Saint Peter of Alcantara Parish Church

The St. Peter of Alcantara Parish Church detailed as the Diocesan Shrine of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Turumba is a Roman Catholic church in Pakil, Laguna, Philippines. It enshrines the Our Lady of Turumba portray. The first Catholic community in Pakil become prepared by Fray Pedro Bautista later canonized as San Pedro de Bautista as a visita of Paete in 1588.

It turned into separated from Paete in 1676. Father Francisco de Barajas, a clergyman from Santa Ana de Sapa Church in Manila, changed into named because the first parish priest in May 12, 1676. The first church turned into built of bamboo, nipa and other mild substances, with the aid of volunteers under the patronage of Peter of Alcantara. In 1684, the government, thru Governor General Gabriel Curuscalegui, authorised the gathering of a tribute for 5 years for the sole purpose of building a stone church. The basis become laid in 1732 throughout the term of Father Fernando Haro, however it burned down in 1739.