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Pulong Buhangin
Santa Maria ( , ), officially the Municipality of Santa Maria ( tgl, Bayan ng Santa Maria), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 289,820 people. representing 7.8% of the population of the province. Located on the banks of the Santa Maria River, north of Manila, Santa Maria has been a thriving settlement for almost four centuries. It was founded as a ''barrio'' of Bocaue in the early 17th century until it was established as an independent municipality on November 26, 1793, by the Spanish friar Francisco Dominguez Javier OFM. Known before as ''Santa Maria de Pandi'' (), it is named under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception (also known as La Purisima Concepcion). Its administrative center, the Poblacion, forms as the historic core of the municipality. It is surrounded by four rivers and it still largely retains its 2.88 square-kilometer boundaries since the Spanish Colonial Era. Sant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immaculate Conception Parish Church (Santa Maria)
The Minor Basilica of La Purísima Concepción, locally known as Santa Maria Church (Filipino language, Filipino: ''Basilika Minor ng La Purisima Concepcion'') (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Basilica Menor de la Purísima Concepción'') is a Roman Catholic Church located in the municipality of Santa Maria, Bulacan, Santa Maria, in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. It is under the coat of arms and jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Malolos and Seat of the Episcopal Vicar of the Eastern District of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos, Diocese of Malolos. It was declared by Pope Francis on March 21, 2021 that the parish will be elevated into a Minor Basilica. On November 27, 2021, the church was formally declared as a Minor Basilica which was headed by Charles Brown, the apostolic nuncio to the Philippines. Early history Santa Maria Church was founded by Franciscan Friars as a ''visita'' by the priest Francisco Javier under the parish of Saint Martin of Tours in Bocau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
