Sabtang Church

Sabtang Church
Saint Vincent Ferrer Parish Church
San Vicente Ferrer Parish Church
Church facade in 2011
Sabtang Church is located in Batanes
Sabtang Church
Sabtang Church
Location in Batanes
Sabtang Church is located in Luzon
Sabtang Church
Sabtang Church
Location in Luzon
Sabtang Church is located in Philippines
Sabtang Church
Sabtang Church
Location in the Philippines
20°20′04″N 121°52′20″E / 20.33435°N 121.87227°E / 20.33435; 121.87227
LocationSabtang, Batanes
CountryPhilippines
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch building
Groundbreaking1844
Administration
ArchdioceseTuguegarao
DiocesePrelature of Batanes
Clergy
ArchbishopSergio Utleg
Bishop(s)Camilo Diaz Gregorio

Saint Vincent Ferrer Parish Church, commonly known as Sabtang Church, is a Roman Catholic church located near Sabtang Port in Sabtang, Batanes, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Territorial Prelature of Batanes. Originally a small chapel in 1785 when the Sabtang mission first opened by the Dominicans,[1][2] the church underwent few modifications until 1984. A short distance to the right of the church's façade stands a pedestal with a stone statue of Saint Vincent Ferrer, the patron saint of the parish and of the municipality.

The church and site of the convent was declared a National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines in 2008.[3]

  1. ^ Florentino H. Hornedo (2000). Taming the wind: ethno-cultural history on the Ivatan of the Batanes isles. University of Santo Tomas Pub. House. pp. 401–403. ISBN 978-971-506-123-0.
  2. ^ "Church, Convent and Site of the Beaterio of Sabtang". National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines. National Historical Commission of the Philippines. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  3. ^ "NHI Resolution no. 09, s. 2008" (PDF). National Historical Institute (now National Historical Commission of the Philippines). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.