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Added by Jopie, at 01 January 2020
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Located on an elevated area beside the banks of the Inabanga River, a mission was founded in the place by the Jesuits in 1596. Like Talibon, it was administered during Jesuit times from the Colegio de San Ildefonso in Cebu. The parish was founded in 1722 dedicated to Saint Paul the Apostle (San Pablo Apostol). It was passed on to the Recollects in 1768, remaining its pastors until 1898.
The church is ideally situated on an elevated area, the highest point in town. Stone embankments protect the site. An earlier church of stone was built during Jesuit times but it was burnt probably during the Dagohoy revolt. Redondo (1886, 181) reports that the church was in bad condition and so was the adjoining convento. A new stone church was completed in 1899 but this was burnt by Americans in 1902 in retaliation for the attack on the garrison at Tubigon. The present church is composed of various materials, the last being concrete, introduced by the secular priest Fr. Quiterio Sarigumba in 1931. The church uses gothic elements in the façade and has a portico in front of the entrance. The interior is modern, except for an exquisite wooden tabernacle probably from Jesuit times and the murals of the Garces brothers, done in the style of Canuto Avila and Ray Francia.
The Church of Inabanga was reduced to piles of rubble during the earthquake of October 15, 2013 with only the facade standing.
References: http://www.phil-ip-pines.com/bohol-churches.html
https://anc.yahoo.com/video/quake-destroys-centuries-old-church-145014977.html?.tsrc=samsungwn
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