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The Immaculate Conception Parish Church, also known as the Dasmariñas Church, is the first Catholic parish church in the city of Dasmariñas, province of Cavite, Philippines. The stone church was constructed right after the establishment of Dasmariñas as a separate parish in 1866. The church and convent was the site of bloodshed during the Battle of Perez Dasmariñas of the Philippine revolution against Spain. It was declared as an important historical structure by the National Historical Institute with the placing of a historical marker in 1986. On 7th December 2002 the Venerated and Miraculous Image of the Patroness of the City of Dasmariñas the Lady of Immaculate Conception was Episcopally Crowned by the then Bishop of Imus Most Rev.Manuel Sobreviñas D.D now the Bishop Emeritus of Imus and on the next day December 08,2002 on the Occasion of The Solemlinity of the Immaculate Conception the Parish Church was Dedicated to God by the now Archbishop of Manila Most Rev.Luis Antonio G. Tagle SthD .It celebrated its 150th Jubilee Year on July 5, 2017