Churches to Explore in Davao Oriental
Checkout places to visit in Davao Oriental
Davao Oriental is the easternmost province in the country. The province is the top producer of coconut and copra in the country, earning the province the title "Coconut Capital of the Philippines".
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Churches to Explore in Davao Oriental
The San Salvador del Mundo Church is the parish church of Caraga, Davao Oriental. When the Jesuits took charge of the spiritual administration of the town in 1871 from the Augustinian Recollects, a stone and wooden church was built in 1877 to serve as mission station of Spanish Missionaries in propagating Christianity in the eastern side of Mindanao. When it was completed in 1884, the church was dedicated to San Salvador del Mundo .