.SERVICES
HOLY CROSS PARISH
Brgy. Ponong, 6529 Carigara, Leyte, Philippines
Contact:
+63 908 763 8335
+63 977 110 7185
District
Eastern District
Vicariate
Carigara Vicariate
Feastday
July 16
Year Founded
1595
PRIESTS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED
Parish Priest
Cahido, Rev. Roel E.
Parochial Vicar
Adona, Rev. Mark Marowen A.
MAIN CHURCH MASS SCHEDULE
SUNDAYS
4:30 am / 6:30 am / 8:30 am / 4:30 pm 6:30 pm
MONDAY – FRIDAY
5:00 am / 6:00 am
SATURDAY
5:00 am / 6:00 am / 5:30 pm
OTHER SACRAMENTS
BAPTISM
8:00 am every Saturday
WEDDING
6:00 am every Second Saturday (common)
SPECIAL SCHEDULE BAPTISM
by Appointment
SPECIAL SCHEDULE WEDDING
by Appointment
SICK CALL
by Appointment
HOUSE BLESSING
by Appointment
WAKE MASSES
by Appointment
HISTORY (read...)
The town of Carigara, according to some historians, was once called Tandaya. The historian Jaime de Veyra avers that Carigara is the Tandaya or Candaya mentioned in Loarca’s “Accounts of the Encomiendas”; that the name may have been originally Kan-Daya, Kan-Dara, and finally Kalgara from which the Spaniards derived Carigara.
Kalgaran-ons have their own version of the origin of their town and its name. The town got its name from the original settler, the founder of the town, a certaln DatuGara, Who was one of the unnamed companions of the legendary 10 datus led by DatuPuti who fled the tyranny of a sultan in Borneo and setted in Panay. DatuGara separated from the group and landed in the shores of what is now Carigara Bay sometime in 1379. With him was his household of 77 members – men, women and children. Led by a scouting boat called harugohay, they came in three long boats (barugos) escorted by seven smaller boats (barutos). He and his party entered the mouth of the river and followed it upstream for about a kilometer until they reached glade where they disembarked, cleared the glade for more space and established a village.
The new settlers didn’t bother to give their new village a name. Months later, when traders from Bohol chanced upon the village, they found an organized settlement under a chieftain named Gara. Thereupon, they referred to the place as Kangara (belonging to Gara). The name stuck, evolvec to Kalgara and finally to Carigara.
The Church of Carigara, the eldest and probably one of the biggest in Leyte island, was founded by the Jesuit missionaries. Withthe arrival of the Jesuit historian Pedro de Chirino on July 16, 1595, the first Christian Parish of Leyte was established.
Through a royal decree issued by Charles Il, King of the Spain, the Jesuit were expelled from Spain and its colonies. After 173 years, the Jesuits bowed out of their spiriual empire in the Visayas and Mindana. The Augustinians took over the administration of the Carigara mission coming in full circle in an effort to introduce the tenets of Christianity to the natives. They left eight or nine years later but came back after 188 years to a town which had prospered and to a church made up of rubblework. The Augustinians stayed for 75 years during which time the town was moved to the present site, but the church remained at the Barangay Canal.
After the Augustinians, the Franciscans took over in 1843. The church and the Casa Real in Canal continued to be used, but the elements and the ravages of the time were taking its toll. Extensive repair had to be made since most of the people had moved to the new town site, then Bishop Romualdo Jimeno ordered the Parish Priest, Fr. Hilarion Corvera, to build a new church at the new town site instead of repairing the old church.
Construction of the new church began in 1859 under the direction of Maestro Remegio Tecson. The Altar was consecrated in 1866 during the visitation of Bishop Jimeno but the church was completed only in 1879 during the curacy of Fr. Bernardino de Rebolledo, who was the last Franciscan priest of Carigara. It was also during his term when the convent was finally completed. The old convent which was located on the west side of the church was later given in 1945 to Holy Cross Academy school building.
In 1896, the revolution against Spain Flared up, the Franciscan left Carigara and the seculars took over the Carigara Parish. The first secular Parish Priest of Carigara was Fr. lgnacio Mora who was assumed office on October 12, 1898.
Through the years, several more constructions were made, continuing repair & reconstruction of the major parts of the church were done. The Parish kept moving on with more improvements of its physical facilities & structures.
Reference:
- CARIGARA, Six Hundred Years of History in a Town in Leyte, by Carigara 400, Inc.)
