Sipocot was once a barrio in Lupi and became a separate town and parish only in 1801.   Early missionaries built a chapel in this place, made of bamboo and nipa, and was dedicated to the advocacy of St. John the Baptist.   Fray Tomas Guareņa, O.F.M. was the first parish priest.

    The name Sipocot had its origin from the word "sipo" which means "driven into".   This has something to do with the unusual direction of the water from the creek that flows through the main street of the poblacion.   The direction of the water is "pasongsong" which means against the current of the Bicol River instead of following the downstream flow of the river.

     Another legend about the name Sipocot is narrated thus. In the old days there was a man named Capitan Aguirre of Lupi who used to go fishing in Bigan River where he would catch more than what his family needs.   This reached the encomenderos of Lupi and soon Capitan Aguirre was summoned and questioned.   Capitan Aguirre them as to the location of his fishing ground.   So obsessed and determined were the Spaniards, however, that they looked for it and went further until they reached the river behind a hill and saw the net of "pocot" of Capitan Aguirre hanging on a shed.   Grabbing the net, the Spaniards hurled it into the river where it immediately trapped a school of fish.   In their excitement for having discovered the rich fishing ground, one of them asked while holding the net: "Sabes tu este lugar?" Thinking that the question was referring to the net on his hand, the natives answered back: "Si, pocot." The name Sipocot was derived.

Kami nagrorokyaw asin nagpapasalamat na an Parokya ni San Juan Bautista kan Sipocot, Camarines Sur may mga yaman na gikan sa daga asin dagat. Kami mga taong nagmana nin cultural Bikolnon asin may kakayahan na mag-uswag.

Alagad, kami nagmomondo sa samong pagkasiriblag, sa makuring pagtios nin kadaklan, sa inhustisya, mapang-aping estruktura political, takot na ipahayag an katotoohan, kakulangan nin padi asin maluyang pagtubod.

Kun kaya kami nagmamawot  maging parasunod ni Kristo na nagmamangno sa lambang saro, naglilingkod sa gabos asin naghihiras kan tataramon nin Dios. Kami naglalaom na maging bagong simbahan na nagpapahalaga sa kasaraditan, tanganing mabuhay an gabos na mauswag asin matoninong. Sarong simbahan na nangangataman kan gabos na yaman, nagpapasabot kan kahulugan kan buhay pagtubod asin simbahan na hayag sa katotoohan.

Sa tahaw kan samong kadukhaaan asin kakulangan nin kakayahan, sa lindong ni birhen Maria samong ina asin pangataman ni San Juan Bautista, samong patron, kami nagdudusay sa pagsimbag kan kamugtakan kan samong parokya;

-sa pagbalangibog kan Marhay na Bareta nin Kaligtasan,

-sa pagbalangibog kan saradit na mga komunidad na nakikisumaro sa mga programang pangkauswagan, asin

-may pagtubod ki Kristo na yaon man sa mga dukha.