Roxas Cathedral

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Roxas Cathedral
Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral
  • Catedral Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción (Spanish)
  • Kalakhang Katedral ng Kalinis-linisang Paglilihi (Filipino)
Immaculate Concepcion Metropolitan Cathedral Roxas (Rizal Street, Roxas, Capiz; 10-19-2022).jpg
Cathedral facade in 2022
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Roxas Cathedral
Location in the Visayas
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Roxas Cathedral
Location in the Philippines
11°35′01″N122°45′11″E / 11.583499°N 122.753021°E / 11.583499; 122.753021
Location Roxas, Capiz
Country Philippines
Language(s) Hiligaynon, English, Filipino
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
Status Cathedral
Founded1707, 1827
Dedication Immaculate Conception
Consecrated 1707
Past bishop(s) Jose Advincula
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural type Church building
Style Baroque
Completed1827, 1954 (Reconstruction)
Specifications
Number of domes 1
Number of spires 1
Administration
Province Capiz
Metropolis Capiz
Archdiocese Capiz
Deanery Immaculate Conception
Parish Immaculate Conception
Clergy
Archbishop Victor Barnuevo Bendico
Rector Fr. Edsel Delfin
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The Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral, commonly known as the Roxas Cathedral (Hiligaynon : Katedral sang Roxas), is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Roxas, Capiz, in central Philippines. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Capiz. [1]

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The parish church was elevated into a cathedral [2] following the creation of the Diocese of Capiz on January 27, 1951. However, the diocese retained the old name of Capiz as it predates the change of the city name to Roxas on April 11, 1951.

History

The Blessed Virgin Mary under the doctrine and title of Immaculate Conception is the titular of the cathedral. La Inmaculada de Soult, 1678, Bartolome E. Murillo.jpg
The Blessed Virgin Mary under the doctrine and title of Immaculate Conception is the titular of the cathedral.

The church and parish of Roxas City (then named as Municipality of Capiz) is one of the oldest in Panay Island, [3] having been founded by Augustinian missionaries in 1707. [2] [4]

The cathedral, as it was in its first inception, is in the historic center of Roxas City and fronts the city plaza, opposite the Panay River and the Capiz Bridge. [3]

The current structure was built in 1827. [3] [2] [5] In 1898, it was within the diocese of Jaro, being run by secular priests. Loctugan and Ivisan were Capiz's visitas. From 1918 to 1920, Gabriel Reyes, (who became Bishop of Cebu in 1932 and Archbishop of Manila in 1949) served as its parish priest. The cathedral had undergone restoration and reconstruction works in 1954. [3] [5]

In the November 28, 2020, consistory, Archbishop Jose Lazaro Fuerte Advincula became the first Archbishop of Capiz to be created as a cardinal but received his red biretta and ring from Archbishop Charles John Brown, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, only on June 18, 2021, at the cathedral. Before this, he was named the 33rd Archbishop of Manila on March 25, 2021. [6]

On May 3, 2023, Bishop Victor Barnuevo Bendico, formerly the Bishop of Baguio, was installed as the new Archbishop of Capiz in the same cathedral after he was appointed by Pope Francis on March 3, 2023.

See also

References

  1. "Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Roxas City, CAPIZ, WESTERN VISAYAS, Philippines". GCatholic. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral Archdiocese of Capiz". Jubileo de La Misericoridia. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Places to Visit in Capiz". Capiz Provincial Government. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  4. "CAPIZ ROXAS CITY'S IMMACULATE CONCEPTION METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL". LakadPilipinas. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "A glimpse of Roxas City's would-be heritage zone". Philippine Information Agency . Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  6. Tenedero, Erik (June 18, 2021). "'Gift to church in Philippines': Manila's incoming archbishop receives cardinal's insignia". ABS-CBN News . Retrieved June 18, 2021.