La Carlota, an independent town in 1869, was created into a parish in 1876. The first parish priest was Fr. Andrés Torres, parish priest in 1877-1888 and 1891-1898, began the construction of the church with grandiose dimensions: 75 meter long, 14 meters high, 24 meters wide and 40 meters in the transept but could not finish it because of the Philippine Revolution.
Blessed José Rada was arrested here with four other Recollect confreres and suffered indignities at the hands of the revolutionaries. At total of thirty-five friars were held captive in La Granja, La Carlota City. After the Revolution, the Recollects fought hard and successfully recovered the church from the the schismatic Aglipayan sect.
In 1925 Fr Leandro Nieto finished the roofing and embellished the church interior. During the term of Fr. Santiago Vilda the church was finally blest in January 1936.
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