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    History of Prieto Diaz

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    Prieto Diaz was originally a barrio called Visita of Bacon municipality. It was settled by a few farming and hunting families led by Juan Buntugan. The town was later renamed Muntupar, meaning a meeting place, and became independent from Bacon in 1903, taking its current name from martyrs Fr. Gabriel Prieto and Severino Diaz. The original 1881 church was destroyed by an earthquake but remnants survive. A new church was later built near the old ruins. Prieto Diaz honors its history through these structures and the stories of its early residents.

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    History of Prieto Diaz

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    Prieto Diaz was originally a barrio called Visita of Bacon municipality. It was settled by a few farming and hunting families led by Juan Buntugan. The town was later renamed Muntupar, meaning a meeting place, and became independent from Bacon in 1903, taking its current name from martyrs Fr. Gabriel Prieto and Severino Diaz. The original 1881 church was destroyed by an earthquake but remnants survive. A new church was later built near the old ruins. Prieto Diaz honors its history through these structures and the stories of its early residents.

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    Prieto Diaz was originally a barrio called Visita of Bacon municipality. It was settled by a few farming and hunting families led by Juan Buntugan. The town was later renamed Muntupar, meaning a meeting place, and became independent from Bacon in 1903, taking its current name from martyrs Fr. Gabriel Prieto and Severino Diaz. The original 1881 church was destroyed by an earthquake but remnants survive. A new church was later built near the old ruins. Prieto Diaz honors its history through these structures and the stories of its early residents.

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    History of Prieto Diaz

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    Arvin Deligero
    Prieto Diaz was originally a barrio called Visita of Bacon municipality. It was settled by a few farming and hunting families led by Juan Buntugan. The town was later renamed Muntupar, meaning a meeting place, and became independent from Bacon in 1903, taking its current name from martyrs Fr. Gabriel Prieto and Severino Diaz. The original 1881 church was destroyed by an earthquake but remnants survive. A new church was later built near the old ruins. Prieto Diaz honors its history through these structures and the stories of its early residents.

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    Republic of the Philippines


    DARAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    Salvacion, Daraga, Albay

    Local History and Heritage


    Identify places, persons and events that have historical bearings

    HISTORY OF PRIETO DIAZ, MUNTUPAR & OLD CHURCH

    Submitted by:
    BSEd-Major in Social Studies Education
    Arvin D. Deligero

    Submitted to:
    Mr. ALWIN B. BAYLON
    Instructor
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    III. Introduction

    The town of Prieto Diaz was once a barrio called “Visita” of the

    municipality of Bacon. It was settlement situated on a hillside close to the

    municipality of Gubat. Only few families lived in this barrio whose source of

    livelihood is farming and hunting, since wild pigs and deers were abundant in this

    place. The long trek they endured to and from the “visita” especially when burying

    their dead, finally forced them to construct their own cemetery.

    History reveals that a hunter named Juan Buntugan headed this people. One

    nearly morning, together with his bow and arrow, Buntugan went on one of his

    hunting spree. The named Buntugan remained until Mr. Bernardino Monreal was

    appointed Gobernadorcillo of Sorsogon in 1879. He changed “Buntugan” to

    “Montupar”, it being located in a peninsula like place where people usually meet.

    “Tupar” in the dialect means, “to meet” in English.


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    Fr. Gabriel Prieto Fr. Severino Diaz

    The town was given its present name honor of the two (2) Bicolano martyrs,

    Rev. Frs. Gabriel Prieto and Severino Diaz, when it became independent from the

    municipality of Bacon in October 12, 1903 by virtue Public Law No. 940. Prieto

    Diaz was the only town organized after Sorsogon became a province on October

    17, 1894.

    The town named was created by combining the surname of two of the 15

    martyr’s of the Bicol Region who were executed in Luneta- Fr. Gabriel Prieto and

    Severino Diaz. It is home to people speaking Bikol Sorsogon and Agtang

    Tabangnon languages.
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    Years before 1878, the town of Prieto

    Diaz was “visita” or barrio of the Municipality

    of Bacon under the Parish of Our Lady of

    Annunciation. The 32 families headed by Juan

    Buntugan settled in an high place called


    OLD MUNTUPAR
    “Pigbanua”. In 1879, then Gobernadorcillo Bernardino Monreal renamed

    Buntugan to “Muntupar”, meaning a meeting place of the hunter.

    THE OLD CHURCH OF

    PRIETO DIAZ
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    The facade old church also bear the inscription, 1881. The only concrete

    proof of its existence is the remnants of the church, which was destroyed by the

    1947 earthquake, now visible at the right side of the church. This church was made

    from cut coral stone and rubblework also of coral stone quarried most likely at the

    shore of the town.

    These structures, few as they may be compared to the other heritage center

    in the province, are tangible reminder of history, hope and aspirations of its people

    that must be protected and taken care of.

    “Saint Lawrence the Deacon Parish Church”


    Present Church Of Prieto Diaz

    After the destruction of the old church, another one was soon to built near it ruins. In

    early 1980’s, extensive renovation were made to what we see now as a beautiful House of God.

    In the right side of Saint Lawrence the Deacon Parish Church is the old church that located at

    Perlas, Prieto Diaz Sorsogon.


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    Sources

    Tupaz (2013) Climate change resilience start in the village.


    Bicol Express News
    Parco (2018) Rev P. Gabriel Prieto at Quince Martires Monument.jpeg
    Parco (2018) P Severino Diaz at Quine Martires Monument.jpeg
    Sembrano (2020) Vestiges of the past in Prieto Diaz tribune.net.ph
    Tarabang Prieto Diaz Centennial Document

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