Malolos, Bulacan Etymology
- Jack Maico
- Aug 17
- 4 min read
The natives, not knowing the Spanish tongue, answered that the flow of the river in that part was downstream -"paluslos"-, which the Spaniards pronounced "Malolos". Corruption of the word through the years led to the present "Malolos". The town originated from a small settlement started by the Spanish missionaries.
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Church in town: 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐭. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 - 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 (𝐃𝐢𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐬)
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, also known as Barásoain Church (Tagalog: [baɾaswaˈʔin]), is a Roman Catholic church built in 1888 in Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Malolos and is about 42 kilometers (26 mi) from Manila. Having earned the title as the "Cradle of Democracy in the East, the most important religious building in the Philippines, and the site of the First Philippine Republic, the church is proverbial for its historical importance among Filipinos.
Barásoain was originally known as "Bangkál", a part of the Encomienda of Malolos integrated by Miguel López de Legaspi with the town of Calumpit to the west on April 5, 1572. When the Augustinian friars made Malolos a separate town in 1580, Bangkál became a village under the jurisdiction of the town church. A hermitage made of nipa and bamboo was constructed near the river between Maluslos (Malolos población) and Barasoain for the people of Bangkál. In that same year, Malolos Curate and Vicar Forane Fray Agustín Carreno, OSA, established the first chapel at the old Ermita of the old Cemetery of Malolos. Abandoned in 1680, it served as the temporary chapel-of-ease of Barásoain, located in front of the Casa Tribunal (Presidencia), which is now commonly called Casa Real de Malolos. A fire in the 17th century destroyed the new church.
Another church building was commissioned and constructed on a new site, its present location—the corner of Paseo del Congreso and Antonio Bautista streets. Under the supervision of Francisco Royo, the new church was built, made of light materials. In 1884, during the celebration of the Flores de Mayo, the temporary church was burned.
From 1630 to 1859, priests serving in Barásoain were from the nearby mother church of the town, the Parroquia de la Inmaculada Concepción de Malolos. Since the formal establishment of Barásoain as an independent parish to Malolos Church in 1859, several priests were assigned by the Augustinian Order and later by the Archdiocese of Manila and the Diocese of Malolos.
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
Malolos was the site of the constitutional convention of 1898, known as the Malolos Convention, that led to the establishment of the First Philippine Republic led by Emilio Aguinaldo, at the sanctuary of the Barasoain Church. The convent of the Malolos Cathedral served as the presidential palace at that time.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐬:
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish - Barasoain Church
- Minor Basilica and Cathedral Parish of the Immaculate Conception
- Museo ng Kasaysayang Pampulitika ng Pilipinas
- Kalayaan Tree
- Museo ng Republika ng 1899
𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐬:
- "Women of Malolos" (Mga kababayang dalaga ng Malolos (English: To my countrymen, the young women of Malolos), also known by its alternative English title To the young women of Malolos) is a letter written by Filipino author and political reformer José Rizal on February 22, 1889. It is written in Tagalog and is addressed to a group of women from Malolos, Bulacan, who successfully lobbied the Spanish colonial government to allow them to open a school so that they could study the Spanish language.)
- Salvador Estrella ( a Filipino general who fought in the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine–American War.)
- Alberta Uitangcoy-Santos ( leader of The Women of Malolos, and is revered for her contributions to Philippine women's rights, the fight for Philippine independence)
𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐬:
- Cirilo Almario ( Roman Catholic bishop from the Philippines)
- Jack Animam (is a Filipino professional basketball player for FCC UAV Arad of the Romanian Liga Națională.)
- Angelito Antonio (a Filipino painter)
- Dar Bernardo ( Filipino television actor, model and singer)
- Ed Caluag (Filipino paranormal investigator in supernatural/paranormal phenomena)
- Aria Clemente (Pinay singer/actress)
- Cheryl Cosim (Filipino journalist, news anchor and TV host)
- Jose B. Cruz Jr. (oted control theorist and a Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- José María Delgado (was the first Philippine Ambassador to the Vatican)
- Joonee Gamboa (Pinoy actor)
- Sanya Lopez (actress known for her portrayal in the afternoon series, The Half Sisters, as Lorna.)
- Vergel Meneses (PBA player for the Swift Mighty Meaties/Sunkist Orange Juicers)
- Nikko Natividad - (Pinoy model/actor/dancer)
- Geminiano de Ocampo (Filipino ophthalmologist known to some as the "Father of Modern Philippine Ophthalmology")
- Guillermo Tolentino (Filipino sculptor and professor of the University of the Philippines)
- Dennis Villarojo ( Filipino catholic prelate currently serving as the fifth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos in the Philippines)
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