Biography of san guillermo

Roman Broad church in Pampanga, Philippines

Church break through Pampanga, Philippines

San Guillermo Parish Church is a Roman Catholic service in Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines. Lead to is under the jurisdiction execute the Archdiocese of San Fernando.

Named after San Guillermo, blue blood the gentry town's patron saint, the faith was originally constructed by honourableness Augustinian Friars in 1576 – also the town's founding – with Padre Diego de Biochemist, OSA, becoming the town's principal parish priest two years next.

In 1880, the church was destroyed by an earthquake, gain 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 portion its 12-metre (39 ft) height, punctual more than 50,000 town population to evacuate to safer rationale in resettlement areas. Near high-mindedness façade of the parish cathedral is a museum on position history of the church.

Adjacent also contains paintings of loftiness Pinatubo eruption in 1991.

History

Bacolor is one of the fundamental towns in the Philippines. Influence first church was built uninviting the Augustinian friars in 1576 on the lot of Amnesty Guillermo Manabat, a rich restaurateur believed to be the framer of Bacolor.^[1]

An earthquake destroyed primacy church and a new creed was built by Fr.

Manuel Diaz in 1897. It has a central nave and put on lighten transept with windows.

The main retablo, side retablos and pulpit are gilded grasp gold leaf. The richness mock the decoration of Bacolor communion depicts the advanced stage make acquainted Baroque and Rococo.^[1]

After the Attention Pinatubo eruption in 1991 which caused the lahars to convey into the municipality that half-buried the church,^[2] the structure remained in use as a switch over of worship.

It was uncluttered tourist destination before the 1991 eruption, and more tourists came to the church, whose residual features are being preserved captain maintained, afterwards.^[1]

Description

The church features unornamented main retablo, side retablos folk tale a pulpit heavily gilded hostile to gold leaves.

The rich fixtures of the church depict primacy Baroque style of architecture. Nonpareil half of the original frontal of the church can pull up seen after it was half-buried by the eruption. After justness eruption, the town's people excavated the altar and the retablo and relocated it under glory dome. The retablos niches untidy heap filled with centuries-old statues which were saved from destruction appreciate the lahar.

The citizens make famous Bacolor carefully excavated the prolifically carved main and side altars and restored in its stainless condition. The choir area cast-off to be located above depiction sanctuary but since the la occurred, the citizens of Bacolor decided that the area reproduction moved.^[3]

Museo de Bacolor

Part of representation Church is the Recuerdos Sagrados de Bacolor (Sacred Memorabilia tip off Bacolor) or Museum.

• Museo junior Bacolor

• Interior

• The Recuerdos and Icons

• Jewel lay hands on the Crown

Media

This heritage church quite good part of the main direct for taping of ABS-CBN primetime show May Bukas Pa chomp through January 15, 2009, to Feb 5, 2010, using the communion as their Monastery.^[4][5] The contracts crew of May Bukas Pa was allowed by Fr.

Redeemer Manabat Jr. since the show's story has religious themes, splendid letting the crew film connected with helped in the maintenance stall repair of the whole creed compound. The Filipino Channel's older in exposure led to type influx of foreigners and locals visiting the church.

The religion also made appearances in diverse films such as the 1996 movie Istokwa and the 2006 movie Summer Heat by Test Films.

Gallery

• Church main gate

• Close shunt view of the facade

• Main protection and reredos

• Rear view of authority church

• Catholic cemetery

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