1607: MASINLOC WAS OFFICIALLY STARTED AS A RECOLLECT RDOCTRINAS BY FR. ANDRES DE ESPIRITU SANTO DEDICATED TO SAN ANDRES APOSTOL. THIS CAME ABOUT THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF FR. RODRIGO SAN MIGUEL OF MISSION MARIVELES. HE CONVINCED THE PROVINCIAL VICAR IN BAGUMBAYAN TO SEND MISSIONARIES TO MASINLOC - A PLACE AT THAT TIME THAT HAD ABUNDANT PLANTS THAT GREW TO A METER AND A HALF WITH THIN STALKS AND WIDE LEAVES THE NATIVES CALLED RJINLOCS- THUS, THE TOWN DERIVED ITS NAME MASINLOC. THE ORIGINAL RPUEBLOS THOUGH, WAS ESTABLISHED AROUND BANI AND FUGUI (TUGUI).

A 1616 DOCUMENT STATING P. FRANCISCO DE SAN GUILLERMO REQUESTING CONSTRUCTION OF CONVENT AND CHURCH OF SAN ANDRES IN MASINLOC USING RMATERIALES FUERTESS POINTS TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE PRESENT CHURCH AND CONVENT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE FROM STATED SAME MATERIALS. THE 2ND PRINTED DOCUMENT RRESENAS GIVES US INFORMATION THAT IN 1839 MAJOR REPAIRS WERE DONE IN THE CHURCH AND THE CONVENT. 

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1608 - 1661: NO ENTRY IN THE 1858 NOTES OF FR. MARCIAL BELLIDO

1661 - 1670: RECOLLETOS EPOCH

1670 - 1680: NO ENTRY IN THE 1858 NOTES OF FR. MARCIAL BELLIDO

1680 - 1702: DOMINICAN EPOCH

1702 - 1713: NO ENTRY IN THE 1858 NOTES OF FR. MARCIAL BELLIDO

1713 - 1785: RECOLLETOS EPOCH

IN 1754 , 1756 and 1766 MAJOR TREMORS DESTROYED THE CHURCH AND THE CONVENT. THEY WERE DESERTED AND NO MASSES WERE CELEBRATED. IN 1825, SR. D. GREGORIO MIGUEL JIMENEZ TOOK OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PARISH. HE REHABILITATED THE CHURCH AND THE CONVENT. SERVICES WERE TEMPORARILY HELD IN A RCAMARINS ERECTED BY THE CLERICS WHILE RECONSTRUCTING THE EDIFICES. IN 1836, FATHER JOSE ARANGOREN TOOK OVER AND CONTINUED THE UNFINISHED WORK OF SR. D. MIGUEL GREGORIO JIMENEZ.

1785 - 1836: SRES CLERIGOS EPOCH

1836: RETURN OF THE RECOLLECTS

MOST REV. FR. DOCTOR JOSE ARANGOREN , BORN IN BARASOSIN,

NAVARRE, SPAIN, LECTOR AT COLLEGIO DE ALFARO IN SPAIN AND SAN NICOLAS CONVENT IN BAGUMBAYAN (INTRAMUROS) WAS ASSIGNED IN MASINLOC, ZAMBALES. HE CONTINUED TIRELESSLY THE REHABILITATION OF THE CHURCH AND CONVENT THAT WAS STARTED BY HIS PREDECESSOR, SR. D. GEGORIO MIGUEL JIMENEZ.

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ON 3-19-46, FR. ARANGOREN BECAME ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA .

REV. FR. MODESTO LERMA CONTINUED THE WORK OF FJA. HE PLACED ON THE NITCHES AT THE FACADE AND INSTALLED LOCALLY SCULPTED IMAGES OF SAN AGUSTIN, SAN ANDRES AND SAN NICOLAS. HE ALSO RAISED AND FINISHED THE COLLATERAL WALLS IN THE ALTAR WALL. FOR A REASON (?) 2 SMALL WINDOWS AT THE BACK OF THE ALTAR WERE WALLED OFF BY FR. SAN AGUSTIN. {THESE WALLED OFF WINDOWS ARE NOW

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1875: FR. JUAN ORTIZ COMMISSIONED ARCHITECT D. FELIPE VERA TO ALTER THE CHURCH ROOF FROM TILES TO NIPA.

1877: FR. AGUSTIN PEREZ CHANGED THE CHURCH AND SACRISTY ROOF TO ZINC. HE BOUGHT A WHITE BAPTISMAL FONT AND HOLY WATER FONTS. HE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING DONATIONS FROM BENEFACTORS: EPISTLE SIDE ALTAR FROM D. JOSE GLORIA, GOSPEL SIDE ALTAR FROM D. AGUSTIN MEDINA, TWO CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS HANGING AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE PRESBYTARY, THE IRON GRILL AND PULPIT FROM D. JOSE, A BEAUTIFUL CRYSTAL CHANDELIER HANGING AT THE DOME, RGRADILLAS AND THE TABERNACLE OF WHITE MARBLE IN THE MAIN ALTAR FROM DONA MANUELA SEGORIA (SOME HAD STOOD THE RAVAGES OF TIME AND WILL BE CLEANED/ REFURBISHED TO ITS ORIGINAL BEAUTY). FR. PEREZ THEN ALSO HAD THE BELLTOWER BUILT IN 1882-83.

