Santiago Apostol Church is an old Roman Catholic Church that is located in Badian, a southern town in the province of Cebu, Philippines. It is also referred to as St. James the Apostle Church after its patron and Badian Church from its location. Its other titular is Sto. Niño.
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History
Badian Church was established as a parish on August 26, 1825. It used to be part of the parish of Barili.
Architecture
Badian Church’s facade has a pair of rectangular columns flanked with pilasters by the cavernous hall of its portico. Its entrance to the interiors is recessed with a wide arch portal of its puerta mayor. The pediment contains a relief of a symbol of the patron, rises to an acroterium topped with a cross in its apex, and in the corners are pinnacles of the pillars. Its cornices are tapered and delineated.
Flanking the portico are square windows with openwork and finial on the roof. The upper register forms a half-gable that rises up to the capital of the pilaster of the entrance. The belfry used to be located at the apex of the pediment atop the portico. It was removed to free the columns from the load. It is now located in a bell tower erected in the gospel side, a three-level structure with open arches and red roof.
Celebration
Festivities for its patron, the apostle St. James the Elder, is celebrated every July 25 in the annual Banig Festival. The parish community also celebrates the Sinulog de Badian every January in honor of the feast day of Sto. Niño.
Mass schedule
Below is the weekly mass schedule of Santiago Apostol Church in Badian, Cebu from May 5, 2025 to May 11, 2025. Please reach out to the church for an updated schedule. Additionally, you may also want to view mass schedules of churches in Badian.
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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Church information
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Name | Santiago Apostol Church in Badian, Cebu |
| Address | Sawang, Badian, Cebu 6031 |
| Country | Philippines |
| sjp.badian@gmail.com | |
| web.facebook.com | |
| Religion | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu |
| District | District IV – Southwest Cebu |
| Vicariate | Vicariate of Our Lady of Sorrows |
| Patron | St. James the Apostle, Sto. Niño |
| Feast day | July 25 |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Neo-classical |
Nearby Churches
- Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Ronda, Cebu
- San Agustin Church in Alcantara, Cebu
- San Juan Nepomuceno Church in Moalboal, Cebu
- Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church in Matutinao, Badian, Cebu
References
- Balaanong Bahandi: Sacred Treasures of the Archdiocese of Cebu. Cathedral Museum of Cebu, Inc. and University of San Carlos Press. 2010. ISBN 978-9715390187.
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu. Retrieved June 19, 2022
- Elizaga, Troy. The Formation of Towns and Parishes in Cebu, Philippines. Retrieved via Academia on June 19, 2022
- Sabanpan-Yu, Hope (December 2007). Cebuano Food Festivals: A Matter of Taste. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society , December 2007, Vol. 35, No. 4 pp. 384-392. University of San Carlos Publications. Retrieved June 24, 2022
- Badian winks. The Freeman. August 5, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2022
- Oaminal, Clarence Paul (April 24, 2019). Why Alcantara has the shortest municipal road in Cebu. The Freeman. Retrieved July 19, 2022