St. Augustine Parish Church of Baliuag
| Baliuag Church | |
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| Saint Augustine Parish Church | |
Facade of Saint Augustine of Hippo Parish Church in Baliuag
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 Baliuag Church
Republic of the Philippines
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| 14°57′18″N 120°54′2″E / 14.95500°N 120.90056°ECoordinates: 14°57′18″N 120°54′2″E / 14.95500°N 120.90056°E | |
| Location | Baliuag, Bulacan |
| Country |
 Philippines
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Founder(s) | Augustinian Friars |
| Dedicated | April 24,2017 |
| Consecrated | April 24,2017 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Church building |
| Style | Baroque |
| Groundbreaking | 1790 |
| Completed | 1801 or 1830 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | adobe stones, bricks, gravel, sand and steel |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Manila |
| Diocese | Malolos |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle |
| Bishop(s) | Most Rev. Jose Francisco Oliveros D.D |
| Priest(s) | Rev. Msgr. Andres S. Valera H.P S.L.L. |
| Assistant priest(s) | Rev. Fr. Edgardo Toribio Jr., Ed.D. |
The Saint Augustine Parish Church of Baliuag, commonly known as Baliuag Church, is a Roman Catholic church located in Plaza Naning at the poblacion (town center) of Baliuag, in Bulacan province, Philippines. The church is a parish church of the Diocese of Malolos, which is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila.
The parish was established by the Augustinians in 1733 under the patronage of Saint Augustine of Hippo. The town's feast is celebrated every second Sunday of May. During the church's Great Jubilee celebration in the year 2000, the Diocese of Malolos designated the Baliuag Church as one of the 11 pilgrimage churches in the province of Bulacan. in 2015, the Diocese of Malolos designated again the Baliuag Church as one of the Jubilee of Mercy churches in the province of Bulacan for the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy by Pope Francis which ends on 20 November 2016.
The Good Friday procession of the church is one of the largest in the country with more than 90 religious floats of sceneries showing the stories from the book of the evangelists from the new Testament and Lenten scenes paraded.
The present parish priest of Baliuag Church is Rev. Msgr. Andres Valera, HP, SLL, who assumed the office in November 2013. He previously served as Vicar-General of the Diocese of Malolos, Rector of the Immaculate Conception Major Seminary and the Sta Rita Parish, both in Guiguinto, Bulacan.
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