{{Short description|Roman Catholic church in Camarines Sur, Philippines}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox church | name = Quipayo Church | full_name = Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish Church | native_name = {{native name|es|Parroquia De La Inmaculada Concepcion}} | image = Quipayo Church facade 1.jpg | caption = Church facade in 2014 | coordinates = {{coord|13|41|56|N|123|12|3|E|dim:30_region:PH_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Luzon mainland#Philippines | map_caption = Location in Luzon##Location in the Philippines | country = Philippines | location = Calabanga, Camarines Sur | denomination = Roman Catholic | founded = | dedication = Immaculate Conception | status = Parish church | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = National Historical Landmark | designated = 1979 | architectural_type = Church building | style = | completed = {{start date and age|1616}} | archdiocese = Caceres | diocese = }}
'''Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish Church''', also known as '''Quipayo Church''', is a Roman Catholic church located in Calabanga, Camarines Sur, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Caceres.
The original church was established by Franciscan missionaries in 1578<ref name="NHCPGovPH">{{Cite web |title=Simbahan Parokya ng Quipayo |url=https://philhistoricsites.nhcp.gov.ph/registry_database/simbahan-parokya-ng-quipayo/ |website=National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures |publisher=National Historical Commission of the Philippines |access-date=February 27, 2024 |language=fil |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229115936/https://philhistoricsites.nhcp.gov.ph/registry_database/simbahan-parokya-ng-quipayo/ |archive-date=February 29, 2024}}{{source-attribution|inline=y}}</ref> and was made of wood and nipa;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filipinas Heritage Library {{!}} Biblio |url=https://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/biblio/6834/ |access-date=February 15, 2024 |website=www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph}}</ref> in 1616, a brick structure was built to replace it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |first=Bicolmail Web |date=May 2, 2019 |title=HISTORICAL LANDMARK |url=https://www.bicolmail.net/single-post/2019/05/02/historical-landmark |access-date=February 15, 2024 |website=bicolmail |language=en}}</ref> The church's facade was made of ladrillo, a kind of rockhard, reddish-brown brick.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Our Lady Immaculate Conception Parish Church, Quipayo, Calabanga, Camarines Sur |url=https://philippinefaithandheritagetours.com/our-lady-immaculate-conception-parish-church-quipayo-calabanga-camarines-sur/ |access-date=February 15, 2024 |website=Philippine Faith and Heritage Tours |language=en-US |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215134953/https://philippinefaithandheritagetours.com/our-lady-immaculate-conception-parish-church-quipayo-calabanga-camarines-sur/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines declared the Baroque church a national historical landmark in 1979.<ref name="NHCPGovPH" />
==Gallery== <gallery widths="150" heights="150"> File:Quipayo Church National Historical Institute marker.jpg|Church NHI historical marker installed in 1979 File:Quipayo Church interior facing the altar.jpg|Church interior in 2014 File:Quipayo Church altar.jpg|Altar File:Quiayo Church Gate at Quipayo, Camarines Sur.jpg|Church gate </gallery>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * {{Facebook|Quipayo1578}}
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Category:Spanish Colonial architecture in the Philippines Category:National Cultural Treasures of the Philippines Category:Roman Catholic church buildings in Camarines Sur Category:Churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caceres Category:Jubilee churches in the Philippines
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