I visited six churches in Isabela as part of our yearly Visita Iglesia this Maundy Thursday, and this year we completed fourteen churches across Isabela and Cagayan. Christianity in Isabela was established during the Spanish colonial period through the evangelization of the Cagayan Valley beginning in the late 16th century, led by Dominican missionaries who organized indigenous communities into pueblos centered on churches. Key areas such as Tumauini, Ilagan, and Cauayan became important ecclesiastical centers, and by the time Isabela was created as a province in 1856, Catholicism was already firmly established.

Here are the 6 churches we visited in Isabela:

St. James the Apostle Church in Santiago, Isabela

Our Lady of Atocha Church in Alicia, Isabela

Our Lady of the Pillar Church in Cauayan, Isabela

Saint Rose of Lima Church in Gamu, Isabela

Saint Matthias Church in Tumauini, Isabela

San Pablo Church in San Pablo, Isabela