When the Filipino revolution broke out, the Spanish authorities coined the term "baras ng suwail," which means "dungeon of the defiant" because the church was a meeting place for anti-Spanish and anti-colonial illustrados.
Barasoain was known before as "Bangkal" a part of Encomienda of Malolos integrated by Miguel Lopez de Legaspi with the town of Calumpit in April 5, 1572. When the Augustinian friars founded the Town of Malolos in 1580 as independent town, Bangkal was become villages of Malolos under the town church. a hermitage made of nipa and bamboo was constructed near the river between Maluslos (Malolos poblacion) and Barasoain for the people of Bangkal. In that same year, Malolos Friar Curate and Vicario Foraneo Fray Agustin Carreno, OSA established the first chapel at the old Ermita of the old Cemetery of Malolos. Abandoned in 1680, it served as the temporary visita of Barasoain, located in front of the Casa Tribunal (Presidencia), which is now commonly called "Casa Real de Malolos." A big fire in the 17th century destroyed the new church.
Another church building was commissioned and constructed on a new site, its present location—corner of Paseo del Congreso and Antonio Bautista streets. Under the supervision of Rev. Fr. Francisco Royo, O.S.A., the new church was built, made of light materials. In 1884, during the celebration of the Flores de Mayo (Nuestra Señora del Carmen), Patroness of the Parish, the temporary church was burned.
From 1630 to 1859, priests serving in Barasoain were from the nearby church, the mother church of the town which is Parroquia dela Inmaculada Concepcion of Malolos. Since the formal establishment of Barasoain as an independent parish to Malolos Church in 1859, several priests were assigned by the Augustinian Order, and later by the Archdiocese of Manila and Diocese of Malolos.
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