In 1672, the Parish of
Guiinobatan was already mentioned in books as a “visita” of the
Municipality of Camalig. In 1678, DON FRANCISCO BAMASBAD, chief
of the “tenientes absolutos”, spearheaded the elevation of a
petition to the Governor-General through the Franciscan Missionaries
that the settlement, then a part of Camalig town, be declared an
independent municipality. After ten years, (1678-1688) the
request was granted. By virtue of Don Francisco Bagamasbad’s
initiative, he was appointed “Gobernadorcillo” and recognized as
the first civil administrator of the new Municipality of
Guinobatan. Thus, DON FRANCISCO BAGMASBAD was considered as the
founder of Guinobatan.
Rev. Fr. ALFONSO DE ZAFRA was
assigned as the first minister of the newly separated Parish of
Guinobatan. The town’s Patroness (from 1688 to the present) is
the OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION whose Feast falls on the 15th of
August. Hence, Guinobatan will have its 318th Fiesta Celebration
on August 15, 2006, with the local parish and religious
organizations planning for the Guinobatan Church’s Centennial
Anniversary on December 08, 2006. then, it was in February, 1814
when the church was entirely destroyed for the first time due to
the boulders and burning lava from the destructive eruption of
Mayon Volcano. A temporary church was then built in Barrio
Mauraro, which eventually became the center of the parish. Due to
constant threats of the Mayon eruptions, the parish again
transferred to the shores of Panganiran (now a part of Pioduran town by
virtue of RA3817 enacted in 1965). Later, the Guinobateños broke
camp and returned to Guinobatan to suffer again the destructive
eruption of the volcano.
In 1863, the church under the advocation of the Assumption of our lady, was of good structure and so likewise was the parochial house. There were two “ermitas” both of them dedicated to Saint Vincesnt. It has royal house of stone, half-ruined, a school for primary instruction endowed by the funds of the community and a school for girls funded by the charity of its Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Bernardino Melendreras. The state of the parish at the time has the pertinent data: a) Tributes – 4,067 and b) Souls – 15,566. In 1938, the Parish of Guinobatan had a land area of 29,564 hectares and a population of 31,048 with a Bicolano Parish Priest, Rev. FR. CARLOS BADIOLA.
In 1863, the church under the advocation of the Assumption of our lady, was of good structure and so likewise was the parochial house. There were two “ermitas” both of them dedicated to Saint Vincesnt. It has royal house of stone, half-ruined, a school for primary instruction endowed by the funds of the community and a school for girls funded by the charity of its Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Bernardino Melendreras. The state of the parish at the time has the pertinent data: a) Tributes – 4,067 and b) Souls – 15,566. In 1938, the Parish of Guinobatan had a land area of 29,564 hectares and a population of 31,048 with a Bicolano Parish Priest, Rev. FR. CARLOS BADIOLA.
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