San Antonio De Padua Chapel

Overview

San Antonio De Padua Chapel is a barangay chapel in Tinibgan, Calape, dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua — the 13th-century Franciscan friar and Doctor of the Church best known outside religious circles as the patron saint invoked for lost things, and one of the most widely venerated saints in the Catholic world. The chapel is listed in the provincial tourist-attraction inventory under History and Culture — Church, Mosque, Temples or Other Religious Sites.

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Location

Barangay Tinibgan, Calape municipality, Bohol. Calape is in the northwest of Bohol, approximately 30–35 km from Tagbilaran City along the coastal road.

Getting There

From Tagbilaran City, take the road toward Tubigon — Calape is on this route. Jeepneys and vans serve the Tagbilaran–Tubigon corridor. From Calape poblacion, Barangay Tinibgan is reachable by habal-habal. [TO ENRICH: travel time, public transport fare, habal-habal rate.]

Practical Info

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What to Expect

A barangay chapel serving the agricultural interior of Calape. In rural Bohol, a chapel like this functions as much as the settlement’s social center as its place of worship, hosting the small daily and weekly rhythms of barangay life alongside Mass.

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Notes

• Listed in BPTO provincial tourist-attraction inventory (BPTO Table 11, 2025) under Calape municipality.
• St. Anthony of Padua feast day: June 13.
• Nearby in Calape: Binogawan Pottery (craft site), Cecee’s Organic Farm and Cacao Nursery, ABN Takla and Crab Sight.
• Gateway: Tubigon (main NW Bohol port, ferry from Cebu City).