Sarrat Church | |
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Santa Monica Parish Church | |
Iglesia de Santa Mónica (Spanish) | |
Location in Luzon | |
18°09′21″N 120°38′41″E / 18.155861°N 120.644644°E | |
Location | Sarrat, Ilocos Norte |
Country | Philippines |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedication | Saint Monica |
Relics held | Servant of God Niña Ruiz Abad |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Important Cultural Property |
Designated | 2009 |
Architectural type | Church building |
Style | Earthquake Baroque and Neoclassical |
Groundbreaking | 1779 |
Specifications | |
Length | 140 metres (460 ft)[1] |
Width | 21 metres (69 ft)[1] |
Height | 10.5 metres (34 ft)[1] |
Number of domes | None |
Number of spires | One |
Materials | Bricks |
Administration | |
Metropolis | Laoag |
Archdiocese | Nueva Segovia |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Marlo Mendoza Peralta |
Bishop(s) | Renato Mayugba |
Santa Monica Parish Church, commonly known as Sarrat Church, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Barangay San Leandro, Poblacion, Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It was built in 1779 and was originally known as San Miguel Church. The Santa Monica Church complex includes the convent connected to the church by an elevated three-level brick stairway.
The parish church of Santa Monica is renowned as the largest church in Ilocos Norte province, most especially the length of the nave. In June 1983, the church was the setting for the grand wedding of Gregorio Araneta and Irene Marcos, the daughter of President Ferdinand Marcos. It was declared as an Important Cultural Property by the National Museum of the Philippines on September 27, 2009.