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32-463: It is the economic, educational, socio-cultural and government center of the 2nd district of the province . Written by: Rev.Msgr. Gaspar D. Balerite, H.P.S.Th.D., Vicar General-Diocese of Catarman In the pre-Hispanic times, the poblacion of Laoang was a settlement of lequios called Makarato while the whole island was called Lawang which later on evolved into Laoang. According to Fr. Ignatius Alzina in his book Historia de las Islas y Indios de Bisayas ,

64-530: A parish church . A rectory is the residence of an ecclesiastical rector , although the name may also be applied to the home of an academic rector (e.g., a Scottish university rector), or other person with that title. In North American Anglicanism, a far greater proportion of parish clergy were (and still are) titled as rector than in Britain, so the term rectory is more common there. The names used for homes of ordinary parish clergy vary considerably and include

96-405: A great fire broke out in the town and besides many other buildings, it consumed the entire roof and wooden materials of the church, belfry and convent. Five years later the church complex was reconstructed. By 1890, Laoang had the population of 5,384 in the población and a total of 2,754 in four visitas and eight barrios. The last Spanish parish priest of Laoang was Rev. Telesforo Acereda, after which

128-587: A non-resident priest, similar to chapelries in Britain ). To prevent raids by Moro invaders, the Governor-General proposed in 1814 the construction of defensive plans. Rev. José Mata, parish priest of both Laoang and Palapag, was cited for being the first to have launched a construction of muralla in Laoang at his own expense. To ease the constant shuttling of the parish priest from Palapag to Laoang,

160-569: A papal honor to the parish priest of Laoang with the title “Domestic Prelate,” to Potenciano Ortega. When the North of Samar celebrated its 400th year of Christianity, the Bishop again petitioned the Pope to grand Papal Honors with the title “Honorary Prelates” to three priests, two of them from Laoang: Msgr. Gaspar Balerite and Msgr. Romeo Infante. Of all the parishes in the whole island of Samar, Laoang has

192-430: A residence can be supplied in lieu of salary, which may not be able to be provided (especially at smaller congregations). Catholic clergy houses in particular may be lived in by several priests from a parish . Clergy houses frequently serve as the administrative office of the local parish, as well as a residence. They are normally located next to, or at least close to, the church their occupant serves. Partly because of

224-415: A variety of names, such as manse , parsonage , rectory , or vicarage . A clergy house is typically owned and maintained by a church, as a benefit to its clergy . This practice exists in many denominations because of the tendency of clergy to be transferred from one church to another at relatively frequent intervals. Also, in smaller communities, suitable housing is not always available. In addition, such

256-628: Is also done in May and the town's fiesta is on September 28–29 in honor of its patron St. Michael the Archangel . Its people shares its rich oral/written literature such as surumatanons and is handed down from the earliest inhabitants to the new generation. Also popular are the kundimans in Waray version, sidays and individual compositions. One of this is the "Laoang Sunset" or "Sidsid San Adlaw Sa Laoang" composed by Bernardino Muncada which portrays

288-409: Is an Austronesian word which means portal of entry and exit, which may imply that some settlements to Austronesian islands may have sailed from Lawang, later on called as Lawan. In 1800s maps may have its origin from early Indonesian refugees to the island. In Sumatra Island (now part of Indonesia ), there is a village known Bukitlawang in the vicinity of Lake Toba . Then, describing the place of

320-585: Is now called “Plaza Inmaculada Concepción” in honour of the Immaculate Conception , whose statue stands on the square's western side. In the 1970s, recognising the Church's ownership of the plaza, the civil government moved the statue of Rizal from the centre of the square to its present location on the eastern side. When the Diocese of Catarman was formally created on March 11, 1975, Laoang became

