page_title: Meycauayan
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Meycauayan / Religion
caption_attribution_description: English: altar
context_page_description: Meycauayan, officially the City of Meycauayan, is a 3rd class city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 209,083 people. It is one of the oldest towns in the province.
  The city is located 19 kilometers north of Manila and 26 kilometers south of Malolos City, the provincial capital city. It is bounded by the town of Marilao to the north, the two Metro Manila cities of Valenzuela to the south and Caloocan to the east, and the town of Obando to the west. It encompasses an aggregate area of 22.1 square kilometers, representing 1.17% of the total land area of the province of Bulacan.
context_section_description: The Saint Francis of Assisi Parish Church, commonly known as the Meycauayan Church, is a Roman Catholic church located in Meycauayan, Philippines. It is one of the oldest parishes in Bulacan which even predates the Malolos Cathedral established in 1580 and the Barasoain Church established in 1630. It is also the province's largest parish with an estimated population of about 80,000 parishioners. The church is the seat of the vicariate of St. Francis of Assisi in the Diocese of Malolos.
caption: St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church
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