San Fernando de Dilao Parish, commonly known as Paco Church, is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the district of Paco in the city of Manila, Philippines,[5] honoring the Castillian king Saint Ferdinand III of Castile.
[3] In addition, the church provides active medical, dental, and ENT charitable services for its poor parishioners within the community.
Invading troops from the Kingdom of Great Britain burnt down the church in 1762 during their occupation of Manila as part of the Seven Years' War.
Belgian priests of the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae took possession of the burnt church in 1909, and in the following year, Fr.
A notable longstanding custom of the church today is the devotion to Nuestro Santo Padre Jesús del Sepulcro.
Also known as Santo Entierro, the image is a statue of the dead Christ encased in a special wood and glass casket, and is a common icon in Filipino churches.
[6] The church is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Manila under the vicariate forane of San Fernando de Dilao.