352-577: The Franciscans who arrived in Catbalogan on September 25, 1768. Rev. José Anda, SJ was the last Jesuit to minister in Laoang and Rev. Antonio Toledo, OFM took over administration of Laoang, with the titular St. Michael the Archangel upon his arrival in November 1768. In the same year, Pambujan was founded as a visita of Laoang ( visita was the 17th-century ecclesiastical term for a village with

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384-573: The Knights of Columbus in Northern Samar was installed in Laoang in 1949, the Msgr. Diasnes Council. Since 1957 only in Laoang that a communitarian devotion to Mary, Barangay sang Birhen, is still being practiced without interruption. Immediately after the creation of the Diocese of Catarman one of the initial acts of the first diocesan bishop , Angel T. Hobayon, was to petition the Pope to grant

416-590: The beauty of the town. Legislative districts of Northern Samar The legislative districts of Northern Samar are the representations of the province of Northern Samar in the various national legislatures of the Philippines . The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first and second congressional districts. Northern Samar

448-474: The center of the Vicariate of St. Thérèse of Child Jesus which comprised the other towns of Palapag, Catubig, Las Navas, Pambujan, and San Roque . When the diocese celebrated its 25th anniversary, two mission centers were created: Salvacion which covered all the barrios of Batag Island including Barangay Cahayagan; and Rawis which comprised all the surrounding barangays bordering on barrios on the right banks of

480-498: The churches and replaced by more modest properties. Numerous clergy houses have been acquired by families for use as private homes. Others have been adapted as offices or used for various civic functions. In many villages in England, the former clergy house is called the "Old Vicarage" or the "Old Rectory". In Scotland, a former clergy house may be known as the "Old Manse". There are a number of more specific terms whose use depends on

512-457: The court with Msgr. Sofronio Hacbang, Bishop of Samar and Leyte, acting as applicant-appellant. The Supreme Court en banc issued a decision on July 31, 1935, which confirmed that the lots presently occupied by the church, convent, auditorium, and plaza were ecclesiastical property. The presence of José Rizal's statue caused the plaza to be erroneously called “Plaza Rizal” for years, even though it had been called Plaza María since Spanish times. It

544-585: The entire Philippine Islands were ceded by Spain to the United States of America in 1898. In 1930s, a controversy broke out between the Catholic Church and civil authorities (by then separated by the American colonial government ) when an organisation called " Dugo ni Rizal " insisted on erecting a statue of Dr. José Rizal on the plaza, land which the Church claimed. The case was brought to

576-586: The general conservation of churches, many clergy houses have survived and are of historic interest or importance. In the United Kingdom, the 14th-century Alfriston Clergy House was the first property to be acquired by the National Trust . It was purchased in a state of near ruin in 1896 for £10, the vicarage having moved elsewhere long before. In some countries where the clergy houses were often rather grand, many of them have now been sold off by

608-637: The local epic called siday entitled Bingi of Lawan as written in the article of Scott, Lawan is a prosperous Lakanate in Samar. Datu Hadi Iberein came from the Lakanate of Lawan The Christianisation of Laoang was as early as the evangelisation of the whole island, and began when Jesuit missionaries arrived in Tinago (now Dapdap in Tarangnan, Samar ), on October 15, 1596. Soon after, the missionaries traversed

640-567: The most number (37) of ordained presbyters (including five monsignors ) of the Roman Catholic Church in the whole region with the exception of the municipality of Villareal, Samar . Poverty incidence of Laoang Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Laoang serves as the economic center of the Northeastern Pacific region. The municipality boasts for having three elementary school districts (two in

672-491: The most number of native priests: as of this writing, 37 priests in all. The municipality lies on the eastern side of the province. Bordering Pambujan in the west, Palapag facing east and the municipality of Catubig as its southern neighbor while the Philippine Sea stretches in the north. Laoang is geographically divided into three distinct areas. The first is the lowlands of the mainland of Samar Island along

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704-589: The mouth of the Catubig River . The second is Laoang Island itself where the poblacion is situated, and the third is the Batag Island which forms as a natural barrier from the waters of the Pacific Ocean . Laoang is politically subdivided into 56 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . Majority of the populace are Roman Catholic and is very religious. It has

736-736: The north-west of the island over the Gandara River and reached Ibabao in the north-east. They founded a mission station in Catubig (originally in Binongtoan, Las Navas ). In 1605 the Catubig mission established other mission stations: in Rawis, Batac (Batag Island), Laoang, and Palapag . In 1606, the center of the Ibabao mission was moved from Catubig to Palapag. The mission center of Palapag

768-474: The poblacion area), 13 secondary schools including one private-sectarian high school ( Colegio de Santa Teresita ) and a laboratory high school. The University of Eastern Philippines maintains one satellite branch. Several festivities are celebrated throughout the year. In the 4th Sunday of January, they celebrate the feast of Santo Niño or the Child Jesus. Flores De Mayo, like any other Philippine town,

800-404: The rank of the occupant, the denomination, and the locality. Above the parish level, a bishop's house was traditionally called a " Bishop's palace ", a dean 's residence is known as a deanery , and a canon lives in a canonry or "canon's house". Other clerical titles have different names for their houses. A parsonage is where the parson of a church resides; a parson is the priest/presbyter of

832-469: The river going to Catubig. The religiosity of Laoang is graced when one of its parish priests was proclaimed “Blessed” by Pope Benedict XVI on October 12, 2007. He was Fr. Angel Ranera, OFM, the parish priest of Laoang from 1924 till his return to Spain in 1929. [During the Spanish Civil War, he faced the firing squad of the rebels with two other priests on August 16, 1936.] The first council of

864-501: The settlement was ruled by a monarch called Dato Karagrag, whose consort Bingi had an irresistible beauty that captivated other neighboring kings, especially the dato from Albay . (Fr. Alzina lived as missionary in Samar and Leyte for 38 years, from 1634 to 1674, working mostly in Palapag.) Contrary to the popular legend that the word “Laoang” is an evolution of the word “lawag”, Laoang as “Lawang”, which according to Dr. Rolando Borrinaga,

896-483: The settlement, Fr. Alzina in his visit to the place in 1640 says, “On the opposite side of Rawis, on the Lawang Island, which is a sandbar there is a solid ridge of rock. It is fashioned by nature itself and it is so steep that it looks like a façade of a wall… It was a natural fortification, due to its great height of massive rock; it was also secured as if by a moat which encircled its three sides. The fourth side

928-420: The townspeople of Laoang petitioned for a permanent minister. During the tenure of Rev. Manuel Lozano in the 1840s, an earthquake damaged the parish church, which was renovated between 1848 and 1852 by Rev Sebastian Almonacid. He had the attached rectory fixed as well, and he directed the construction of the tribunal and schoolhouse using stone and wood. On August 4, 1863, Pambujan seceded from Laoang. In 1869

960-434: Was blocked by a palisade of strong logs. Then too, nature also formed on one side of this rock something like a small cove with its little beach.” Historian William Henry Scott wrote that a “Samar datu by the name of Iberein was rowed out to a Spanish vessel anchored in his harbor in 1543 by oarsmen collared in gold; while wearing on his own person earrings and chains.” Datu Iberein and Lakan Bunao Dula of Tondo were allies. In

992-629: Was called Residencia de Cabo del Espritu Santo. In the 1650s Laoang became one of ten mission-stations covered by the Palapag Residencia which comprised stations from Bobon to Borongan. On February 27, 1767, Charles III of Spain expelled the Society of Jesus from the Spanish Empire and all its territories including the Philippines. The order then left the colony in batches between August 1769 and January 1770, and were replaced by

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1024-437: Was represented as part of the first district of Samar until 1967, and of Region VIII from 1978 to 1984. From 1984 to 1986 it elected two assemblymen at-large. In 1986 it was redistricted into two legislative districts . Notes Notes Notes Notes Rectory A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion. Residences of this type can have

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