Sual, Pangasinan Etymology

Jack Maico
Apr 10
2 min read

Sual used to be a part of a town called San Isidro Labrador de Tobuang (now called Labrador). However, Sual would separate from this town when an issue was decreed by the Spanish Governor-General Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León. Naval Base Lingayen built a PT boat base at Sual in 1945.

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Saint Peter the Martyr Parish Church, commonly known as Sual Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Sual, Pangasinan, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Alaminos. The church was reconstructed twice, during the mid-1880s and 1891, in the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style. For the third time, it was rebuilt again and was destroyed during the 1945 Liberation of Manila.

Father Gabriel Perez began the construction of the first church and convent. The convent was later completed by Father Juan Gutierrez while the church was completed by Father Pedro Villanova in 1870. A second church was constructed under the term of Father Felix Casas in 1883. The construction was suspended by the presiding bishop in 1891. The second church was completed by Father Eugenio Minguez in 1891 and was consecrated on June 8, 1893.

The church resembles post-Baroque or the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style apart from some of the components of the facade. The low entablature does not fit the classical proportions of the Renaissance style. The columns of the first and second levels provide an element of irregular rhythm, as well as the bell tower on the left side.

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𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

In 1855, the Spanish Government opened Sual as an official part of foreign trade, with ships departing the port of Sual with shipments of rice bound for China and Macao. This also made Labrador, Lingayen, and Dagupan among the locations for shipbuilding in the country.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐚𝐥: