Parish Church of Immaculate Concepcion of DasmariñasParish Church of Immaculate Concepcion of Dasmariñas is a Marked Structure, NHCP; Registered Property, City of Dasmariñas, Cavite located at Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Region IV-A.
Marker Text:
Simbahan ng Dasmariñas
Dating kapilya sa baryo ng Imus. Itinatag ang Parokya ng Camarin de Piedra ng mga paring Rekoleto noong 1867. Ipinatayo ang simbahang bato sa patronato ng La Inmaculada Concepcion at naging unang kura paroko si Padre Valentin Diaz. Nagsilbing luklukan ng pamahalaang sibil ng mga Kastila ang kumbento: naganap dito ang madugong labanan ng magapi ng hukbong Kastila ang mga rebolusyonaryo sa pamumuno ni Kapitan Placido Campos at kanyang kalihim Francisco Barzaga, Pebrero 25, 1897. Ipiniit rin dito ng mga Hapon ang mga mamamayan noong Disyembre 17, 1944 at 17 sa kanilang pinatay ang nalibing sa iisang hukay.
Date Unveiled: October 2, 1986
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The Immaculate Conception Parish Church, also known as the Dasmariñas Church, is the first Catholic parish church in the city of Dasmariñas, province of Cavite. The stone church was constructed right after the establishment of Dasmariñas as a separate parish in 1866. The church and convent was the site of bloodshed during the Battle of Perez Dasmariñas of the Philippine revolution against Spain.It was declared as an important historical structure by the National HIstorical Institute (now National Historical Commission of the Philipppines) with the placing of a historical marker in 1986.
The parish of Dasmariñas, then known as Perez-Dasmariñas, started as a chapel of parish of Imus, its former mother town, during the Spanish colonial period. Perez-Dasmariñas then was a barrio and part of the Hacienda de Imus (Imus Estate) owned and administered by the Augustinian Recollects. After the establishment of Perez-Dasmariñas as a politically spearate town on May 12, 1864, a petition was sent to Madrid by the Recollects for the creation of a new parish for the sake of the people of a growing town and for their own interests. Hence, on October 21, 1866, Her Most Catholic Majesty Queen Isabella II signed the Royal Order creating the new parish of Perez-Dasmariñas. The Royal Order states:
"Her Majesty, the Queen, conceded to approve by a Royal Order last October 21, 1866, the erection of a new parish in the new town of Perez-Dasmariñas, independent from Imus, its origin, in the province of Cavite. With previous instructions form the proceedings where the interested parties were and for reason of convenience and need that the said town should constitute an independent parish...with the use of all corresponding authority because of its sacredness and furthermore, in accordance with the Council of Trent, Chapter IV Section XXIV about Reformation which is in accord with Law NO. XXX first book of Recopilacion de las Indias, we have established jurisdiction separate from Imus, her origin. The limits of this new parish shall be Religious Order of the Augustinian Recollect Fathers.
However, Royal Orders took some time before it reached the Islands and its actual implementation did not start till the following year, 1867. The new parish of Perez-Dasmariñas was placed under the patronage of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception with the Archbishop of Manila and the Recollect Prior Provincial as its main proponents. The same year, Fr. Valentin Diaz, ORSA was installed as the first parish priest of Perez Dasmariñas.