On the night of May 1, 1521, in present-day Cebu, the remaining Spaniards after the
Battle of Mactan four days earlier, fell into an attack organized by the locals. The lay missionaries aboard
Trinidad left the ship as it is continuously attacked, and paddled to the Talibon-
Jetafe area for safety. They married local people in the area and subsequently introduced them to Christianity. Talibon then was dedicated to the Most Holy Trinity (Santissima Trinidad), the namesake of their ship. In 1596, members of the
Society of Jesus arrived in Bohol to put up parish missions in the island and noticed that lay missions were already active in the area, particularly in Talibon where
Magellan's men took refuge in 1521. The Jesuit mission founded the
parish of Talibon in 1722. Construction of the stone church was spearheaded by the
Recollects in 1852 under the administration of Lorenzo Mayor. The cathedral's
bell tower was added under the helm of Jose Sanchez, who served the area from 1868-1875, and the entire edifice was fully-finished in 1899. The church of Talibon became a cathedral when the
diocese was founded in 1986 and is considered as the cradle of Christianity in the province. ==References==