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Photo: Historia Caviteño, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Tanza's main Roman Catholic church, built in the Spanish era and dedicated to the town's two patron saints, the Holy Cross, of which a side altar displays a crucifix in which Emilio Aguinaldo swore an oath as leader of the Philippine revolutionary government in 1897, and Saint Augustine of Hippo, in which another side altar displays a venerated sculpture of the saint, known fondly by locals as Tata Usteng, and said to be miraculous and frequently “roams around” on its own around Tanza. The convent hosts a small ecclesiastical museum.
The Diocesan Shrine of San Agustin and Parish of Santa Cruz, commonly known as Holy Cross Parish or the Parish of Santa Cruz, is a Roman Catholic church in the municipality of Tanza, in the province of Cavite, Philippines. The shrine is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Imus. The patron saint of the town is Augustine of Hippo commonly known as "Tata Usteng". The Holy Cross serves as the titular patron. The town patronal feast is celebrated annually every August 28.
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One of a few surviving friar estate houses from the Spanish era.