Calapan Cathedral

Calapan Cathedral (Filipino: Katedral ng Calapan, Spanish: Catedral de Calapan) also known as the Santo Niño Cathedral Parish (Filipino: Parokyang Katedral ni Santo Niño, Spanish: Parroquial Catedral del Santo Nino) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, dedicated to the Santo Niño. It is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan[1] and is a marked historical structure by the Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts.[2]

Calapan Cathedral
Santo Niño Cathedral Parish
Parokyang Katedral ni Santo Niño
Parroquial Catedral del Santo Niño
Calapan Cathedral in 2019
Calapan Cathedral is located in Luzon
Calapan Cathedral
Calapan Cathedral
Location in Luzon
Calapan Cathedral is located in Philippines
Calapan Cathedral
Calapan Cathedral
Calapan Cathedral (Philippines)
13°24′53″N 121°10′49″E
LocationCalapan, Oriental Mindoro
Country Philippines
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusCathedral
Founded1679
DedicationSanto Niño
Dedicated1679
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch
StyleModern
Completed1887, 1962
Demolished1881
Administration
ProvinceDirectly Exempt to the Holy See
MetropolisLipa
ArchdioceseLipa
DioceseRoman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan
DeanerySanto Niño
ParishSanto Niño
Clergy
ArchbishopGilbert Armea Garcera
Bishop(s)Moises Magpantay Cuevas
RectorNestor Adalia

History

The church and parish mission of Calapan was founded in 1679 by the priest Diego de la Madre de Dios, an Augustinian Recollect. Under de la Madre de Dios, the church was fortified with stone walls. Due to frequent Moro raids in the island, two watchtowers and twenty cannons were also installed in the church and its environs. In another Moro raid on October 23, 1754, Andres de Jesus y Maria, then the parish priest of Calapan, and many people taking refuge in the church, were taken as hostages and were brought to Mindanao. In August 1881, the church was burned, and was reconstructed in 1887. Revolutionists in 1898 prior to the Philippine-American War occupied the church. In 1936, the Apostolic Prefecture of Mindoro, then comprising the present-day provinces of Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro and Romblon, was carved from the territories of the dioceses of Jaro and Lipa. Towards the end of the World War II in 1945, the church this time was occupied by the Americans and was turned over the Filipinos in the same year. In 1951, the apostolic prefecture was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan. In 1962, the present cathedral was finished. The Calapan Vicariate subsequently lost territories to establish the Diocese of Romblon in 1974 and the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro in 1983.[1][3][4]

  • The NHCP historical marker
    The NHCP historical marker
  • The cathedral's side entrances and parking area
    The cathedral's side entrances and parking area
  • Close-up of breeze block-style features of the facade and the bell tower.
    Close-up of breeze block-style features of the facade and the bell tower.

References
  1. "Cathedral of Santo Niño Calapan City, MINDORO ORIENTAL, MIMAROPA, Philippines". GCatholic. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  2. "The Philippine Registry of Cultural Property (PRECUP)". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  3. "Calapan Cathedral Marker". Wikimedia Commons.
  4. "Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan". Union of Catholic Asian News. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
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