The name "Barásoain" was derived from Barásoain in Navarre, Spain, Named after the birthplace of Archbishop José Juliaàn de Aranguren (February 16, 1801 – April 18, 1861) 22 Archbishop of the Philippine archdiocese of the Latin branch of the Catholic Church from 1847 to 1861.

[4] Barásoain was originally known as "Bangkál", a part of Encomienda of Malolos integrated by Miguel López de Legaspi with the town of Calumpit to the west on April 5, 1572.

A hermitage made of nipa and bamboo was constructed near the river between Maluslos (Malolos población) and Barasoain for the people of Bangkál.

[citation needed] Another church building was commissioned and constructed on a new site, its present location—corner of Paseo del Congreso and Antonio Bautista streets.

Girón then built temporary chapel of nipa and bamboo which was burned down in 1884, during the solemn celebrations of the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

In 1885, Girón hired contractor Miguel Magpayo and began construction of a massive church made of masonry and bricks.

This paved way for the formal inauguration of the First Philippine Republic on January 23, 1899)[6] with Emilio Aguinaldo taking oath as president.

In the wake of the 1998 Philippine Centennial celebrations, the church became the venue for the inauguration of Joseph Estrada on June 30, 1998.

In 2009, local priests and Laban ng Bulacan movement officials, led by their chairman John Paul Albert Limpo, initiated a signature campaign to appeal to the Philippine Bangko Sentral restoring at least the image of the church in any present Philippine bill.

[9] After three years of petition and nine years since the last printing of the ten peso bill in 2001, in December 2010, upon the issuance of the "New Generation Currency" series for Philippine banknotes, Barásoain Church was featured again, this time in the 200-peso denomination, with the facade from 2010 to 2017 and its interior since 2017 with the scene of the opening of the Malolos Congress.