Santuario de San Juan Evangelista

Santuario de San Juan Evangelista
Shrine of Saint John the Evangelist
Old Dagupan Church
The church in 2012
Santuario de San Juan Evangelista Location in Luzon Santuario de San Juan Evangelista Location in the Philippines
16°02′33″N 120°20′06″E
Location	Zamora and Jovellanos Streets, Dagupan, Pangasinan
Country	Philippines
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Archdiocesan Shrine
Dedication	Saint John the Evangelist
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Church building
Style	Neoclassical architecture
Years built	1816 (dst. 1660)
Completed	c. 1590–1610
Administration
Archdiocese	Lingayen-Dagupan
Clergy
Archbishop	Socrates B. Villegas

The Santuario de San Juan Evangelista, also known as the Shrine of St. John the Evangelist or Dagupan Church, is a Roman Catholic shrine located along Jovellanos Street and Zamora Street, Dagupan, Pangasinan in the Philippines. It belongs to the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.

History

The shrine traces its origins back to the late 1590s and early 1610s as the parish church of Dagupan, when the Augustinians assumed spiritual administration of the then-town, with Rev. Fr. Kuis Huete serving as the first parish priest.

In 1660, the church was burned by the men of Andres Malong, a local chieftain of Binalatongan (now San Carlos) and leader of the Malong Revolt against the Spaniards. In 1713, the Dominicans took over until the late 19th century. The church was rebuilt in 1816 by Rev. Fr. Pedro de Rama. The church was later destroyed by the earthquake on March 16, 1892, and subsequent disasters up to the 1910s, requiring numerous rebuilds. The convent became the sanctuary to the Spanish rulers in Pangasinan during the 1898 Philippine Revolution against the Spanish colonial rule.

Gallery

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  Church interior in 2012
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  Church PHC historical marker

External links

• Media related to Old Dagupan Church at Wikimedia Commons
• Santuario de San Juan Evangelista on Facebook