Our Lady of Assumption Church (Bulakan)
| Bulakan Church | |
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| Our Lady of the Assumption Parish Church | |
Facade of Bulakan Church
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 Bulakan Church
Republic of the Philippines
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| 14°47′43″N 120°52′47″E / 14.795278°N 120.879667°ECoordinates: 14°47′43″N 120°52′47″E / 14.795278°N 120.879667°E | |
| Location | San Jose, Bulakan, Bulacan |
| Country | Philippines |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Founded | 1578 |
| Dedication | Our Lady of the Assumption |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Church building |
| Style | Baroque, Neo-Romanesque |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Manila |
| Diocese | Malolos |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Luis Antonio Tagle |
| Bishop(s) | Jose Oliveros |
The Our Lady of Assumption Parish Church (Sp., Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion), commonly known as the Bulakan Church, is a 19th-century Neo-Byzantine-Romanesque stone church located at Brgy. San Jose, in the Municipality of Bulakan (formerly spelled as Bulacan), Bulacan province, Philippines. It is one of the parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos under the Vicariate of the Immaculate Conception. The church was declared Marked Historical Structure of the Philippines in 2007 by the National Historical Institute, the precursor of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. A historical marker bearing a brief history of the church was installed by the commission.
The parish and the first church was established by the Augustinian Fathers in 1575 as a sub-parish of Tondo. In 1578, the town of Bulakan was proclaimed a separate parish from Tondo. According to the historical marker, during the British invasion in 1762 the Bulakan Church was razed by fire. The construction of the present church and convent was started in 1812 by Father Gaspar Folgar, OSA. The church had sustained damages due to various natural calamities: earthquakes on June 3, 1863; October 1, 1869; and the Luzon earthquakes of 1880, which heavily damaged structures not only Bulakan town but most of Luzon Island.
The church was subsequently repaired after experiencing damages: major repairs on the earthquake-damaged bell tower in 1877 by Father Marcos Hernandez, OSA (through the planning and construction of Don Ramon Hermosa and Don Jose Fuentes – a plaque commemorating the builders of the tower can be seen at the first level of the bell tower façade); and in 1884 when Father Francisco Valdes, OSA rebuilt the church after the 1880 earthquake. The present style of the church can be attributed to his repairs. Finally, Father Patricio Martin, OSA finished the restoration of the church in 1885, with Father Domingo de la Prieta finishing the bell tower’s restoration in 1889.
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