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Palompon

In 1737, Jesuit missionaries arrived and built the first chapel which was later burned during a Moro raid. It was rebuilt and as a refuge from attack the chapel was enclosed with piled stones, with a " cota" along the frontage. When the people saw Moro vintas coming, the big church bell would ring the alarm and people rushed inside the church, fighting back with bows and arrows and spears.

At the time Palompon was under the parish of Hilongos. The parish priest visited the place occasionally for marriage, baptism and masses.

The Jesuit, later succeded by the Agustinians, built the present church with 300 natives. It was a forced labor without pay. If one or some of the laborers were...

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  • lokal ng magsaysay-leyte west.....bob, anganaji wrote 9 years ago:
    where is the church?
  • Palompon, Jonathan (guest) wrote 10 years ago:
    Hi to all Pajaron & Casulla family...
  • Palompon, alexjr (guest) wrote 11 years ago:
    Palompon's town fiesta falls every December 3 in observance of the feast day of Saint Francis Xavier.
  • Palompon Provincial Jail, jeery (guest) wrote 12 years ago:
    i want to know if they have a prison name mr,jerry catarungan...
  • J & F Department Store, none (guest) wrote 13 years ago:
    this sucks
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