The town was formerly called Araut. Dumangas was made parish in 1569 and in 1572 under the leadership of Fr. Juan de Alva, the construction for their church started. Until the end of the Spanish rule, their Church gained a wide popularity as a vital center of religious activities in Iloilo.

Fr. Juan Medina in 1617 built a wooden church in the new town. However, this church was burnt with the convent in 1528 during the time of Fr. Tomas Morales, another church and convent was built thereafter. On the other hand, on a Saturday, March 15, 1687 the almost 60-year old convent was turned into ashes taking along 2,000 canvass of rice stored in the camarin.

It was Fr. Juan Aguado in 1759 who proclaimed St. Agustin as the patron saint of Dumangas. He defended the town in a very famous legend. In 1777, Fr. Agustin Casan reconstructed the old citadel bounded by stone walls and high watch towers. It was destroyed by a strong density earthquake in 1787. Over 1,000 years later, in 1887, Fr. Fernando Llorente (famous Augustinian Friar for his engineering skills) began the construction of the present church. It was through force labor with the bricks locally manufactured and white coral stones were taken from nearby seashores to as far as Antique.

It was finished during the incumbency of Fr. Rafael Murillo in 1895, burnt down during the Fil-Am war in the 1900s and once again in 1946, Fr. Ramon Pampona started another set of reconstructions. Serious restoration works started in 1983 under Fr. Santiago and on the same year, a national landmark was given by the National Historic Institute through the efforts of Congressman Narciso Monfort. This Gothic Byzantine Church is said to be the first stone church of Panay.

The predominant design is gothic with flame-like arches of the main entrance and windows. The rectangular opening of the pediment distracts from the main motif. The windows are flanked by slender Corinthian columns.

Location          : Dumangas, Iloilo

Feast Day         : May 5 (Municipal Foundation Day)

This massive baroque church of Passi City Iloilo was made in 1812, another Agustinian Church in the island of Panay. This was destroyed by fire caused by lighting in its earlier years.

Now, this citadel in the middle of the plaza is home to the most number of images of the Blessed Virgin. A garden adorn with quite a number of saints is also found here. They named it Jardin de los Santos.

Location          : Passi City, Iloilo

Feast Day         : February 10

The town is formerly called Boang in the old days. The massive baroque church of Dingle made of limestone is the most captivating landmark at Dingle Plaza. Fr. Juan Praile started the construction in 1876 and was finished in 1886 under the supervision of Fr. Rafael Murillo and Fr. Mequiades Arizmendi

This 700-capacity church got its materials from sand and stones taken from Mt. Bulabog and Mt. Tinucuan. The lumber (morawon) were from Mt. Bulabog and Mt. Manyakiya. The natives, on the other hand, quarried the limestones from Bulabog-Putian Mountains.

A noticeable absence of one of the bell towers differs this church from that of its neighboring town of Calinog, Lambunao and Dueñas. The facade is similar portraying a single affair with two levels. The church welcomes its parishioners with a 9-step ascending stairway towards the main entrance of the structure.

On the first story of the facade is a semi-circular statued niches that flanked the both sides of the segmented main door. The next story consists of 3 identical semi-circular windows that topped the entrance and niches. The 3rd story presents a simple built architrave that supports the second level. The pediment of moderately indulating curves is put to life by a 2 semi-circular statue niche.

It was said that during the Japanese occupation, 14 civilians were massacred right at its backyard.

Location          : Dingle, Iloilo

Feast Day         : June 24

The parish was formerly called Laglag. Basically, the church has the same structure as the Lambunao and Calinog churches if not for the dome which has a Romanesque influence. On the other hand, the massiveness of the façade and the bell towers suggests a Baroque influence.

The primitive church was made of wood. Later, the church made of stone was destroyed by the earthquake of 1787.

In 1878, the construction of a structure made of stone and bricks with the interiors following the Tuscan order and the exterior of Doric origins, was started under the supervision of Fr. Nicholas Gallo. It has one nave and two spacious transept, measures 65 meters long and 16 meters wide.

Like its neighboring churches, the Dueñas Catholic church was also damaged during the 1948 earthquake that shook the whole island of panay.

The heave doric columns are mounted on a rectangular section divided into three equal segments. Semi-circular arched blind fenestrations flanked both sides of the semi-circular arched entrance. Each one crowned with rose windows that indicates the second story and choir loft. The roundness of the front columns contrasts with the flat rectangular pilasters on the side wall.

Location          : Dueñas, Iloilo

Feast Day         : September 30