PRIESTS FORMERLY ASSIGNED
1808 – 1809 Rev. Fr. Jose Ambrosio
1809 – 1814 Rev. Fr. Manuel Paulino
1814 – 1819 Rev. Fr. Pedro Martin
1819 – 1821 Rev. Fr. Juan de Buenaventura
1821 – 1825 Rev. Fr. Pedro Martin
1825 – 1825 Rev. Fr. Claudio Silverio
1825 – 1840 Rev. Fr. Bibiano Vizente
1833 – 1841 Rev. Fr. Alexandro Leonardo
1841 – 1842 Rev. Fr. Ildefondo Lasala
1841 – 1842 Rev. Fr. Alexandro Leonardo
1842 – 1861 Rev. Fr. Jose Hilarion Corvera
1844 – 1844 Rev. Fr. Nicolas Bari Miguel
1844 – 1844 Rev. Fr. Florentino Dalmacio
1844 – 1848 Rev. Fr. Alexandro Thomas Joaquin
1844 – 1845 Rev. Fr. Juan Facundo Quimbo
1845 – 1846 Rev. Fr. Alexandro Thomas Joaquin
1848 – 1849 Rev. Fr. Palermo
1849 – 1851 Rev. Fr. Nicolas Bari Miguel
1853 – 1853 Rev. Fr. Julian Bersosa
1853 – 1856 Rev. Fr. Antonio Sabarre
1856 – 1858 Rev. Fr. Julian Bersosa
1859 – 1860 Rev. Fr. Agustin Dincong
1861 – 1861 Rev. Fr. Julian Bersosa
1861 – 1861 Rev. Fr. Antonio Figueroa
1861 – 1863 Rev. Fr. Martin de Yepes
1863 – 1867 Rev. Fr. Domingo de Madrid
1863 – 1863 Rev. Fr. Prospero Zalasa
1863 – 1865 Rev. Fr. Estebas de Diego
1866 – 1867 Rev. Fr. Tiburcio Ledesma
1867 – 1867 Rev. Fr. Salustriano Bus
1867 – 1867 Rev. Fr. Tiburcio Ledesma
1867 – 1898 Rev. Fr. Bernardino Rebolledo
1868 – 1868 Rev. Fr. Vicente Lopez
1871 – 1876 Rev. Fr. Pedro Peñaranda
1872 – 1873 Rev. Fr. Fernando Esteban
1874 – 1874 Rev. Fr. Eustaquio de San Jose
1876 – 1883 Rev. Fr. Enrique Carillo
1878 – 1878 Rev. Fr. Damien Peña
1883 – 1884 Rev. Fr. Eduardo Alarcon
1884 – 1892 Rev. Fr. Andres Amles
1884 – 1887 Rev. Fr. German Diez
1891 – 1893 Rev. Fr. Eulco Machuca
1891 – 1891 Rev. Fr. Victor de los Reyes
1891 – 1892 Rev. Fr. Quintin Bautista
1892 – 1894 Rev. Fr. Isidro Calonge
1893 – 1898 Rev. Fr. Ignacio Mora
1894 – 1896 Rev. Fr. Ulpiano Tendero
1896 – 1908 Rev. Fr. Andres Congzon
1906 – 1908 Rev. Fr. Arsenio Cabras
1908 – 1922 Rev. Fr. Doroteo Ayaso
1908 – 1909 Rev. Fr. Arsenio Cabras
1909 – 1910 Rev. Fr. Wenceslao Singzon
1912 – 1915 Rev. Fr. Emeterio Javines
1915 – 1918 Rev. Fr. Secundino Latorre
1916 – 1917 Rev. Fr. Pedro Aruta
1918 – 1920 Rev. Fr. Trinidad Ponferada
1920 – 1922 Rev. Fr. Doroteo Peñaranda
1921 – 1921 Rev. Fr. Nadres Mariano
1922 – 1951 Rev. FR. Alberto Almarines
1922 – 1922 Rev. FR. Magdaleno Agnes
1922 – 1925 Rev. Fr. Pascual Quimbo
1924 – 1925 Rev. Fr. Sixto Montero
1925 – 1928 Rev. Fr. Vito Briones
1922 – 1926 Rev. Fr. Doroteo Peñaranda
1923 – 1923 Rev. Fr. Federico Villasin
1927 – 1928 Rev. Fr. Restituto Alde
1928 – 1930 Rev. Fr. Pelagio Aviles
1930 – 1930 Rev. Fr. Pablo Lola
1930 – 1931 Rev. Fr. Consortio Poblete
1931 – 1933 Rev. Fr. Hilario Abarca
1932 – 1937 Rev. Fr. Gorgonio Tupa
1935 – 1942 Rev. Fr. Alejandro Alve
1937 – 1938 Rev. Fr. Apolonio Ponferada
1940 – 1943 Rev. Fr. Dominador Sudario
1944 – 1946 Rev. Fr. Magdaleno Agnis
1945 – 1945 Rev. Fr. Antonio Mate
1945 – 1950 Rev. Fr. Francisco Santiago
1950 – 1951 Rev. Fr. Gregorio Regis
1951 – 1951 Rev. Fr. Generoso Alasagas
1951 – 1954 Rev. Fr. Francisco Santiago
1952 – 1954 Rev. Fr Generoso Alasagas
