Epiphany of Our Lord Co-Cathedral Parish

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Lingayen Co-Cathedral
Co-Cathedral Parish of the Epiphany of Our Lord
Concatedral-Parroquial de la Epifanía de Nuestro Señor (Spanish)
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Lingayen Co-Cathedral in 2019
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Lingayen Co-Cathedral
Location in Luzon
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Lingayen Co-Cathedral
Location in the Philippines
16°01′19″N120°13′53″E / 16.021862°N 120.231306°E / 16.021862; 120.231306
Location Lingayen, Pangasinan
Country Philippines
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
Status co-cathedral
Founder(s) Augustinian missionaries
Consecrated 1587
Architecture
Functional statusactive
Architect(s) Father Miguel Aparicio
Architectural type Church building
Style Neo-Baroque
Groundbreaking 1587
Administration
Archdiocese Lingayen-Dagupan
Clergy
Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas

The Co-Cathedral Parish of the Epiphany of Our Lord, commonly known as Lingayen Church and formerly Los Tres Reyes or Three Kings Parish, is a historic Catholic church and cathedral in Lingayen, Pangasinan in the Philippines. The church is one of the oldest in the region, founded in 1587 in the same year Saint Dominic Basilica in San Carlos, Pangasinan was also founded. [1] It is famous for its architecture, including a dome designed by Father Miguel Aparicio and its bell tower. [2] [3] [4]

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History

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The church in 1916
Circa 1939, before WWII bombing Church interior circa 1939.jpg
Circa 1939, before WWII bombing

The Lingayen Church was founded by Spanish Augustinian missionaries in 1614. [3] The Dominicans ran the church from 1740 until replaced by Filipino priests after the U.S. drove out the Spanish in 1898. [5]

In 1928 the church was elevated to cathedral. [2] Along with its co-cathedral, Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, it is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan. In 1933, the Columbans began supporting the development of the cathedral and the parish. [5]

The parish was consecrated in 1587 and established in 1616. On May 19, 1928, it became the Diocese of Lingayen.

In 1941 during World War II the Japanese fascist empire invaded the Philippines. During the war the bishop’s palace was ruined, and the parish was partially destroyed. The bishop’s residence was transferred from Lingayen to Dagupan.

The Diocese of Lingayen was reconstituted into the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan on February 16, 1963, encompassing the whole civil province of Pangasinan, and its seat was transferred from Lingayen to Dagupan.

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References

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