Bolinao Church | |
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Saint James the Great Parish Church | |
![]() Church façade in 2019 | |
Location in Luzon | |
16°23′18″N 119°53′37″E / 16.388408°N 119.893706°E | |
Location | Bolinao, Pangasinan |
Country | Philippines |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedication | Saint James the Great |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Church building |
Style | High Renaissance |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Lingayen-Dagupan |
Diocese | Alaminos |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Socrates B. Villegas |
Bishop(s) | Napoleon Sipalay |
Saint James the Great Parish Church, commonly known as Bolinao Church, is a Spanish colonial Roman Catholic church located at Brgy. Germinal in Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Alaminos. The church was made out of black coral stones. The church underwent series of natural and man-made calamities, such as the 1788 earthquake, 1819 fire incident, and Typhoon Emong in 2009.