The History of Eastern Samar Towns and Churches
By Ced Solidon • Nov 9th, 2009 • Category: FeaturesIf you’re into history, then I’m sure you’ll love to read Msgr. Lope Robredillo’s pieces on the history of towns and churches of Eastern Samar.
His pieces are lengthy, but very informative. So whether you are an Eastern Samareno wanting learn about your roots, or a history buff wishing to learn more about Eastern Samar’s past, then I invite you to check out Msgr. Lope’s post at http://msgrlope.multiply.com/ You may have to scroll down further to get to the articles I’m talking about.
Here’s an excerpt from the piece on San Julian, Eastern Samar’s history:
The establishment of Libas in 1781 as a village was largely the work of a Franciscan parish priest of Sulat, Fr Melchor Claver. Through his efforts, a church was constructed, and houses were gathered around it. He directed the construction of a casa tribunal, a cemetery, and a rectory (convento). On July 4, 1863 , Libas was separated from Sulat politically and ecclesiastically, and as it already had enough population and revenues to support a priest, was erected into a diocesan parish on August 25, 1871.
Again, for more Eastern Samar history, visit http://msgrlope.multiply.com/
Ced Solidon is the blog's founder. He currently works as a freelance writer. Aside from that, he also maintains a writing blog, Write Like a Rock Star! He loves to read books and play music.
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anybody who can give us some details of what we are before the Spaniards? what type of people we have in eastern samar? ano an ira mga panginabuhi? ano nga klase an ira kumunidad? sugad hit na-discredit an aton tunay nga roots kun han Spanish time la kita may estorya. malabas nga nangingibabaw na naman an mga ideya han mga mananakop. we need those part of history as the foundation of our bond as Estehanons rather than the record from the invaders time.
I don’t have one with me right now, but I’m sure iton mga souvenir programs may ada storya hionong han at pre-Hispanic history. Medyo halipot la hiya matood.
bisan gad la haglipot kun matitirok madamo man gihap it. kun tikang ha jipapad/maslog ngadto ha guiuan mayda tagsa-tagsa nga estorya bag-o an mga español, maman-upay nga insperasyon kontra hit may halo nga kanan mga kastila. pero syempre di mawawara it kanan kastila nga records kay asya man an mga nahinabo. nasakop man kita. but if we are looking for our roots, we must look before the spanish time. usa kita nga mga estehanon. kun mayda ta hini record, mas magkakaurusa it aton mga igkasi. ma pulitika man o panginabuhi. Am proud to be Estehanon! Thanks Ced.
asya la talaga it makuri kay obliterated haros ngatanan an at history antis han pag-abot han mga kastila. asya makuri liwat kita makabiling hit at identity diri la como (see espanyol iton! haha.) mga waray, pero as filipinos (english naman) gihapon.
this is really good to know. we can never truly and completely appreciate ourselves not unless we know and uderstand our past, our heritage. i wonder, does the church keep manuscripts/records of things past while religious and social communities were being established back then? just a thought…
Churchill,
I think I saw a record of the establishment of the parish in Dolores at the parish office a few years ago. I’m not sure if it’s still there and what it was really about since I think it was written in Spanish.
i took a quick scan of the msgr’s blog and i find it very informative and interesting. the church does keep some facts and infos about our past. i’ll just read through that for now. i wish there will be more. the only setback is that i do not speak or understand spanish. if ever i do, my understanding of it is very limited.
thanks, mr. solidon!
…that is if you make me read something in spanish!
I speak little Spanish, so I won’t be much of help there.