The Jorge Barlin monument is located at the corner of old Calle Elcano (now Barlin Street) and Arana Street. Barlin was the first Filipino Catholic bishop in the country. He was born in Baao, Camarines Sur in 1850. After his ordination in 1875, he became the capellan de solio (chaplain) of Nueva Caceres Cathedral, later becoming the vicar forane of the province of Sorsogon and parish priest of Sorsogon town.
Bishop Jorge Barlin was a groundbreaking figure in Philippine history. He holds the distinction of being the first Filipino consecrated as a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. He died while on a visit to Rome.
He was ordained a priest on September 19, 1875, and consecrated a bishop on June 29, 1906, by Archbishop Ambrose Agius along with co-consecrators Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty and Bishop Frederick Zadok Rooker. “Barlín proved very capable and loyal, dealing a blow to the schismatic Iglesia Filipina Independiente by resisting its recruitment efforts and winning a court battle over church property,” according to Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.[2]
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St. Luke the Evangelist Church is a Roman Catholic church in Digdigon, Goa, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
Home to Franciscan missionaries during colonial times, the church was built of light materials in 1578 with Fray Geronimo de Aguilar as the first priest.
St. Martin de Porres Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Tagongtong, Goa, Camarines Sur, Philippines. Its secondary patroness is Our Lady of Succor.
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