Banate, Iloilo - The Spanish Augustinian Friars Who Served Banate As Parish Priests

The Spanish Augustinian Friars Who Served Banate As Parish Priests

  • P. Alejandro Arias (1763)
  • P. Bartolome Villa (1843)
  • P. Nicolas Calvo (1854)
  • P. Julian Alonso (1859)
  • P. Eustaqiuo TorĂ©s (1870) - responsible for building the stone edifice.
  • P. Manuel Santos (1882) - built a wooden convent.
  • P. Lazaro Ramirez (1890)
  • P. Agapito Lopez (1893)
  • P. Bernardo Arquero(1893) - his name is cast on the largest bell of Banate which is unfortunately, broken.

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