1954 – 1957 Rev. Fr. Antonio Mate
1956 – 1959 Rev. Fr. Aluino Estalilia
1957 – 1960 Rev. Fr. Julian Aniban
1959 – 1960 Rev. Fr. Antonio Sudario
1960 – 1960 Rev. Fr. Climaco Faelnar
1960 – 1970 Rev. Fr. Esteban Justimbaste
1960 – 1962 Rev. Fr. Salvador Modesto
1962 – 1963 Rev. Fr. Leoncio Almendra
1963 – 1966 Rev. Fr. anuario Puray
1966 – 1970 Rev. Fr. Romeo Mazo
1970 – 1973 Rev. Fr. Cornelio Zabala
1973 – 1976 Rev. Msgr. Esteban Justimbaste
1976 – 1977 Rev. Msgr. Zenon Ocampo
1977 – 1984 Rev. Msgr. Estanislao Abarca
1984 – 1989 Rev. Fr. Antonio Sudario
1989 – 1990 Rev. Msgr. Adan Apostol
1990 – 1997 Rev. Fr. Rolando Cuayzon
1998 – 2001 Rev. Fr. Abrahan Palaña
2001 – 2004 Rev. Fr. Ricardo Mendoza
2004 – 2006 Rev. Fr. Gil Logramonte
2006 – 2010 Rev. Msgr. Wilfredo Alejan, HP
2010 – 2015 Rev. Msgr. Manuel Damayo, PC
2015 – present Rev. Fr. Roel Cahido
Parochial Vicars:
1963 – 1964 Rev. Fr. Osserman Caceres
1964 – 1966 Rev. Fr. Oscar Florencio
1966 – 1967 Rev. Fr. Leonardo Medroso
1967 – 1967 Rev. Fr. Carlos Maceda
1968 – 1969 Rev. Fr. Francisco Vicentillo
1969 – 1971 Rev. Fr. Hermenigildo Adolfo
1971 – 1972 Rev. Fr. Teodulo Gaquit
1972 – 1974 Rev. Fr. Vicente Dolina, Jr.
1974 – 1975 Rev. Fr. Leovigildo Roca
1975 – 1976 Rev. Fr. Domingo Matiga
1975 – 1976 Rev. Fr. Remegio Uribe
1976 – 1978 Rev. Fr. Jose Alfaro
1976 – 1976 Rev. Fr. Vito Briones
1978 – 1979 Rev. Fr. Cesar Petilla
1980 – 1980 Rev. Fr. Moises Apostol
1979 – 1982 Rev. Fr. Ricardo Mendoza
1982 – 1984 Rev. Fr. Generoso Sevilla
1983 – 1984 Rev. Fr. Albert Opiniano
1985 – 1985 Rev. Fr. Ruben Caceres
1985 – 1986 Rev. Fr. Gerardo Bandalan
1986 – 1987 Rev. Fr. Joselito Conejos
1987 – Rev. Fr. Elegio Mativo
1989 – 1990 Rev. Fr. Dennis Winston Margate
1990 – 1990 Rev. Fr. Ambrosio Avelino, Jr.
1990 – 1990 Rev. Fr. Eduardo Rivera
1990 – 1991 Rev. Fr. David Vivero, Jr.
1991 – 1992 Rev. Fr. Jose Rory Caones
1992 – 1993 Rev. Fr. Manuel Abrenio
1993 – 1993 Rev. Fr. Almer Pasagui
1993 – 1994 Rev. Fr. Jose Protacio Catan
1994 – 1996 Rev. Fr. Ariel Sanico
1994 – 1995 Rev. Fr. Loreno Robles
1996 – 1997 Rev. Fr. Dennis Winston Margate
1995 – 1997 Rev. Fr. Romeo Jake Callosa
1997 – 1997 Rev. Fr. Eduardo Obero
1997 – 1998 Rev. Fr. Vicente Purgatorio
1997 – 1997 Rev. Fr. Armando Dagsa
1998 – 1998 Rev. Fr. Ronnie Sotico Mora
1998 – 1998 Rev. Fr. James Jubal Meneses
1998 – 2001 Rev. Fr. Dennis Winston Margate
2001 – 2001 Rev. Fr. Romeo Gomez
2001 – 2003 Rev. Fr. Den Michael Canaleja
2003 – 2003 Rev. Fr. Cipriano Rey Caraballa
2004 – 2004 Rev. Fr. Herculano Tabada
2004 – 2005 Rev. Fr. Norman Jose Manawatao
2005 – 2006 Rev. Fr. Edwin Caintoy
2006 – 2007 Rev. Fr. Kelvin Joy Apurillo
2007 – 2008 Rev. Fr. Dennis Inocando
2008 – 2008 Rev. Fr. Iluminado Endriano
2008 – 2009 Rev. Fr. James Jubal Meneses
2009 – 2010 Rev. Fr. Jose Virgilio Camulte
2010 – 2010 Rev. Fr. Marlon Cua
2010 – 2014 Rev. Fr. Ivan Petilos
2014 – 2015 Rev. Fr. Anreco Estrella
2015 – 2018 Rev. Fr. Edgar Mallen
2018 – present Rev. Fr. Mark Marowen Adona
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