Baras Church

[2][3] The first church was built in 1595 by Franciscan missionaries who established a parish at the town's old site in what is now Boso-Boso in Antipolo, with St. James as its patron.

The miraculous image of San Jose de Baras (Spanish: El Glorioso Patriarca Señor San José de Baras) is a detallado image of St. Joseph cradling and facing the Christ Child on one arm and a traditional staff with a sheaf of lilies on the other.

The image is carved with a classic green robe with a bright golden yellow cape and a hat on his back.

The Christ Child sits on a white long robe facing the beholder with right palm pointing to St. Joseph.

Metal accouterments adorn the image, including a paragua for St. Joseph and the diagnostic tres potencias on the Christ Child's head.

[citation needed] On December 7, 2021, as part of the Diocesan Consecration to St. Joseph and Elevation of Baras Church as a Diocesan Shrine, two ex-voto medallions were offered and placed on the staff of the miraculous centuries-old image of El Glorioso Patriarca Señor San José de Baras by the Bishop of the Diocese of Antipolo, Most Rev.

Church PHC historical marker installed in 1939
Church interior in 2012
Official replica of Saint Joseph of Baras