A view of the church and the rectory.

Dalaguete is a town in the southeastern coast of Cebu. It was established as a visita of Carcar in 1690 and was eventually made an independent parish in 1711. Construction of the church, dedicated to St. William of Gellone, Duke of Aquitaine (San Guillermo de Aquitania), was started in 1802 and finished in 1825.

Details of the carved relieves at the facade and the side entrance.

The church has a simple facade which is divided into three horizontal levels and bears a similarity with the San Miguel el Arcangel church of Argao. The free standing belfry which was built separately between 1850-1860 by Father Juan Alonso is connected to the southern side of the church’s facade through a low structure that serves as the baptistry.

A view of the rectory.

To the northern end is the adjoined two-storey rectory of stone and wood. A wooden balcony known as a volada runs the entire length of the second level. At the gospel side of the church, just behind the belfry, is a structure that looks like a mortuary chapel. Outside the borders of the church complex near the seashore are the remains of a watchtower built in 1794.

A view of the bridge connecting the church and the convent (left), the facade (center), and the buttresses at the sacristy (right).