Santo Tomás de Villanueva Parish

Santo Tomás de Villanueva Parish

In 1798, the first chapel made of wood and cogon was built in Santolan by siblings Don Luis and Antonio Victorino. A second chapel made of stone, chalk, and tiles was built in the year 1808 by the siblings.

It was the biggest chapel built in Pasig. The parish was then established on November 8, 1953, after more than 100 years by Fr. Conrado Arciaga. The first Parish Priest was Alejandro Vermorel who served from 1953 to 1956.

In 1956, he proposed the construction of a bigger church and convent. The church was then built with the help of this Parish Priest's fund-raising activity. By the year 1959, the late Archbishop Rufino Cardinal Santos blessed the new church.