STO. CRISTO DE BUNGAD PARISH

144 M.H. Del Pilar St. Brgy. Bungad St. SFDM QC
FEAST DAY: Last Sunday of April
TITULAR: Santo Cristo

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The image of the Santo Cristo was owned by several people in the past.  Every year during the barangay fiesta, a makeshift altar was set up as a street corner.  This is where the people of the barangay held the nine-day Novena masses.  It was like this for several years.

After the 1977 fiesta of the Santo Cristo, a piece of land for a chapel was obtained at 144 M.H. del Pilar Street.  Another lot was bought, located at 11 Sanchez Street.  This lot adjoins the one on M.H. del Pilar.  A group then set out to solicit funds for the construction of a chapel.  Due to lack of finance, the chapel remained a lot without walls and a roof and only a table for an altar.

In 1986, a second group became committed to finish the chapel.  That was started several years ago.  By this time, the chapel had walls and a roof.  Mass was being celebrated every Sunday morning and evening.  With the help of churchgoers  and friends, the Santo Cristo Chapel was finally built.

In 1990, the late Jaime Cardinal L. Sin officially declared Santo Cristo de Bungad a parish and appointed Fr. Benedicto Santos as their first parish priest.

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