Santa Barbara Pangasinan

Santa Barbara Pangasinan

The foundation of Santa Barbara town was approved on October 30, 1741, and by the Dominican Father of Calasiao in 1742 afterwards. It was accepted by the Provincial Capital of 1743, while remaining still a part of the town of Calasiao. In the Chapter of 1745, without accepting her as Vicariate, a Vicar was given to her in the person of Father Benito Pereira. The original relics of the church were made 1776 by Father Casimero Lafuente in the last quarter of the last century. The brick convent, like the church and the "tribunal" was changed by the same Father Lafuente. Similarly, it was this same priest who arranged for the repair of the street of the town, and still other improvements, like the plan of the Poblacion and its beautiful plaza.

E. P. Tenza was constructing the cemetery when the revolution in 1898 broke out. The road which leads to Mangaldan was constructed by Father Boada and Quiros and the many brick culverts by Father Casanova and Lafuente.

A Confraternity of the Holy Rosary was founded inside the church just before the year 1805. Originally, it was 76.50 meters interior length and 18 meters in width. The church and convent suffered damages because of the bombardment of the Japanese in the year 1941, and also when the American liberation force landed in Pangasinan in 1945.