Immaculate Conception Parish Church

The Immaculate Conception Parish Church, also known as the Dasmariñas Church, is the first Catholic parish church in the city of Dasmariñas, province of Cavite, Philippines. The stone church was constructed right after the establishment of Dasmariñas as a separate parish in 1866. The church and convent was the site of bloodshed during the Battle of Perez Dasmariñas of the Philippine revolution against Spain. It was declared as an important historical structure by the National Historical Institute (now National Historical Commission of the Philippines) with the placing of a historical marker in 1986.Church historyThe parish of Dasmariñas, then known as Perez-Dasmariñas, started as a chapel of parish of Imus, its former mother town, during the Spanish colonial period. Perez-Dasmariñas then was a barrio and part of the Hacienda de Imus (Imus Estate) owned and administered by the Augustinian Recollects. After the establishment of Perez-Dasmariñas as a politically separate town on May 12, 1864, a petition was sent to Madrid by the Recollects for the creation of a new parish for the sake of the people of a growing town and for their own interests. Hence, on October 21, 1866, Her Most Catholic Majesty Queen Isabella II signed the Royal Order creating the new parish of Perez-Dasmariñas. The Royal Order states: