Saguday, Quirino Etymology

Jack Maico
Apr 10
2 min read

The naming of Saguday was done by Jose Cardenas of San Jose, Nueva Ecija, the grandfather of former Mayor Leandro G. Cardenas, who came to visit his relatives in Saguday. The word Saguday is an Ilocano term that means "one who possesses good traits and is blessed with a clean mind, heart, and soul."

Source: https://sagudayquirino.gov.ph/info/glimpse-history/

Special credits: https://lguquirino.online/saguday-tourist-attractions/

Church in Town: 𝐒𝐭. 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡

The Municipality of Saguday, Quirino, was formerly one of the barrios under the Municipality (now City) of Santiago, Isabela. It is a fifth-class municipality where the source of living is mostly farming, and the language widely spoken is Ilocano. 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 “𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥.” The town is composed of nine barangays, namely Rizal and Magsaysay (which formed the poblacion), Cardenas, Dibul, Gamis, La Paz, Salvacion, Sto. Tomas and Tres Reyes.

The St. Augustine of Hippo Parish Church began as Our Lady of the Assumption Chapel in the Municipality of Saguday, Quirino, which was under the jurisdiction of the Parish of St. Mark in Cabarroguis, Quirino. From 1981-1982, Fr. George P. Gelade, CICM oversaw the construction of the Our Lady of the Assumption Chapel in Brgy. Rizal, which served as the spiritual center of the parishioners in the municipality and its nearby barangays. In the succeeding years, Fr. Gelade constructed more chapels throughout Saguday in Brgys. Dibul, Gamis, La Paz, Sto. Tomas and Cardenas. However, the sacraments were irregularly celebrated in the chapels due to the scarcity of priests in the Diocese of Bayombong and due to the extensive area covered by the parish in Cabarroguis. Some parishioners attended to their spiritual needs in the neighboring parishes, while some have regrettably joined different religious sects.

The Most Rev. Ramon B. Villena, DD, Bishop of the Diocese of Bayombong, felt the spiritual needs of the faithful in Saguday. Thus, he invited the Augustinian Friars through the Prior Provincial, Very Rev. Fr. Eusebio B. Berdon, OSA, to send missionaries to take care of the spiritual needs of the faithful in the municipality of Saguday. The Augustinians accepted the invitation, and so, on June 7, 2012, the first two Augustinian missionaries arrived: Rev. Fr. Sisinio A. Paderog, OSA, and Rev. Fr. Tarquin C. Gamao, OSA.

Source: https://augustiniansphilippines.net/st-augustine-parish.../

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

The first settlers of Saguday were spearheaded by the adventurous and hardworking Ilocanos composed of the families of Corpuz, Cortez, Cabiles, Guzman and Bacani who hailed from the Province of Pangasinan, the Pagbilao and Olonan family from Ilocos Region, and the families of Cardenas, and Tomas from the Province of Nueva Ecija, who all came to exploit the vast virgin lands and forest of this very promising valley.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐲: