The Cablong (now the town proper) temporary parish was opened and the new church inaugurated on July 26, 1879, by Fr. Julian Lopez, San Jacinto Vicar, with the appointment on December 5, 1879, of Fr. Joaquin Gonzales (1879–1884) as Kura Paroko. Fr. Silvestre Fernandez (1887–1893) added the convent and the "escuelas" of "caton" and the old brick-walled cemetery. Mortae and ladrillo were used for house construction. Fr. Mariano Rodriguez (1893–1899) built a bigger bricks church (75.57 m long, 23 m 50 cm wide, walls of 4 m high, unfinished due to the Philippines-American War.