Cabanatuan Cathedral
| Cabanatuan Cathedral | |
|---|---|
| Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Parish Cathedral | |
| Parokyang Katedral ni San Nikolas ng Tolentino (Filipino) Parroquia Catedral de San Nicolás de Tolentino (Spanish) Katedral ng Cabanatuan (Filipino) | |
| The newly renovated cathedral facade in 2023
The newly renovated cathedral facade in 2023
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| 15°29′21″N 120°57′51″E / 15.4892°N 120.9643°E | |
| Location | Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija |
| Country | Philippines |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www.facebook.com/CabanatuanCathedral youtube.com/@CABANATUANCATHEDRAL |
| History | |
| Status | Cathedral |
| Founded | 1700 |
| Dedication | Saint Nicholas of Tolentino |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Church building |
| Style | Neoclassical (2019) |
| Completed | 1866, 1891, 1975 |
| Demolished | 1880, 1934, 1972 |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Lingayen-Dagupan |
| Diocese | Cabanatuan |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Prudencio Padilla Andaya, Jr. CICM, DD |
| Rector | Reynold H. Oliveros, J. C. D |
| Vicars | Rommel P. Marcelo Alfonso S. Saulo |
| Priest | Reynold H. Oliveros, J.C.D |
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Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Parish Cathedral, commonly known as Cabanatuan Cathedral, is the ecclesiastical seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabanatuan in the Philippines. It is located at Del Pilar Street, Barangay General Luna, in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija province.[1]
The cathedral and the Plaza Lucero at its front, is nationally and historically known as the site where Filipino general Antonio Luna was killed.[2][3]
History
After the parishes of Gapan in 1595 and Santor in 1636, the Augustinian priests founded the Cabanatuan church in 1700 as a visita of Gapan. By 1732, it only had 700 parishioners. The parish administration was transferred to secular priests in 1866, and in the same year, the first stone church and convent buildings were constructed under the leadership of José de la Fuente. The said buildings were destroyed by the earthquake of July 18, 1880 and were reconstructed under the helm of Mariano Rivas in 1891.[4]
During the Philippine–American War, the cathedral's convent, shortly served as the seat of the capital of the Philippines[5] where Antonio Luna and his aide-de-camp, Francisco Román, were killed by the members of the Kawit Battalion on June 5, 1899.[1][6] In 1934, the church was razed by fire wherein only its lateral walls were spared. Nine years after the canonical foundation of the Diocese of Cabanatuan, the cathedral, and its adjacent former College of the Immaculate Conception building, was charred again on September 28, 1972. Three years later, on November 22, 1975, the church reconstruction was finished under Pacífico Araullo. It was dedicated by then Cabanatuan Bishop Vicente Reyes and then Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Bruno Torpigliani.[4]
A new cathedral, locally called crypta, is being built in Sumacab Este, Cabanatuan, since 1999 and can accommodate 3,000 people.[7]
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 "In Nueva Ecija, Antonio Luna remembered sans fanfare". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- Back to citation "Where to go in Cabanatuan when you hardly know the place". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- Back to citation "Cabanatuan City". League of Cities of the Philippines. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- Back to citation occurrence 4.0 Back to citation occurrence 4.1 "St. Nicholas Of Tolentine Parish Cathedral / Historic Cabanatuan Cathedral". Facebook. Diocese of Cabanatuan. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- Back to citation "The First Philippine Republic". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- Back to citation Jose, Vivencio (1991). The Rise and Fall of Antonio Luna (reprint ed.). Solar Publishing Corporation. p. 377. ISBN 9711707004.
- Back to citation "History of the Diocese of Cabanatuan". Diocese of Cabanatuan. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
External links
- Media related to Cabanatuan Cathedral at Wikimedia Commons
- Cabanatuan Cathedral on Facebook
- Diocesan website (Archived February 3, 2021, at the Wayback Machine)