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Church in Pampanga, Philippines
Floridablanca Church
Saint Joseph the Worker Parish Church
San Jose Obrero Parish Church
Parokya nang San Jose Talapagobra (Kapampangan)
Church facade in 2012
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14°58′25″N 120°31′37″E / 14.973656°N 120.526985°E / 14.973656; 120.526985
LocationPoblacion, Floridablanca, Pampanga
CountryPhilippines
DenominationRoman Catholic
Architecture
Architect(s)Fr. Luciano Ylla
Architectural typeChurch building
StyleBaroque, Neo-Gothic
Completed1887
Specifications
MaterialsSand, gravel, cement, mortar, steel and bricks
Administration
ProvinceEcclesiastical Province of San Fernando
ArchdioceseSan Fernando
Clergy
Priest(s)Rev. Fr. Alvin Modesto S. Manalang

Saint Joseph the Worker Parish Church, commonly known as Floridablanca Church, is a 19th-century Neo-Gothic Roman Catholic church located at Barangay Poblacion, Floridablanca, Pampanga, Philippines. The parish church, under the aegis of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine, is currently under the Archdiocese of San Fernando.

History

Available records tell that present-day Floridablanca started as the Hacienda de San Jose de Calumpaui and had its own chapel since 1823. By 1867, a petition was signed to move the town center to its current site. The petition was approved in November of the same year and the formal inauguration of the town followed in January 1879. In 1887, Father Luciano Morros Ylla built the church and convent. Several renovations were done into the church structure before and after the turn of the century: Father Rodriguez Prado rebuilt the convent of stone and wood in 1893; Father Elifio Aparicio reinforced the church with concrete in the early quarter of the 20th century. The church became a casualty of the World War II, with only the walls withstanding the bombing of 1945. It was said that Father Francisco Mozo died as the bell tower collapsed above him during the impact. The parish was renovated and enlarged in 1967.

Architecture

Church interior in 2015

The original structure measures 56 metres (184 ft) long, 20 metres (66 ft) wide and 10 metres (33 ft) high, with a main nave and two aisles. The style is of Pseudo-Gothic, with prominent pointed arch windows blending in with the other Neoclassical features of the facade. Besides the pointed finials on the second level of the facade and the cornices along the base and edge of the imaginary pediment, the facade is devoid of any other ornamentation. To the right of the church is the slender three-level, belfry.

Gallery

References

  1. "History of Floridablanca". www.floridablanca.gov.ph. Municipality of Floridablanca. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  2. ^ Galende, OSA, Pedro (1996). Angels in Stone: Architecture of Augustinian Churches in the Philippines (2nd ed.). Manila, Philippines: San Agustin Museum. p. 160. ISBN 9719157100.
  3. "Saint Joseph Parish Church". www.floridablanca.gov.ph. Municipality of Floridablanca. Retrieved November 16, 2014.

External links

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando
Archidioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi
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Ordinaries
Cathedral
Shrines
Archdiocesan
Parishes
Vicariate of
Blessed
Trinity
Vicariate of
Christ
the King
Vicariate of
Holy Family
  • Divine Mercy (Floridablanca, Pampanga)
  • Jesus the Lamb of God (Guagua)
  • Mary, Mother of Perpetual Help (Floridablanca, Pampanga)
  • Nuestra Senora Del Carmen (Guagua)
  • Sacred Heart (Floridablanca, Pampanga)
  • San Roque (Lubao)
  • St. Joseph the Worker (Floridablanca, Pampanga)
Vicariate of
Holy
Redeemer
Vicariate of
Holy Spirit
  • Christ the Prince of Peace (Mabalacat)
  • Immaculate Conception (Angeles City)
  • Our Lady of Fatima (Angeles City)
  • Our Lady of Grace (Mabalacat)
  • Our Lady of Victories (Mabalacat)
  • San Lorenzo Ruiz (Mabalacat)
  • St. Raphael The Archangel (Mabalacat)
  • The Lord’s Ressurrection (Mabalacat)
Vicariate of
Mary Help of
Christians
Vicariate of
Sacred Heart
Vicariate of
St. Augustine
of Hippo
  • Conversion of St. Paul (Lubao)
  • La Consolacion (Guagua)
  • San Agustin (Lubao)
  • San Antonio De Padua (Lubao)
  • St. Raphael The Archangel (Lubao)
  • Santa Cruz (Lubao)
Vicariate of
St. John
Mary Vianney
Vicariate of
St. John
the Beloved
  • Christ The Divine Healer (Magalang)
  • Good Shepherd (Mexico, Pampanga)
  • Holy Eucharist (Magalang)
  • San Bartolome (Magalang)
  • San Ildefonso (Magalang)
  • Sto. Rosario (Magalang)
  • The Lord’s Epiphany (Magalang)
Vicariate of
St. Joseph
Vicariate of
Virgen de los
Remedios
  • Blessed Trinity (San Fernando, Pampanga)
  • Good Shepherd (San Fernando, Pampanga)
  • Our Lady of Sorrows (San Fernando, Pampanga)
  • Sacred Heart (San Fernando, Pampanga)
  • St. Jude Thaddeus (San Fernando, Pampanga)
  • San Agustin (San Fernando, Pampanga)
  • San Jose (Mexico, Pampanga)
  • San Vicente Ferrer (San Fernando, Pampanga)
  • Sto. Cristo Del Perdon (San Fernando, Pampanga)
  • The Lord’s Ascension (San Fernando, Pampanga)
  • Virgen delos Remedios (San Fernando, Pampanga)
Suffragan
dioceses
For the complete list of Roman Catholic churches in Pampanga, see the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando
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