San 

Roque Parish Church in Mandaluyong City

History of San Roque Parish Church in Mandaluyong City

San Roque Parish is a daughter of St. Barbara's Parish which is
centered about the famous Old Mission founded in 1786. Though the
mission engaged in some parochial activities since early in this
century, it became a canonical parish only on March 18, 1928, during
the incumbency of Father Augustine Hobrecht. As Santa Barbara
continued to grow, new tracts of land were opened in its western area,
among them the Rutherford Tract, later called the San Roque District,
built upon what was formerly the Dixie Thompson Ranch. In 1928, the
Mission Parish extended from Mission Street in the east to La Cumbre
Road in the west.