Pulilan, Bulacan Etymology

Jack Maico
Apr 10
2 min read

On January 20, 1796, it was called Pulilan. There are no written records of the place being named Pulilan. But legend has it that it is derived from Pulo ng Ilan, which means clusters of small communities or isles.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulilan....

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Church in Town: 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐧

The Diocesan Shrine and Parish of San Isidro Labrador, commonly known as Pulilan Church, is a 19th-century Baroque Roman Catholic church located at Brgy. Poblacion, Pulilan, Bulacan, Philippines. The parish church, dedicated to Saint Isidore the Laborer, is under the Diocese of Malolos. The church is popular for being the site where water buffalos are made to kneel as a tribute to the feast day of the patron saint. Like the Saint Augustine Parish from the nearby town of Baliuag, the church is also known for featuring one of the longest Holy Week Processions, with at least 110 floats.

Pulilan, known before as barrio San Isidro or Buenavista, was a former barrio and parochial catchment of Quingua before it separated into a town with its parish. Several sources provide varied claims as to the beginnings of the town and parish. One such source tells that the town was founded in 1749 under the advocation of San Isidro and was subsequently named Pulilan in 1850 by Ignacio Manzanares of Hagonoy in 1871. Likewise, Simon Barroso called the town San Isidro de Pulilan in 1873. The parish of Pulilan was declared independent sometime between 1780 and 1785, according to Martinez de Zuñiga, although it was not indicated in the report to the Augustinian Province in the Philippines in 1760.

On December 13, 2020, Bishop Dennis Villarojo elevated the parish church to the status of a diocesan shrine, making it the seventh in the Diocese of Malolos.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Isidro_Labrador_Church

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲:

It was only in 1819 that Pulilan had as its first Kapitan, Kapitan Francisco Paltao. In 1898, the first Presidente Municipal was Froilan Cahiwat. In 1904, when Anacleto Batongbacal was the Presidente Municipal, Pulilan was annexed to Quingua and became its sitio.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧: