Vicente Velloc as a public burial site and its underground crypt exclusively for Spanish friars, prominent town citizens and members of elite Catholic families.

[3] Pedro Paterno and Gen. Severino Taiño of the "Maluningning" command held a meeting at the cemetery where they planned the historic Pact of Biak-na-Bato in 1897.

[5] The Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery was formally and officially declared as a National Historical Landmark in 1981 by virtue of Presidential Decree no.

The oldest tomb is dated 1886 while the last interment was in 1981 when it was formally declared as a National Historical Landmark.

The cemetery complex remained as a property of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo.

The complex is used for special celebrations such as the Feast of Christ the King and Lent of the local parish[2] and the diocese.