Sta. Monica Parish

Founded in 1622, the Parish of Sta. Monica is one of the oldest parishes in the Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay.

Present Parish Priest is Rev. Fr. Romulo Javarez.

Taytay (from Wikipedia)

Taytay is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 53,657 people in 10,083 households.

During the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, Taytay became the capital of the Province of Calamianes, the entire territory of Palawan, in 1818; and the Province of Castilla, a land area occupying the northern part of Palawan, in 1858.^[1] During the American era, Taytay ceased being Palawan's capital, and its administrative boundary was reduced by approximately 500,000 hectares upon the creation of the Municipality of El Nido in 1916.^[2]

The historic Taytay Fort, the Fuerza de Santa Isabel, built in 1667 under the Augustinian Recollect Fathers and named in honor of Spain's Queen Isabela II in the 1800s, was used as a military station during that period. The fort's small chapel and cannon are still intact.^[3] The fort is now under the supervision of the National Museum.

Barangays

Taytay is politically subdivided into 31 barangays.

Abongan Banbanan Bantulan Batas Bato Beton Busy Bees Calawag Casian Cataban Debangan

Dipla Liminangcong Maytegued New Guinlo Old Guinlo Pamantolon Pancol Paly (Paly Island) Poblacion Pularaquen (Canique)

San Jose Sandoval Silanga Alacalian Baras (Pangpang) Libertad Minapla Talog Tumbod Paglaum