1952 - 87: COLUMBAN EPOCH

FATHER DENNIS EGAN WAS THE FIRST COLUMBAN FATHER TO ADMINISTER AT SAN ANDRES PARISH. BECAUSE OF HIM, CATHOLIC

EDUCATION BECAME A PART OF ITS MISSION . 2005 MARKED THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF WHAT FR. EGAN INITIATED. PERIODIC REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PHYSICAL MAKE-UP OF THE CHURCH WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE HELP OF THE PARISHIONERS. INS- CRIPTIONS ATTACHED TO ITEMS LIKE THE PEWS, STATIONS OF THE CROSS, ELECTRIC FANS, FENCES, ETC. WERE THE TESTIMONIALS.

A STRONG EARTHQUAKE IN 1970 DAMAGED PARTS OF THE  CHURCH . AN INFORMAL MARKER ON THE FLOOR OF THE PRESENT BELLTOWER ATTESTS TO WHAT WAS DONE. THIS NEW BELLTOWER WAS BUILT AND REPAIR AND EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH END OF THE FACADE WERE DONE UNDER FR.DONALD OUDEA IN 1971.

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12-12-99: A 6.8 RICHTER EARTHQUAKE MARKEDLY DAMAGED OUR CHURCH. THE WHOLE PARISH THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF FATHER WILLIE MONSALUD STARTED THE RESTORATION PROCESS BY COMMUNICATING AND INTERCEDING WITH AGENCIES THAT MAY HELP RESTORE OUR ALMOST 400 YEARS OLD HERITAGE. WITH THE FORMATION OF THE SAN ANDRES CHURCH RESTORATION COMMITTEE, MASINLOQUENOS AND FRIENDS FROM NEAR AND FAR WERE GALVANIZED TO HELP WITH THE CHURCH RESTORATION.

7-31-01: THE NATIONAL MUSEUM (NM) OF THE PHILIPPINES DECLARED OUR

RJEWELL,S SAN ANDRES CHURCH, ONE OF THE 26 NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURES OF THE COUNTRY. AS SUCH, OUR CHURCH BECAME A RECIPIENT OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTSU (NCCA) FLAGSHIP PROJECT FOR THE MELLINEUM.

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1-07-02: MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN NCCA CBCP-DIOCESE/ PARISH WAS SIGNED.

09-03: 5 MILLION PHP (PHILIPPINE PESO) FROM FUNDS OF SENATOR AQUILINO RNENES PIMENTEL WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE (NHI, WHO TOGETHER WITH NM AND NCCA WERE THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OVERSEEING THE RESTORA- TION OF 26 NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURES OF THE PHILIPPINES) FOR PARTIAL DONATION TO THE RESTORATION SOLELY OF SAN ANDRES CHURCH, ONE OF THE LARGE FUND SOLICITED BY THE RESTORATION COMMITTEE.

12-03: DETAILED ENGINEERING STUDIES (DES) FOR THE RESTORATION OF SAN ANDRES CHURCH WAS PRESENTED BY LAZARO AND ASSO- CIATES.

03-04: SADSAD GROUP COMMENCED PARTIAL RESTORATION WORK UNDER NHI.

08-05: MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MOA) BETWEEN NCCA AND NHI

WAS SIGNED FOR ACTUAL RESTORATION OF SAN ANDRES CHURCH.

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CONVENT THAT WAS DESTROYED BY THE 1754 AND1766 TREMORS. THE TREMORS OF 1754 AND 1766 THAT DESTROYED THE CHURCH AND THE CONVENT RENDERED THE EDIFICES UNUSABLE. IN 1825, RECONSTRUCTION WAS STARTED BY PADRE CLERIGO DON GREGORIO MANUEL JIMENEZ. WHEN FR. JOSE ARANGOREN ARRIVED IN 1836, THE CONVENT HAD COLUMNS, ROOFS WITHOUT CEILINGS. THERE WERE FLOORINGS AND EXTERIOR WALLS FROM BELOW BUT WITHOUT DOORS NOR WINDOWS. THERE WERE FOUR ROOMS OF BAMBOO FOR RESIDENCE BUT NO KITCHEN. FR. ARANGOREN BUILT A SALA AND TWO BEDROOMS WALLED OFF WITH

WOOD. HE ALSO HAD WALLS PLACED AT THE LOWER FLOOR WITH WOOD. HE CONSTRUCTED A STORAGE HOUSE OF MASONRY COVERED BY A BEAUTIFUL AZOTEA , ALSO OF MASONRY. THIS SERVED TO CATCH THE RAIN FOR FURTHER USE DURING THE DRY SEASON. THIS AZOTEA ALSO CONNECTED THE MAIN HOUSE TO THE CHOIR LOFT. DURING THE TIME OF FATHER EGAN THE OLD CONVENT WAS UTILIZED AS CLASSROOMS AND OFFICE TO THE PRESENT.

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THE OLD CONVENT WAS UTILIZED AS CLASSROOMS AND OFFICE TO THE PRESENT.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT:

A SUBSTANTIAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION WERE FROM THE LETTER OF ARCHIVIST REV. FR. EMILIO EDGARDO A. QUILATAN, OAR TO THE RESTORATON COMMITTEE OF THE PARISH OF SAN ANDRES CHURCH OF MASINLOC, ZAMBALES DATED 1-27-2000