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
Laguna de Bay Island, which is completely occupied by the Wonder Island resort in Calamba, Laguna; Cielito Lindo, a privately owned island off the coast of mainland Cardona, Rizal; Malahi Island which used to be the site of Maligi Island military reservation, near the southern tip of Talim; the nearby islands of Bonga and Pihan, also in Cardona; and Bay Island off the coast of Bay, Laguna, which is closely associated with the precolonial crocodile-deity myths of that town. At least 18 fish species are known from Laguna de Bay; none are strictly endemic to the lake, but 3 are endemic to the