San Francisco de Asis Church is an old Roman Catholic church located in the town of Dumanjug in the province of Cebu, Philippines. It is also named Parokya ni San Francisco de Asis Church and Dumanjug Church.
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History
San Francisco de Asis Church used to be part of the parish church in Barili. It became a parish on March 28, 1854.
The present-day church’s construction began in 1854 and completed in 1864 within the term of Bishop Romualdo Jimeno. Its builders were Filipino secular priests Rev. Fr. Matias Cabrera and Fr. Doroteo Godinez.
It underwent renovation works in 1980. It was damaged during an earthquake that occurred on October 15, 2013 and restored three years later.
Heritage
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines installed a Level II historical marker on June 6, 2016.
Architecture
The church’s facade is asymmetrical with the belfry built in the gospel flank, pediment, and a roof in the epistle side. Its sides bend to the back, which approximates an overall oval shape. Its central section is a few inches raised from the rest of the stone wall, featuring an arch entrance door flanked in each side by massive twin fluted pilasters.
Above the entrance is a festoon relief and a rectangular window with ornate cartouche. On both recessed sides flanking the central section are pilasters similarly decorated, hemming in a wall surface that features in total from top to bottom two niches of holy figures, four reliefs, and two blind rectilinear windows the epistle side of which is where the heritage marker is installed.
The entablature is wide and plain, cornices are defined and unadorned. The central section rises to a pediment that has a rose window in the middle. The main pediment that towers over is bounded by finials on either sides. Its outline is also quite unique: two inclined planes that give way to a semi-circular middle section that contains relief motifs. In its center in low relief is an elaborate arched niche ornately framed and flanked on each side with twin engaged columns.
The bell tower is in the gospel side. It is dodecagonal with pilasters marking each edge. Its base is part of the church’s stone wall and made of two levels, each of which with arch openings. The belfry is also two-level with each level subsequently less wider. The first level has pilasters while the upper register has engaged columns capped with a dome surrounded by balustrade.
Celebration
The feast of its patron St. Francis of Asisi is celebrated every October 4th in a celebration that is called Sinanggiyaw Festival.
Mass schedule
Below is the weekly mass schedule of San Francisco de Asis Church in Dumanjug, Cebu from May 12, 2025 to May 18, 2025. Please reach out to the church for an updated schedule. Additionally, you may also want to view mass schedules of churches in Dumanjug.
Monday
- 5:30-6:30 AM
Tuesday
- 5:30-6:30 AM
Wednesday
- 5:30-6:30 AM
Thursday
- 5:30-6:30 AM
Friday
- 5:30-6:30 AM
Saturday
- 5:00-6:00 PM
Sunday
- 5:30-6:30 AM
- 8:00-9:00 AM
- 10:00-11:00 AM
- 3:00-4:00 PM
- 5:00-6:00 PM
Church information
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Name | San Francisco de Asis Church in Dumanjug, Cebu |
| Other Names | Parokya ni San Francisco de Asis Church, Dumanjug Church |
| Address | Fr. H. Villa Street, Poblacion, Dumanjug, 6035 Cebu |
| Country | Philippines |
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| Religion | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | March 28, 1854 |
| Age | 171 years |
| Status | Parish |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu |
| District | District IV – Southwest Cebu |
| Vicariate | Vicariate of St. Anne |
| Patron | St. Francis of Asisi |
| Feast day | October 4 |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage | Heritage Church |
| Completed | 1864 |
| Age since completed | 161 years |
| Style | Neoclassical |
Nearby Churches
- Archdiocesan Shrine of Sta. Ana in Barili, Cebu
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish Church in Bulak, Dumanjug, Cebu
- San Isidro Labrador Parish, Mantalongon, Barili, Cebu
- San Vicente Ferrer Parish Church in Bitoon, Dumanjug, Cebu
- St. John the Baptist Church in Giloctog, Barili, Cebu
References
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu. Retrieved June 30, 2022
- Balaanong Bahandi: Sacred Treasures of the Archdiocese of Cebu. Cathedral Museum of Cebu, Inc. and University of San Carlos Press. 2010. ISBN 978-9715390187.
- Elizaga, Troy. The Formation of Towns and Parishes in Cebu, Philippines. Retrieved via Academia on June 30, 2022
- Parish Church. Municipality of Dumanjug, GOV.PH. Retrieved June 30, 2022
- Simbahan ng Dumanjug. National Historical Commission of the Philippines. Retrieved July 1, 2022
- A year after the quake: Church officials eager to start. Sunstar. October 12, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2022
- Vestil, Justin K (October 16, 2016). Most churches up. Sunstar. Retrieved via PressReader on July 1, 2022
- Oaminal, Clarence Paul(January 26, 2018). The Vicariate of Western Cebu (Part 2). Retrieved July 19, 2022
- Parish Church. Municipal Government of Dumanjug. Retrieved July 19, 2023