Catarman

Catarman lies on the northern coast of Samar, facing the waters around the San Bernardino Strait. Jesuit missionaries reached the wider region from their stations at Catubig and Palapag, and Catarman became one of their outlying communities. In 1649 a revolt led by Sumuroy spread from Palapag across northern Samar; Catarman's early church was burned amid the disturbances. After the Jesuits left the Philippines in 1768, Franciscans took responsibility for the missions on Samar.