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 Torés (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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