Cebu hopes for return of missing Argao pulpit panels

Cebu hopes for return of missing Argao pulpit panels

With the return of the Boljoon pulpit panels after about four decades, it turns out that another church in Cebu Province also lost its old pulpit panels many years ago. Built from 1788 to the 1830s, the church of Argao still has—although now unpalatably gilded—its impressive retablos and pulpit with carved, polychromed panels, most likely similar in character to the Boljoon panels. Details are sketchy on the designs of the panels and when these …