Kabankalan Cathedral

The Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral Parish (Filipino: Parokyang Katedral ni San Francisco Javier), otherwise known as Kabankalan Cathedral (Filipino: Katedral ng Kabankalan), is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabankalan in the Philippines. It is located in the city proper of Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, in the Western Visayas region of the country.[1]

Kabankalan Cathedral
Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral Parish
Parokyang Katedral ni San Francisco Javier
Parroquia Catedral de San Francisco Javier
Kabankalan Cathedral in 2013
Kabankalan Cathedral is located in Visayas
Kabankalan Cathedral
Kabankalan Cathedral
Location in Visayas
Kabankalan Cathedral is located in Philippines
Kabankalan Cathedral
Kabankalan Cathedral
Kabankalan Cathedral (Philippines)
9°59′22″N 122°48′53″E
LocationKabankalan, Negros Occidental
Country Philippines
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusCathedral
Founded1935
DedicationSaint Francis Xavier
Consecrated1935, 1987
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch
StyleModern
Completed1935
Administration
ArchdioceseJaro
DioceseKabankalan
Clergy
Bishop(s)Louie Patalinghug Galbines

History
Aerial view of Kabankalan city proper, with the cathedral in the center.

Christianization efforts in the island of Negros were started by the Augustinian Recollects during the Spanish colonial period.[2] Kabankalan, then spelled as Cavancalan and Cabangcalan, was formerly a sitio of the neighboring municipality of Ilog. It is named after the bangkal tree.[3] Kabankalan received its first parish priest in 1848. A chapel was built in 1905 by Fr. Tiburcio Fernandez.[2] In March 1997, Kabankalan was separated formally from Ilog as an independent municipality through the Philippine Commission's Act 1612.[3] The present church structure was built and inaugurated in December 1935 by Fr. Felipe Lerena. It was dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier, a 16th-century Jesuit priest.[1] Among those who helped in building the church were Manuel Montinola, Engineer M. Sales, and the hacenderos of the province's sugar industry. The church of Kabankalan was elevated to the status of a cathedral when the diocese of Kabankalan was founded in 1987. The diocese administers the southern portion of Negros Occidental.[4]

References
  1. "Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier Kabankalan City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, WESTERN VISAYAS, Philippines". GCatholic. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  2. Romanillos, Emmanuel Luis. "Augustinian Recollect Legacy to the Church in Negros Island". Philippine Social Science Journal. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  3. "Kabankalan Annual Audit Report 2015" (PDF). Commission on Audit. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  4. "Diocese of Kabankalan". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
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