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Ap 3 Q2W3
Ap 3 Q2W3
Talon ng
Busay na
matatagpuan
sa Brgy.
Camono-an
Dagami, Leyte
Pinakamahabang
Tulay na
Nagdudugtong
sa Samar at Leyte
Santo Niño Parish Church
The Santo Niño Parish Church was founded in 1770 by
the Augustinian. Its namesake, the Santo Niño would
be attributed to the end of a cholera epidemic in 1889.
The arrival of the image of the child Jesus Christ in the
Port of Tacloban, which was previously believed to be
lost at sea, on June 30, 1889, was credited to have
caused a miracle
ending the outbreak
The Church of Carigara,
the eldest and probably
one of the biggest in
Leyte island, was
founded by the Jesuit
missionaries. With the
arrival of the Jesuit
historian Pedro de
Chirino on July 16,
1595, the first Christian
Parish of Leyte was
established