Historical records show that the first religious ceremonies took place at the Mission of Mattawang as early as 1836. There was no resident priest at that time but travelling missionary priests would come through the area to officiate baptisms, marriages and burials.

The first Catholic church, St. Anne’s, was erected in 1863, and a more modern stone church replaced it in 1889. This church was destroyed in a fire in 1959 and was replaced by the existing building a couple of years later.