Dagupan Cathedral | |
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Metropolitan Cathedral Parish of St. John the Evangelist | |
Location in Luzon | |
16°02′32″N120°20′04″E / 16.042251°N 120.334412°E | |
Location | Dagupan, Pangasinan |
Country | Philippines |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | www |
History | |
Status | Cathedral |
Dedication | Saint John the Evangelist |
Architecture | |
Functional status | active |
Architectural type | Church building |
Groundbreaking | 1964 |
Completed | 1974 |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Lingayen-Dagupan |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Socrates B. Villegas |
Priest(s) |
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The Metropolitan Cathedral Parish of St. John the Evangelist, commonly known as Dagupan Cathedral, is located along Burgos Street in Dagupan, Pangasinan, Philippines. It is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. Its titular head is Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas. [1]
A church was built in the early 1660's, though the church was destroyed by the 1660 Dagupan rebellion. The church was rebuilt in 1816, by Fr. Vicente Iztequi. [2]
The church contained hints of Spanish architecture, with large exterior buttressess, built with bricks and mortar. One side, a traditional belfry sat. [3]
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