page_title: Mexico, Pampanga
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Mexico, Pampanga / Demographics / Religion
caption_attribution_description: English: Facade of the Sabanilla chapel
context_page_description: Mexico, officially the Municipality of Mexico, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 154,624 people. It was also formerly known as Nuevo México during the Spanish period.
context_section_description: Parish churches and Spanish-era chapels:
  Santa Monica Parish Church and Belfry  was built by Fr. Jose dela Cruz in 1665, but was destroyed during an earthquake in 1880. What remains is just the Belfry Tower of the former Augustinian-run church. Near the 17th century Belltower of Mexico, one can also find the St. Benedict's Institution de Mexico, an Augustinian convent that was constructed in time with the Santa Monica Parish Church in 1665. Although Augustinian records such as the Estado of 1612 indicates that Mexico has one convent and two priests during that time.
  Good Shepherd Parish Church,  Pandacaqui Ressetlement
  Our Lord's Annunciation Parish Church,  San Vicente
  San Jose Parish Church, San Jose Malino
  San Miguel de Archangel Parish Church, Anao
  Santo Domingo de Guzman Parish Church
  San Jose Matulid chapel is believed to be the oldest chapel in Pampanga.
  Sabanilla chapel. The Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary chapel, commonly referred to as the Sabanilla chapel (bisitas ning Sabanilla), is a stone chapel located between the fork roads of the barangay leading to rice fields. Like the San Jose Matulid chapel, no available documents tell of the exact date and history of the chapel. Notable features of the structure are the saint's niche flanked by decorative columns and carved stone blinds located on rectangular windows of the façade.
caption: Facade of the Sabanilla chapel
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