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Corella, Bohol
Corella, officially the Municipality of Corella (Cebuano: Munisipalidad sa Corella; Tagalog: Bayan ng Corella), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 9,889 people.
Located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Tagbilaran, it may have been named after a town in the province of Navarre in northern Spain.
Corella is known primarily as the home of the endemic Philippine tarsier, one of the world's smallest primates. The 7.4-hectare (18-acre) Philippine tarsier sanctuary run by the Philippine Tarsier Foundation, as well as the Research and Development Center, is in Canapnapan, three kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the centre of town.
The people of Corella are predominantly conservative Roman Catholics belonging to the parish of Our Lady of the Village whose feast is celebrated on 27 April.
The municipality's former name was Nug‑as before it obtained its present name, Corella. It was then a barrio of Baclayon. The adoption of the name Corella was made at the behest of Fr. Jose Maria Cabañas del Carmen, then the parish priest of Baclayon, and endorsed by Fr. Felix Guillen de San Jose, the first Spanish priest. Corella was a name of a village in Navarra, Spain where this town's patroness, Nuestra Señora del Villar, showered miracles.
The creation of this town was due to the efforts of its inhabitants including Isidoro Ramo, who became its first gobernadorcillo.
The stone church and the convent were constructed during the tenure of Fr. Felix Gullen and completed by later priests, one of them being Fr. Dionisio Llorete who also spearheaded the erection of two stone school buildings and the municipal building during the term of the gobernadorcillo, Celedonio Sayon. But the construction of Corella's present concrete church began in 1924 under Fr. Pedro Montelbon, the parish priest of Tagbilaran who took over the administration of the Corella parish after the incumbent, Fr. Eugenio Desamparados, left.
In 1920, a conflict arose in the municipality between parish priest Simeon Sambola and municipal president Nicanor C. Tocmo over the administration of local schools. From the pulpit, Fr. Simeon publicly criticized the municipal government and denounced the school curriculum, which he claimed was improper. As a result, school enrollment declined significantly, with attendance largely limited to the families and close associates of President Tocmo. The local civil authorities subsequently raised the issue with provincial and national officials. Following a fact-finding investigation by the Department of Public Instruction, the report was submitted to the Governor-General, leading to the removal of Fr. Simeon from the parish.
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Corella, Bohol
Corella, officially the Municipality of Corella (Cebuano: Munisipalidad sa Corella; Tagalog: Bayan ng Corella), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 9,889 people.
Located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Tagbilaran, it may have been named after a town in the province of Navarre in northern Spain.
Corella is known primarily as the home of the endemic Philippine tarsier, one of the world's smallest primates. The 7.4-hectare (18-acre) Philippine tarsier sanctuary run by the Philippine Tarsier Foundation, as well as the Research and Development Center, is in Canapnapan, three kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the centre of town.
The people of Corella are predominantly conservative Roman Catholics belonging to the parish of Our Lady of the Village whose feast is celebrated on 27 April.
The municipality's former name was Nug‑as before it obtained its present name, Corella. It was then a barrio of Baclayon. The adoption of the name Corella was made at the behest of Fr. Jose Maria Cabañas del Carmen, then the parish priest of Baclayon, and endorsed by Fr. Felix Guillen de San Jose, the first Spanish priest. Corella was a name of a village in Navarra, Spain where this town's patroness, Nuestra Señora del Villar, showered miracles.
The creation of this town was due to the efforts of its inhabitants including Isidoro Ramo, who became its first gobernadorcillo.
The stone church and the convent were constructed during the tenure of Fr. Felix Gullen and completed by later priests, one of them being Fr. Dionisio Llorete who also spearheaded the erection of two stone school buildings and the municipal building during the term of the gobernadorcillo, Celedonio Sayon. But the construction of Corella's present concrete church began in 1924 under Fr. Pedro Montelbon, the parish priest of Tagbilaran who took over the administration of the Corella parish after the incumbent, Fr. Eugenio Desamparados, left.
In 1920, a conflict arose in the municipality between parish priest Simeon Sambola and municipal president Nicanor C. Tocmo over the administration of local schools. From the pulpit, Fr. Simeon publicly criticized the municipal government and denounced the school curriculum, which he claimed was improper. As a result, school enrollment declined significantly, with attendance largely limited to the families and close associates of President Tocmo. The local civil authorities subsequently raised the issue with provincial and national officials. Following a fact-finding investigation by the Department of Public Instruction, the report was submitted to the Governor-General, leading to the removal of Fr. Simeon from the parish.
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