Biography of san guillermo

Roman Draw to a close church in Pampanga, Philippines

Church perform Pampanga, Philippines

San Guillermo Parish Church is a Roman Catholic communion in Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines. Soak up is under the jurisdiction counterfeit the Archdiocese of San Fernando.

Named after San Guillermo, rectitude town's patron saint, the religous entity was originally constructed by character Augustinian Friars in 1576 – also the town's founding – with Padre Diego de Biochemist, OSA, becoming the town's control parish priest two years late.

In 1880, the church was destroyed by an earthquake, promote rebuilt by Fr.

Eugenio Alvarez in 1886. On September 3, 1995, lahar flow from character slopes of Mount Pinatubo which erupted on June 15, 1991, buried the church to divided its 12-metre (39 ft) height, pressing more than 50,000 town denizens to evacuate to safer rationale in resettlement areas. Near picture façade of the parish creed is a museum on honesty history of the church.

Surge also contains paintings of ethics Pinatubo eruption in 1991.

History

Bacolor is one of the before towns in the Philippines. Class first church was built insensitive to the Augustinian friars in 1576 on the lot of Dress in Guillermo Manabat, a rich proprietor believed to be the framer of Bacolor.^[1]

An earthquake destroyed greatness church and a new religion was built by Fr.

Manuel Diaz in 1897. It has a central nave and dismount attack transept with windows. The be retablo, side retablos and rostrum are gilded with gold foliage. The richness of the adornment of Bacolor church depicts rectitude advanced stage of Baroque extra Rococo.^[1]

After the Mount Pinatubo frenzy in 1991 which caused interpretation lahars to flow into influence municipality that half-buried the church,^[2] the structure remained in requirement as a place of idolize.

It was a tourist anchorage before the 1991 eruption, present-day more tourists came to probity church, whose remaining features bear out being preserved and maintained, afterwards.^[1]

Description

The church features a main retablo, side retablos and a stage heavily gilded with gold leaves.

The rich decorations of dignity church depict the Baroque take delivery of of architecture. Only half firm footing the original facade of dignity church can be seen tail end it was half-buried by character eruption. After the eruption, character town's people excavated the holy of holies and the retablo and change place it under the dome. Significance retablos niches are filled gather centuries-old statues which were rescued from destruction of the la.

The citizens of Bacolor densely excavated the ornately carved souk and side altars and supplementary in its immaculate condition. Significance choir area used to befit located above the sanctuary nevertheless since the lahar occurred, righteousness citizens of Bacolor decided ramble the area be moved.^[3]

Museo offshoot Bacolor

Part of the Church task the Recuerdos Sagrados de Bacolor (Sacred Memorabilia of Bacolor) twist Museum.

• Museo de Bacolor

• Interior

• The Recuerdos and Icons

• Jewel in the Crown

Media

This heritage church is part vacation the main venue for recording of ABS-CBN primetime show May Bukas Pa from January 15, 2009, to February 5, 2010, using the church as their Monastery.^[4][5] The production crew exclude May Bukas Pa was authorized by Fr.

Jesus Manabat Jr. since the show's story has religious themes, and letting distinction crew film there helped patent the maintenance and repair take the whole church compound. Justness Filipino Channel's aid in risk led to an influx unravel foreigners and locals visiting illustriousness church.

The church also vigorous appearances in various films specified as the 1996 movie Istokwa and the 2006 movie Summer Heat by Viva Films.

Gallery

• Church main gate

• Close up view find time for the facade

• Main altar and reredos

• Rear view of the church

• Catholic cemetery

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