San Agustin Parish Church (Bay, Laguna) San Agustin Parish Church (Bay, Laguna) St. Augustine Parish Church (Filipino: "Simbahan at Parokya ni San Agustin") is the only Augustinian Roman Catholic church in Bay, Laguna, in the Philippines. The church was first administered by Augustinians friars and later transferred to the Franciscans. The current parish priest is Reverend Father John F. Tabot. It is historically considered as the oldest Roman Catholic church in the Province of Laguna upon the early conquest and establishment of La Laguna. The first church of Bay was constructed made of light material of bamboo and nipa by the first ever catholic missionaries in
San Agustin Parish Church (Bay, Laguna) Laguna, the Augustinian friars of Provincia del Santisimo Nombre de Jesus. Augustinians. It was built along the shore of Laguna Lake (now Brgy. "Aplaya") the town church itself was under supervision of Prior provincial otself no other than Fray Martin de Rada (de Herada in some documents) under the patronage of the order's major patron St. Augustine in 1571. It became a parish on April 30, 1578. In 18th century, the ecclesiastical administration of Bay was transferred to the Orden of Franciscan Minors (OFM), with Father Domingo Martorel as its new parish priest on November 23, 1737. From the original