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The Church of Pila, also known as the San Antonio de Padua Parish Church, is a church dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua in the Philippines in 1578 and the first Antonine parish church in the Philippines in 1581 and probably in Asia. It is also designated as the National Shrine of San Antonio de Padua of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines on April 23, 2019. In 1606 the Franciscans set up the second printing press of the Philippines under the supervision of Tomás Pinpín and Domingo Loag. Its titular is St. Anthony of Padua, whose feast is celebrated every June 13.