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The parish became part of the Diocese of San Bernardino in the 1978. During its 115 years as a parish, there have been 22 pastors, in addition to the many claretian priests who helped in the early years. In the 85 years of the parish life there have been several dark events, one of tragedy and one of great inconvenience. During the mid-1970s,local gang members encroached the the parish ground (there were no fences around the church grounds) to use drugs in the restrooms and cause fear among the parishioners. The parishioners formed security teams(mostly men) and rotated shifts patrolling the parish grounds. Meanwhile, the parish women provided coffee for the teams. It was during this time that two parishioners were fatally shot while in the patio area. The shots came from across D Street . No one was ever apprehended and it was believed that one of the irritated gang members committed this murder. As a result, Ignacio Bobby Padilla and Manuela Rey Cortez sacrificed their lives for the parish of OLG on May 17th 1978. A memorial stands in the patio to honor their great sacrifice. Finally, in 2017, parishioners experienced their greatest surprise and inconvenience. Our beloved church was closed down because the church roof rafters were not able to sustain the roof any longer. For 5 months, the parishioners attended mass outdoors, if weather permitted, or in the small parish hall. This event brought the parishioners together as a parish. It renewed the financial commitment to get the roof repaired and encouraged parishioners to volunteer their talents to refurbish all the pews. Our gratitude goes out to the Diocese for the loan to fund the repairs, to all those parishioners and non-parishioners that donated generously that donated generously to help this parish return to worship in this ionic and beautiful church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Chino.