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RAPU-RAPU, HISTORY
(PARISH BRIEF HISTORY)
The municipality of Rapu
-
Rapu
is
composed
of
two
big islands, namely, Batan
and Rapu
- Rapu.
Before it
became a
municipality
on
1901,
it was a
bario of
Prieto Diaz,
Sorsogon. The
Visita
(Chapel) here
and
the
spiritual
and
pastoral
needs of the people
were
taken care of by
the
Parish
Priest of Prieto
Diaz.
Records show that
Rev.
Fr.
Santiago Nepomuceno was
in
charge
here in
the early
part of 1891,
then
Rev. Fr.
Juan Brusola took
over.
It
was during his term
that the
Parish
of
Sta.
Florentina was
founded.
Sometime after the
year
1891,Rapu
-
Rapu
and
Batan Islands became part
of the
municipality of
Bacon,
Sorsogon
mainly due
to
their
geographical
location,
nearer to Bacon
than to
Prieto
Diaz.
This move
was more
favorable
to the
people
transportation -
wise
and business
-
wise.
Because of the growing
population
in
both
islands,
Governor Arlington
Betts,
Civil
Governor
for the
Province of
Albay,
created the municipality of
Rapu
-
Rapu
in
1901. A plebiscite
was held.
The
people
were made to choose,
if
they
would want to belong
to
the
province of Sorsogon or to
the
province
of
Albay.
Majority of the people
chose
Albay
for
their
province and their will
pass
respected.
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