Cabatuan Iloilo Church- Iglesia de San Nicolas de Tolentino
The Cabatuan Church, also known as Iglesia de San Nicolas de Tolentino is the first and largest red brick church in the Visayas. Two grand belfries stood on each side of the church. The grand neo classical church was given the monicker “Iglesia Primera El Centro de Iloilo. It was also considered as “model of temples”.
Cabatuan Church History
Fr. Ramon Alquezar, the parish priest of Cabatuan was responsible for the construction of the church in early 1800. Due to shortage of materials, he had to use bricks to build the church. Thus, the brick manufacturing was introduced in town of Cabatuan.
The intricate decorations of the church’s interior was then spearheaded by Fr. Manuel Guttierez. The church was completed in 1866 under the supervision of Fr. Manuel Ruiz. After the church’s completion, it was the celebrated church in the Central Iloilo.
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