Saint Joseph the Worker Parish Church (Floridablanca)

Floridablanca Church
Floridablanca Church
Saint Joseph the Worker Parish Church
San Jose Obrero Parish Church
Parokya nang San Jose Talapagobra (Kapampangan)
	Church facade in 2012
	Floridablanca Church Location in Luzon Floridablanca Church Location in the Philippines
	14°58′25″N 120°31′37″E / 14.973656°N 120.526985°E
Location	Poblacion, Floridablanca, Pampanga
Country	Philippines
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Architecture
Architect(s)	Fr. Luciano Ylla
Architectural type	Church building
Style	Baroque, Neo-Gothic
Completed	1887
Specifications
Materials	Sand, gravel, cement, mortar, steel and bricks
Administration
Province	Ecclesiastical Province of San Fernando
Archdiocese	San Fernando
Clergy
Priest(s)	Rev. Fr. Alvin Modesto S. Manalang

Saint Joseph the Worker Parish Church, commonly known as Floridablanca Church, is a 19th-century Neo-Gothic Roman Catholic church located at Barangay Poblacion, Floridablanca, Pampanga, Philippines. The parish church, under the aegis of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine,^{[citation needed]} is currently under the Archdiocese of San Fernando.

History

Available records tell that present-day Floridablanca started as the Hacienda de San Jose de Calumpaui and had its own chapel since 1823.^[1] By 1867, a petition was signed to move the town center to its current site. The petition was approved in November of the same year and the formal inauguration of the town followed in January 1879.^[2] In 1887, Father Luciano Morros Ylla built the church and convent. Several renovations were done into the church structure before and after the turn of the century: Father Rodriguez Prado rebuilt the convent of stone and wood in 1893; Father Elifio Aparicio reinforced the church with concrete in the early quarter of the 20th century. The church became a casualty of the World War II, with only the walls withstanding the bombing of 1945. It was said that Father Francisco Mozo died as the bell tower collapsed above him during the impact. The parish was renovated and enlarged in 1967.^[2]^[3]

Architecture

The original structure measures 56 metres (184 ft) long, 20 metres (66 ft) wide and 10 metres (33 ft) high, with a main nave and two aisles. The style is of Pseudo-Gothic, with prominent pointed arch windows blending in with the other Neoclassical features of the facade. Besides the pointed finials on the second level of the facade and the cornices along the base and edge of the imaginary pediment, the facade is devoid of any other ornamentation. To the right of the church is the slender three-level, belfry.^[2]

Gallery

Porte-cochère
Church sanctuary
Church ceiling
Dome interior and clerestories

References

^ "History of Floridablanca". www.floridablanca.gov.ph. Municipality of Floridablanca. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Galende, OSA, Pedro (1996). Angels in Stone: Architecture of Augustinian Churches in the Philippines (2nd ed.). Manila, Philippines: San Agustin Museum. p. 160. ISBN 9719157100.
^ "Saint Joseph Parish Church". www.floridablanca.gov.ph. Municipality of Floridablanca. Retrieved November 16, 2014.

External links

Media related to San Jose Obrero Church (Floridablanca) at Wikimedia Commons
Saint Joseph the Worker Parish Church on Facebook

[Floridablanca_LGU_1-1] "History of Floridablanca". www.floridablanca.gov.ph. Municipality of Floridablanca. Retrieved November 16, 2014.

[Angels_in_Stone-2] Galende, OSA, Pedro (1996). Angels in Stone: Architecture of Augustinian Churches in the Philippines (2nd ed.). Manila, Philippines: San Agustin Museum. p. 160. ISBN 9719157100.

[Florida_LGU_2-3] "Saint Joseph Parish Church". www.floridablanca.gov.ph. Municipality of Floridablanca. Retrieved November 16, 2014.

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