Created as a parish on 19 August 1851 in keeping with the decree of 16 June of the same year, Carmen, a visita of Catmon, chose as patron Saint Agustin, bishop and doctor.  Redondo (1886, 160) describes the church as having a base of rubble mortar but with upper members of wood and tabique.  It was thatched with grass.

This is the former site of Catmon, abandoned after it was attacked by slave raiders.  Remnant of a defensive wall can be seen in Daan Catmon.

Established as a parish on 2 November 1835, Catmon had as patron San Guillermo.  It was formerly a visita of Danao.  Redondo (1886, 162) describes the Catmon church as a new construction of rubble, 33 fathoms long, 8 wide, and 9 tall.

Erected a parish on 31 July 1832, Sogod’s patron was Santiago.  It was formerly a visita of the Parian parish in Cebu.  Redondo (1886, 162) describes the church as having walls of cut stone and mortar and a thatch roof of cogon.  The church had the following dimensions: 29 x 6 fathoms, 6.5 height.

Established as a parish on 15 September 1862, Borbon had as patron San Sebastian, martyr.  It was formerly a visita of Sogod.  Redondo (1886, 163) describes the Borbon church made of wood and tabique resting on a base of mortar, dimensions 22.5 fathoms long, 7.5 wide.  The church was thatched with grass.

Erected a parish on 6 August 1851, Tabogon’s patron was San Isidro Labrador.  It was formerly a visita of Sogod.  Redondo (1886, 163) describes the church as temporary because the town site had just been changed.

Established a parish on 31 May 1850, Bogo’s patron was San Vicente Ferrer.  It was formerly a visita of Bantayan.  Redondo (1886, 162) describes the church as having walls of tabique and posts of wood, and thatch roof of cogon.  The church had the following dimensions: 45 x 11.5 yards, 5 yards height.  With a bell tower of tabique and wood, roofed with tile and 15.5 yards tall.  A new church, larger and made of rubble had already been started.

Cebu’s west coast faces the Tañon Strait, a deep sea through, estimated at 200 fathoms in depth, and home to a variety of marine mammals.  The west coast faces the province of Negros Oriental, with its capital in Dumaguete.  White sand beaches dot the west coast, and it has been “discovered” as beach, snorkeling and scuba paradise.

Although the parish was established on 10 August 1858, in accordance with the approbation given 25 April 1855, although the parish was established as separate entity from Bantayan to which it was attached as a visita, the town’s name suggests that this was the former site of Bantayan.  Tradition has it that this is so; the transfer of the populace to another site was instigated by slaving raid on the old town site.  There a number of towns labeled “daan” or “old” in Cebu the telltale mark of slave raids.

Daan Bantayan chose at patron Santa Rosa.  As a newly constituted parish, Daan Bantayan’s church was modest: a structure of tabique and wood with a thatch roof (Redondo 1886, 165).

Created as a parish on 23 March 1864, in keeping with the decree of 1863, San Remegio, a visita of Bogo, chose as patron San Juan Nepomuceno.  Redondo (1886, 160) describes the church in the process of construction; the presbytery and sacristy are temporarily walled with wood planks, while the rest of the church has a base of cut stone and mortar, wooden posts supporting the nipa thatch roof.  The church measured 23 x 8 fathoms.

Named after a mountainous town in Spain noted for its steel swords, Toledo in Cebu was the site of the largest mine in the island opened during the American colonial period.  Until its closure, the mine was the largest employer in the island.

The town was called Jinulauan in ancient times and was apparently abandoned because Redondo (1886, 168) notes that it was re-established a town in keeping with the decree of 8 June 1863 and given the name Toledo.  The parochial patron is San Juan de Sahagun, a noted Augustinian preacher who is also the patron of Tigbauan in Iloilo.  The parish was established on 24 February of the same year.  Redondo (1886, 169) notes the church as having walls of tabique and posts of wood, and  thatch roof of cogon.  The church had the following dimensions: 38 x 8 meters, 4.3 meters height.