[1] The church was established by Jesuit priests as part of the Tamontaka Mission which focused on the youth as well as the evangelization of people in the Cotabato region[2] in the late 19th century.

[2] In 1939, the church became part of the Cotabato mission of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

The church building was destroyed in an earthquake on August 17, 1976, and was rebuilt after two years.

The tunnel itself is part of a network of caves connected to the Pedro Colina Hill.

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