This was a continuation of our Visita Iglesia which started in Isabela, and in Cagayan, we visited eight churches. Christianity in Cagayan traces its beginnings to the late 16th century, when Spanish expeditions moved northward into the Cagayan Valley and established missions along the banks of the Cagayan River. Early evangelization was first attempted by Augustinian friars, but it was the Dominicans who sustained the work from the 1580s onward, founding missions and organizing communities into towns centered on churches and plazas. Through these efforts, indigenous groups such as the Ibanag and Itawes were introduced to Roman Catholicism, with Lal-lo, then known as Nueva Segovia.