Consolacion, Cebu - History of The Municipality

History of The Municipality

The Municipality of Consolacion used to be a component barangay first founded in 1871 with a population of 14,248 under the leadership of Juan Villamor. Before this, it was only a barrio of the municipality of Mandaue. Consolacion became a separate town in 1871. However, in 1902 and 1903, unable to maintain her status as an independent municipality, she again became a part of Mandaue.

Finally in 1920, Consolacion was again made an independent municipality after a petition for its restoration into a separate town, was granted by the governor. So grateful were the townspeople to the Spanish governor that they named their new town after his daughter - Consolacion. And they also chose San Narciso as their patron saint, the namesake of the governor’s wife, Narcisa.

A year after the construction of the Casa Real or municipal hall, the people built their first church. Because it was made of wood, nipa, and bamboo, it was totally damaged by a typhoon in 1888. A second one was built when Father Blas Adan was parish priest. It was destroyed also by a typhoon in 1892. Fr. Banzon built a third one just before World War II, which was already in its present site.

The present municipal hall is already the third one. The first was destroyed by the typhoon of 1892. The second one was also destroyed by the Japanese during WWII. Today, Consolacion is a robust residential urban municipality with a vigorous economy, providing a place to live for staff employed in the neighbouring cities of Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu and Cebu.