Bogo Church (Cebu), inset Parish Priest (circa 1940) Fr.

Mariano Baluyot

1 Bogo Church used to be situated in the town plaza which was made of stone
with clay tile roof. In 1927, a new church was built in the present site on a
lot donated by the Jagdon, Lepasana and Rodriguez families but was
damaged during the war. The present church was built after the war. There
are no remnants of the old church at the town center.

2. Opon Church is one of the most beautiful churches in Cebu. It was probably
built either 1735 or 1744 and was slightly damaged during the last world war.
However, the Dutch priests of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart demolished the
old structure to build a new one.
 3. Parian Church was considered to be the most affluent and extravagant in
the three parishes then established in Cebu City: the Parian for
the Sangleys and Indios, the Cathedral for the Spaniards and San Nicolas for
the naturales. However, it was downgraded into a visita and eventually
demolished.
One source mentions that the Augustinians in neighboring Sto. Nino
instigated the downgrade. In the info panels of Museo Parian sa Sugbo, it
mentions that the then Bishop of Cebu, Father Santos Gomez Maranon
petitioned to have the Parian parish suppressed and incorporated into the
Cathedral.

Some reasons put forward: a) threat of the dominating Chinese mestizo

community of Parian, b) jurisdictional powers over its land and inhabitants of
the Parian and the Augustinians. The church was finally demolished in 1870.
The kumbento was turned into a library and firestation in the American period.
Only a small nondescript chapel remains of the church today.
Recollect Church (Cebu City)
4. Recollect Church would have been another beautiful church with its
neoclassic facade similar to Malabon Church. While it survived World War II,
the Recollect Augustinians decided to demolish the dilapidated old church in
1964 to build a new one.

San Nicolas Church (Cebu City), inset with Fr. Emiliano Mercado, Parish Priest circa 1940

5.San Nicolas Church follows the triangular pediment design predominant in

Dalaguete and Argao with the exception of having the belfry directly beside the
church. Built from 1787 to 1804, it was severely damaged during the liberation of
Cebu when US forces bombed out the province.