Travel: Stone Church in Talibon

Photo by Ryan Macalandag
Talibon, Bohol, Philippines

The Catherdral of the Most Holy Trinity in Talibon, Bohol is one of the heritage sites in the province. This massive stone church was built in 1852 using plans drawn by Domingo Escondrillas, then Cebu's Director of Public Works.



A gold-mining town in colonial days, Talibon had attracted a sizable community of enterprising Spaniards. The Jesuit Gabriel Sanchez went to Talibon in 1596 after he and Juan Torres had organized the reducciones of Loboc and Baclayon. The Jesuits administered the mission from Loboc but because of the distance it took traveling along the coast, decided that it and Inabanga were more conveniently administered from the Colegio de San Ildefonso in Cebu.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohol_churches#Talibon