Curacies and administrations of the bishopric of Cagayan
Curacies
679. The curacies of the seculars in that bishopric are [as follows]:
in the province of Cagayan, the curacy of the city and the village of
Lallo; in the province of Ilocos, the three curacies of Vigan, Bangued
(in the mountains of Labra), and that of San Diego, a mission of the
Tinguianes--whose number I am unable to determine, although I have
made extraordinary efforts to do so. All the rest of that bishopric
is in the charge and under the administration of religious, as follows.
Administrations of religious
680. The calced Augustinian fathers have, in the province of
Pangasinan, the village of Agoo, with San Thomas and Aringay, whence
the religious go to the neighboring mountains to the conquest of
the barbarous Igorrote people; in the village of Bauan, with those
of Boua, Dalandan, Caua, and one other fine mission; in the village
of Bagnotan, with that of San Juan, and another fine mission. Those
administrations number 8,875 souls.
681. In the province of Ilocos, in the village of Namacpacan, with
that of Balavan, and a fine mission; in that of Bangar with Tagurin
and another mission; in that of Candong, with Santa Lucia; in that
of Narbacan, with that of Santa Cruz; in that of Santa Cathalina;
in that of Bantay, with those of Ildefonso and Masingal; in that
of Cabogao, with Lupog; in that of Sinait, with Badoc; in those of
Panay, Batac, San Nicolas, Leyrat, and Dingras, with that of Piric,
and an extensive mission of heathen Tinguianes in those mountains,
from whom little fruit was obtained until the year 1730. (In the year
1735, through the visit of our father provincial, the very reverend
father Fray Piego Vergano, they asked for religious very urgently,
begging that some would live in their villages. A great harvest of
spiritual fruits is hoped from that.) In the village of Ilduag; in that
of Bangui, with other small mission villages; and in that of Bacarra
with that of Vera. All those administrations number 51,453 souls.
682. In the province of Pangasinan, the Dominican fathers have
their administrations in the villages of Lingayen (the capital of
that province), Binalatongan, Calasiao, Mangaldan, Manaoag, Cavili,
Malonguey, Telban, Binmaley, Dagupan, Malasiqui, Anguio, Salaza,
Sinapog, Paniqui, Camiling, Baruc, Paniaguit, and Pantol; with some
visitas, and missions of blacks. The number of souls in all those
administrations amount to about 48,000.
683. In the province of Cagayan, in Lallo (the capital of that
province): Pata, with Cabacungan and Bangan; Pia, with Maoanan;
Nasiping, with Gataran; Malaueg, with its mission of Santa Cruz; Tuvao,
with its mission of Tuga; Yguic, with its visita of Amulong; Fotol,
with its visita of San Lorenzo, and its mission of Capinatan; Massi;
the island of Babuyanes, with the missions of the islands of Batan
and Calayan; Cabagan; Tuguegarao; Buguey, with its mission of Vuangac;
Tabang; Ytugud, with the mission of Ziffun; Ylagan, with the mission of
Tumavini; Aparri; and Camalayugan. The number of soul is about 25,752.
684. The discalced Franciscan religious possess the administration
of the village of Palanan, with 1,700 souls, on the opposite coast
of Cagayan.
685. There is a fine mission of several barbaric people called Irrayas,
Negritos, and Aetas in the mountains of the same opposite coast; and
on its shores, from Palanan to Casiguran. The religious are working
in their conversion and reduction, at the expense of excessive
hardships. The souls converted in various settlements there number
about six hundred.