Calasiao Church

Calasiao Church
Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church Iglesia Parroquial de los Santos Pedro y Pablo
Facade of Calasiao Church
Calasiao Church Republic of the Philippines
16°02′10″N 120°12′45″E / 16.036°N 120.2125°E / 16.036; 120.2125Coordinates: 16°02′10″N 120°12′45″E / 16.036°N 120.2125°E / 16.036; 120.2125
Location	Poblacion, Calasiao, Pangasinan
Country	Philippines
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Founded	1588
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	National Cultural Treasure
Designated	September 29, 2001
Architectural type	Church building
Style	Baroque
Specifications
Length	88.3 m (290 ft)
Width	25 m (82 ft)
Height	27.3 m (90 ft)
Materials	Cement, massive bricks, steel, gravel
Administration
Archdiocese	Lingayen-Dagupan
Clergy
Archbishop	Socrates B. Villegas

The Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church (Iglesia Parroquial de los Santos Pedro y Pablo), commonly known as Calasiao Church is a baroque church located in Poblacion West, Calasiao, Pangasinan, Philippines. It belongs to the Vicariate of Sts. Peter and Paul under the Ecclesiastical Province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. The 57, 840 Catholics is under the pastoral care of Rev. Fidelis B. Layog, assisted by Rev. Isidro Palinar, Jr. and andRev. Raymund Manaois.

The Spanish-colonial-era Church was declared a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Built in several stages from the 17th to 19th centuries by the Dominicans, the best-preserved Pangasinan church bell tower and some parts have been reconstructed because of earthquakes. The 17th Century Calasiao Dominican Provincial chapter church under St. Paul's patronage became Sts. Peter and Paul Parish under Fr. Juan Maldonado de San Pedro Martin as parish priest after 1621.

In 1763, Filipino rebel Palaris (Binalatongan or San Carlos) burned the church. In 1804. Bishop Miguel Garcia de Nueva Segovia presided over the 1773 Synod of Calasiao at the sprawling Convento (per Manila Provincial Council Acts of 1771 to implement Decrees). Archbishop Basilio Sancho de Santa Justa y Rufina convened the Council from May to November, 1771.

Calasiao had a new church of 3 naves (89 varas or yards long, 22 wide and 18 high with 2 rows of windows) with a bell tower. But in 1841 to 1842, this church was destroyed and rebuilt by Father Dalman in 1852 and then burned and restored from 1853 to 1858 by Father Ramos Suarez. The March 16, 1892 earthquake damaged the church. Dominican Vicar Fr. Bonifacio Probanza left Calasiao in 1898.

The 1936 Christ the King saw a new church. In 1945, the Lingayen cathedral and the archbishop's palace was temporarily transferred to Calasiao amid the miraculous 3 Liberation bombs thrown into the church and convent but failed to explode,