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Tanauan Church
Assumption of Our Lady Parish Church
Church facade in 2012
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11°6′45.817″N 125°1′2.622″E / 11.11272694°N 125.01739500°E / 11.11272694; 125.01739500
Location	Tanauan, Leyte
Country	Philippines
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Assumption of Mary
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	National Historical Landmark
Designated	1949
Architectural type	Church building
Completed	1704; 321 years ago (1704)
Administration
Archdiocese	Palo

The Assumption of Our Lady Parish Church, commonly known as Tanauan Church, is a Roman Catholic church located in Tanauan, Leyte, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Palo. First built in 1704, the church was later expanded in 1860 by adding a transept and surrounding it with a wall and watchtowers for defense against pirates. It survived the tidal wave that hit Tanauan in 1897.

The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) declared the church a national historical landmark in 1949.

During Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, the church served as an evacuation center for the locals.

Gallery

• Church interior
• Church PHC historical marker installed in 1949

References

1. ^ "Church of Tanauan, Leyte | Registry". Retrieved April 20, 2024.
2. ^ "Assumption of Our Lady Parish Church in Tanauan, Leyte". THEOLDCHURCHES. January 25, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

External links

• Media related to Tanauan Church (Leyte) at Wikimedia Commons
• Tanauan Church on Facebook

v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo
Archidioecesis Palensis
Territories	Eastern and central part of the civil province of Leyte
Ordinaries	Manuel L. Macariñas Lino R. Gonzaga Teotimo C. Pacis Manuel S. Salvador Cipriano V. Urgel Pedro R. Dean Jose S. Palma John F. Du
Cathedral	Metropolitan Cathedral of Palo
Shrines	Archdiocesan Santo Niño Church Blessed Sacrament (Tacloban) Sta. Rita de Cascia (Merida)
Parishes	Eastern District Vicariates Abuyog Alliance of the Two Hearts Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mission Station (Dulag, Leyte) Our Lady of Refuge (Dulag, Leyte) San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila Mission Station San Pedro Calungsod St. Anthony of Padua (Mayorga, Leyte) St. Francis Xavier St. Isidore (MacArthur, Leyte) St. Joseph (Dulag, Leyte) St. Michael the Archangel (Javier, Leyte) St. Michael the Archangel (Mahaplag) Burauen Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (La Paz, Leyte) San Isidro Labrador Mission Station San Pascual Baylon St. Anne (La Paz, Leyte) St. Anthony of Padua (Tabontabon) St. Joseph (Dagami) St. Roch (Dagami) St. Roch (Julita, Leyte) Carigara Holy Cross Holy Name of Jesus (Capoocan) Nuestra Señora de Salvacion Mission Station (Capoocan) St. Anthony of Padua (Tunga, Leyte) St. Francis of Assisi St. Joseph (Barugo) St. Matthew the Apostles and Evangelist (Jaro, Leyte) St. Michael the Archangel (San Miguel, Leyte) Sta. Cruz (Jaro, Leyte) Sta. Rosa de Lima Mission Station (Barugo) Palo Assumption of Our Lady (Tanauan, Leyte) Divine Lord and Savior (Tanauan, Leyte) Most Holy Trinity (Alangalang) Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Alangalang) Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Our Lord's Transfiguration San Joaquin St. Anne (Sta. Fe, Leyte) St. Elizabeth of Hungary St. Francis of Assisi (Pastrana, Leyte) St. Michael the Archangel (Tolosa, Leyte) St. Peter the Apostles (Tolosa, Leyte) St. Roch Chaplaincy St. Teresa of Calcutta Mission Station St. Vincent Ferrer (Tanauan, Leyte) Tacloban Blessed Sacrament Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Hope Mission Area Our Lady of Lourdes Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Our Lady of Perpetual Help Sacred Heart San Jose de Malibago (Babatngon) San Jose San Roque St. Arnold Janssen St. Josemaria Escriva St. Jude St. Raphael the Archangel St. Vincent Ferrer (Babatngon) Santo Niño Virgen de la Candelaria Western District Vicariates Ormoc Holy Family (Kananga, Leyte) Immaculate Conception Mother of the Redeemer Our Lady of Lourdes Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary San Jose San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila St. Isidore (Merida, Leyte) St. James the Great (Albuera, Leyte) St. John Paul II St. John the Baptizer (Kananga, Leyte) St. Mark the Evangelist Sta. Rita de Cascia Mission Station (Merida, Leyte) Sto. Niño (Albuera, Leyte) Sts. Peter and Paul Palompon Holy Child (Villaba) Holy Child (Isabel, Leyte) Holy Spririt Chaplaincy (Isabel, Leyte) St. Andrew the Apostle (Villaba) St. Anthony of Padua (Matag-ob) St. Augustine (Isabel, Leyte) St. Francis Xavier St. Joseph the Worker St. Michael the Archangel
Seminaries	Minor Sacred Heart Seminary Major St. John The Evangelist School of Theology
Suffragan dioceses	Borongan Calbayog Catarman Naval
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