When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Bohol and other parts of Central Visayas in 2013, the entire building crumbled to the ground, leaving only the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus standing.

[3] The Jesuits started evangelizing the town of Maribojoc (originally Malabojoc[4]) as a mission station in the early 1600s.

[4] The first church was constructed in a muddy area of the town proper from 1798 and was finished after 18 years under forced labor (polos y servicios) in 1816.

[9] The church of Maribojoc resembled a cross or cruciform with a low, four-sided pyramidical roof and octagonal cupola.

[3][10] Walls were consistently divided into thick and thin portions designed with finely cut coral stones on the sides.

[10] A bas relief of the church's secondary patron, San Vicente Ferrer, was prominently located on the center of the facade.

[3] A string of finely cut coral stones, molded into flowers, could be seen on the lower cornice of the facade.

One of the clocks, installed on October 15, 1893, during the term of Father Lucas Martínez,[11] had an inscription of "José Altonaga", indicating that it came from a well-known company in Manila during the late 19th century.

[13] When Father Pedro Quiterio was assigned to Maribojoc, he ordered the repair of the clock in the bell tower in December 1933.

[11] The interior exhibited a contrast of bare nave walls against the paintings drawn on the metal ceilings leading to the main altar and retablo mayor.

[14] An acknowledgment on the initiative of the San Tarcisio Martir Maribojoc Catholic Association 'Comité de Obras' could also be seen painted before the crossing.

Ray Francia was again commissioned to do mural works on the cimborrio by painting the Epistles of The Four Apostles, namely the saints John, Matthew, Luke and Mark.

The whole retablo was probably completed on January 7, 1934, as a project of the Comité de Obras during the term of Father Quiterio Sarigumba (P.Q.S.)

[12] Parts of the convent were used as the St. Vincent Institute, a school and the church museum, which housed liturgical objects, old canonical books (Bautizos, Defuociones, Casamientos, Actas), relics of St. Vincent Ferrer and another relic of the Holy Cross brought by Father Soriano, SJ from Jerusalem.

[4][19] Another stone stairway at the back of the convent, finished in 1864, connected the downtown to the port and led to an octagonal tower.