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CITY OF ALAMINOS
(1610)
THE
FOUNDATION OF PUEBLO SAN JOSE DE SOYÁNG (FIRST NAME OF ALAMINOS ) IN
1610 WITH ITS CHURCH AND CONVENT IS OWED TO THE EVANGELICAL EFFORTS OF
RECOLLECT FATHERS FRAY CRISTOBAL DE CRISTO AND FRAY ANDRES DEL ESPIRITU
SANTO, FOUNDING FATHERS OF MASINLOC AND BOLINAO. TO ACCOMMODATE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN, IT WAS TRANSFERRED IN 1734 TO A FEW KILOMETERS
NEAR THE SEASHORE AND RENAMED “CASBORRAN” (THE PRESENT BRGY.
BALEY-A-DAAN). IT WAS POPULATED BY ZAMBAL AND PANGASINENSE PEOPLE WITH
DIFERRENT LANGUAGE AND CULTURE BUT CAME TO PEACEFUL TERMS TO FORM THE
TOWN. IN 1763, DUE TO INTERNAL STRIFE BETWEEN THE RULING CLANS OF
ZAMBALS AND PANGASINENSES, CASBORRAN WAS BURNED TO THE GROUND WITH ITS
CHURCH AND CONVENT. THE TOWN WAS TRANSFERRED NEAR THE ALAMINOS RIVER
CALLED “SARAPSAP” BUT WAS AGAIN BURNED IN 1814. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE TOWN
WAS TRANSFERRED FEW KILOMETERS FROM “SARAPSAP” ON TOP OF A KNOLL
OVERLOOKING THE VAST PRAIRIE OF ALAMINOS. THE PRESENT CHURCH OF ALAMINOS
WAS BUILT IN 1839 THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF RECOLLECT FRIAR MANUEL
BOSQUETE. IN 1985, SAINT JOSEPH PARISH WAS CHOSEN AS THE SEAT OF THE
NEWLY CREATED DIOCESE OF ALAMINOS COMPRISING TWENTY (20) PARISHES OF
WESTERN PANGASINAN.
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