The church, made of coral stones under the Recollects, was built in 1852 under the auspices of Father Manuel Plaza, who served as parish priest from 1843 to 1859, then continued under Father Fernando Rubio. After twenty years, the church was finished in 1872. Father José Sánchez also built part of Maribojoc church and its Neo-Gothic retablo. The church was spared during the Philippine–American War, the Second World War and natural calamities. In 2009, the National Historical Institute (NHI), now National Historical Commission of the Philippines, installed a historical marker in the presence of Tagbilaran Bishop Most Reverend Leonardo Medroso and Ambeth Ocampo, chairman of NHI. The church was declared a National Cultural Treasure through Museum Declaration number 2 on May 5, 2010. Its marker was unveiled on July 22, 2012 at the Old Provincial Building of Bohol in Tagbilaran. Although the church survived previous natural calamities and wars, it did not survive the 2013 Bohol earthquake.