St. Jerome's Parish and Convent

Bagabag Church and Convent built in 1777. In 1594, the Dominicans came and started evangelization work in the valley. In 1743, Bagabag was accepted as a Mission under the patronage of St. Jerome which remains up to this day. In the earliest survey in 1746 Padron de Almas or List of baptized inhabitants in the Spanish controlled towns, Bagabag registered 130 souls. In 1777, Fr. Alejandro Vidal, O.P., began the construction of a church and convent of stone and bricks which Fr. Juan del Rey O.P. finished in 1794. In 1839 the church and convent got burned together with the parochial books. They were re-established by Fathers Raimundo Gonzalo O.P., and Remigio del Alamo O.P. They also built the tower which to this day remain unfinished.

Source: https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/details/563131?fbclid=IwAR3IeLuZvOGpoI4e3ZBKMawmmtvlIUmRL0JvEs33M3cs1zvlurkkkHZrn-o