 The San Pedro Apostol parish church is also known as loboc church located in loboc town in

bohol
 When the Jesuits established a Christian community in baclayon, sa bohol din, they moved to
the community of loboc. A number of Boholanos were already Christians, since the Spaniards
had made contact with the islands some thirty years previously. Miguel de Legaspi had landed
on the island's shore in 1565, and made a blood compact with the chieftain of a place. Bohol
was a prosperous island even before the Spaniards came. Its wealth came from trade, as the
archaeological finds in Panglao Island off Tagbilaran attest-* Since its population was numerous,
prosperous and friendly with the Spaniards, Bohol was ripe for a full scale campaign of
evangelization.
 Frs. Juan de Tom and Gabriel Sanchez on this mission was sent
 The people of Loboc were suspicious of Torres, but he allayed their suspicions by generously
giving gifts like knives, needles, and scissors. While dispensing his store, he talked to the people
and gradually explained that he had come from far away "to teach them matters of great
importance concxming God, which would be of much advantage to them in life and after death."
Having made friends with the Boholanos of Loboc, Tom explained that he wanted a church built
and suggested that the people bring together their scattered barangays into a town. The people
promised that they would build a church, and the very next day began to fell logs for it. The
Boholanos, true to their word, settled together to form the town of Loboc from eleven diirsed
barangays.
 So yung unang nabuild na church ay made of wood na binuild ng mga tao sa area. And it was
was built by the people of the area on a site called Calvario, Sawang, near the location of the
present-day church. It was dedicated under the patronage of Saint Michael the Archangel
 Lobof officially became a town and the church Loboc church officially became a Catholic parish
in 1602.
 Nagreside yung Jesuit superior sa loboc kesa sa baclayon because of its strategic location, nasa
inland kasi ang area ng loboc. Maraming watchtowers sa bohol at yung baclayon ay may
defensive wall. All of these was to serve as a protecteion against the raiders from the south.

 The church of Loboc, prior to its restoration, is built of limestone rock, quarried out of coral
gardens. Lie many Visayan churches built of this material, its white to whitish cream color and
irregular pockmarks give an excitement to surfaces. Responsive to light changes, Loboc gleams a
glaring white at noon, and glows amber or reddish at sunset.

 On 1 November 1768, the Recollects took charge of the Jesuit missions in Bohol which had been
abandoned in May of that year because of the order of suppression issued by the King of Spain.
Repetti ataibutes the octagonal belltower of four stories built some thirty meters away from the
church to the initiative of the first Recollect pastor of Loboc.
In 1998, Loboc Church was declared a National Historical Landmark by the National Historical
Institute, now the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.[8] It was also listed as a
National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines.
Tapos nagging nominee din itong church na ito under two categories sa uneco world heritage.
The philipiines Jesuit churches and the Philippine baroque churches pero dahil nga sunod sunod
na nastruck yung church ng disasters, at nasira to, nadrop yung nomination sa UNESCo
Five years after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Bohol and neighboring
provinces on Oct. 15, 2013, the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) and
National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) have restored many of
the damaged churches and other historic structures.

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The Recollects added a convento to the nxr of the chwh and connected this to the room above
the sacristy by a covered bridge. The convento was probably built around 1854. Certainly it was
functional by 1876, for Redondo reports that during the devastating flood of November of that
year some four hundred people escaped dryshod because they sought refuge in the second
story of this capacious convent

The church as it came from Jesuit hands was not heavily buttxwsed, so that around 1884, Fray
Jose Sanchez and his successors added buttresses. For fear of destruction, the Recollects, who
are noted for their fortified churches in the Palawan region, introduced heavy buthesing
 Basahin 1st bullet
 Asaide doon sa mga nasa altar na mga statue ganon, may mural na pinaint for the lady og
Guadalupe or yung black Madonna, yung statue pala na ito ay talagang pagmamay ari ng loboc
church dati pa kasi nagmula pa ito sa agustinians.
 Read 3rd bullet
 The church also has a separate cantilevered organ loft, hosting a large pipe organ believed to be
connected with Father Diego Cera, maker of the Las Piñas Bamboo organ pero before pa to nung
di pa nasisisra yung church at noong wood pa yung material na ginamit.
The inner baroque façade, which is part of the 1734 church built by the Jesuits, is decorated with
pilasters, capitals, blind niches and volutes. [14][15] It is patterned after the San Ignacio Church in
Intramuros, with two levels, a triangular pediment, and two narrow octagonal bell towers on each side.
[16] The neoclassical portico houses niches for Saint Peter and Saint Paul. [15] Along the pediment is a
wooden bas-relief on galvanized iron of the papal tiara over crossed keys (the symbol of Saint Peter) on
the center and medallions carrying the icons of the Augustinians and Saint Peter on both ends.[
 Yung retablos ay generally retablo is also the Spanish term for a retable or reredos above an
altar, whether a large altarpiece painting or an elaborate wooden structure with sculptures.

The church has five retablos (reredos). The central retablo (or retablo mayor) at the altar houses
images of Saint Peter, the patron, paired with Saint Paul on the uppermost niche. On the lowest
level are images of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a secondary patron, in the center. Also on the lowest
level were statues of Saint Lucy, patron against typhoons and Saint Francis Xavier, patron
against floods and alligators. Both Saint Lucy and Saint Francis were elected patrons in 1697.[13]
Behind the walls of the retablo mayor are the remains of the former Jesuit altarpiece, a bas-
relief of Saint Ignatius Loyola and St Francis Xavier dressed as a pilgrim.[