Panitan Church

The Capiz best church in Capiz is St. Lawrence the Deacon Parish Panitan, Capiz Founded in 1802. And Panitan church is the one Capiz best church in Capiz. Panitan was officially established as a full fledged town in1800 and it subsequently was granted full parish status by the local ecclesiastical authorities in 1806 with the approval of Pope Pius VI and it was under the sponsorship  of San Lorenzo (St. Lawrence the Deacon with Augustinian friar Luis Ortega being appointment the first parish priest in 1807. And the Capiz best church of Panitan was run by the Augustinian until 1898 with the help of some native born secular priests such as Father Jose Ubaldo del Rosario who served the parish from 1818 t0 1832 and again from 1850 to 1851. He was followed by Father Timoteo de la Consolacion from 1832 to 1841.

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