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The Nuestra Señora de la Luz Parish Church (also ''Our Lady of Light Parish Church''), commonly known as Loon Church, was a Roman Catholic Church in the municipality of Loon, Bohol, Philippines, under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tagbilaran. The parish was established by the Jesuits in 1753. Father Jose Garcia commissioned Domingo de Escondrillas to design the stone church (now in ruins) which was built from 1855 to 1864. It was declared as a National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines. The entire church building and convent were reduced to rubble when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Bohol and other parts of Central Visayas in October 15, 2013. == Church history == The Jesuits established the parish of Loon on June 22, 1753 under the patronage of the Our Lady of Light, locally known as ''Birhen sa Kasilac''. It is believed that the first Jesuit church was located in the downtown area called ''Napo ''(formerly the town's center) along the sea.〔 The center, including the church, was moved in the upper portion called ''Moto ''due to pirate raids''.'''' ''The church complex was built with defensive stone walls and armed with a cannonball in the 1770s. ''Moto ''and ''Napo ''were connected by a stairway called ''inang-anan'' (translated as chopped ladder) with 174 stone steps built under the term of Father Antonio Yus.〔 The church and convent were rebuilt in the 1780s.〔 Another church was rebuilt again in 1815 but was destroyed by the fire of 1850 and 1853 (or 1854).〔 Father Jose Garcia constructed another church, which he planned to be the "''largest and finest in the Visayas''", and commissioned Domingo de Escondrillas, Director of Public Works in Cebu to design the church. Construction of the church through forced labor started in 1855 and finished in 1864.〔 When the Jesuits were expelled in the country in 1768, the Augustinian Recollects continued the evangelization of the town until 1898.〔 The church was used as a garrison by American soldiers in 1901. Loon was the mother parish of the parishes of Mocpoc, Catagbacan and Cabilao Island when the latter churches were canonical erected in 1961, 1988 and 1990 respectively.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Loon Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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