DasmariƱas City celebrates 150th Foundation Anniversary

c19239c5413540b5ee1f19187e11115e

DasmariƱas City ā€“ July 5, 2017. Located in the commercial district of Cavite Province, DasmariƱas City celebrates the 150th foundation of its city and parish.

The celebration of the Holy Mass started at 5:00 PM with his Eminence, Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, DD, as main celebrant and homilist. Together with him were Bishop Pedro Arigo, DD, Bishop Emeritus of the Vicariate of Puerto Princesa, Bishop Manuel SobreviƱas, DD, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Imus, and Very Rev. Fr. Dionsio Q. Selma, OAR, prior provincial of the Augustinian Recollect Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno, and a good number of concelebrating priests. Present were various parish organizations and religious congregations.Ā Ā  Government officials graced also the occasion.

During the Spanish colonial period, the city of DasmariƱas formerly belonged to the Augustinian Recollect Hacienda known as ā€œHacienda de San Juan Bautista de Imusā€ and it was called Perez-DasmariƱas. The inhabitants of the town were tenants of the Imus Hacienda.

PĆ©rez-DasmariƱas originated from the mother town, Imus. In 1866, a group of nipa houses belonging to the barrios of Imus ā€“ Malagasag, SalitrĆ”n, Salacay, Paliparan, Malinta and Nancaan ā€“ were relocated and regrouped in a reducciĆ³n (settlement) in barrio Tampus. This barrio was selected as the original site of the town of PĆ©rez-DasmariƱas. It was here that the relocated residents elected their own gobernadorcillo and other local officials. When the physical organization of the residents was accomplished, the settlement was elevated to a civil town in 1867. The town was named after the Gomez PĆ©rez DasmariƱas, governor-general of the Philippines (a. 1590-1593). That same year, i.e., 1867, the town became a canonical parish under the pastoral care of the Augustinian Recollects. The parish church and convent were constructed of stones and bricks, and the town’s patroness is La Inmaculada ConcepciĆ³n.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Fray Emil Quilatan, OAR

Fray Emil Quilatan, OAR

Priest/Religious/Historian of the Order of Augustinian Recollects in the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno.