Guiguinto Church

The San Ildefonso de Toledo Parish Church, commonly known as Guiguinto Church, is an 18th-century, Baroque church located along the McArthur highway, Brgy. Poblacion, Guiguinto, Bulacan, Philippines. The parish church, under the aegis of Saint Ildephonsus, Bishop of Toledo, is under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos.HistoryParish HistoryGuiguinto was founded by the Augustinian Friars as a visita of nearby town Caruya (now Balagtas) on the 31st of October 1607 and placed under the advocation of Saint Ildephonsus although it has been mentioned in the records as early as 1591. On October 31, 1617, it was annexed to the parish of Bulakan. In 1621, the convent of Guiguinto was declared independent from its matrix with Father Bernabe de Villalobos as first parish priest. However, it was again attached to the convent of Bigaa in 1633. Records tell that the convent of Guiguinto was not as affluent as its neighbors. In 1641, it was exempted from paying its dues to the San Agustin Monastery in Manila due to lack of funds. A similar incident occurred in 1669.