San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral, commonly known as Surigao Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located at Surigao City in the Philippines.[1] It is the seat of the Diocese of Surigao.[2]
| Surigao Cathedral | |
|---|---|
| San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral | |
| Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Cathedral Parish | |
Parokyang Katedral ni San Nicolas de Tolentino (Filipino) | |
.jpg) Cathedral facade in 2023 | |
  Surigao Cathedral Location in Mindanao .svg) Surigao Cathedral Location in the Philippines | |
| 9°47′23″N 125°29′38″E / 9.789722°N 125.49375°E | |
| Location | Surigao City, Surigao del Norte |
| Country | Philippines |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Status | Cathedral |
| Founded | 1754 |
| Dedication | Saint Nicholas of Tolentino |
| Consecrated | 1763, 1939, 1988 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Church building |
| Style | Modern |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Cagayan de Oro |
| Diocese | Surigao |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Antonieto Cabajog |
History
editThe present-day Surigao City traces its beginnings as an independent pueblo in June 1655.[3] Its parish, dedicated to Nicholas of Tolentino, was founded in 1754 by the Augustinian Recollects.[2] The center of the Catholic mission in the area was initially at Siargao island but was transferred to Surigao due to the Moro attacks in the island. To ease the administration of Mindanao, it was divided into six districts, one of which was the District of Surigao. The said district spanned from Caraga Bay to Butuan Bay. Its first capital was Tandag but was transferred to Surigao in 1751.[1][4] The parish of Surigao was administered by the secular priests in the first half of the 19th-century while the century's latter half was divided among the Augustinian Recollects and the Jesuits. After the earlier two orders, the Benedictine fathers took over the area at the time when the Surigao province was formally founded in 1901, with Surigao as the capital town. In 1939, the Diocese of Surigao was canonically erected from the Diocese of Cagayan de Oro's territory, with the Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Parish Church being consecrated as its diocesan seat.[2][5] The bombings during the World War II destroyed the earlier cathedral church, including the adjacent Saint Paul University Surigao buildings, but was later rebuilt in 1988 under the supervision of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
References
edit- ^ a b "City of Surigao Comprehensive Land Use Plan (2011-2020)" (PDF). Surigao City Government. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Cathedral of San Nicolas de Tolentino Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Philippines". GCatholic. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "Brief History of City of Surigao". Surigao City Government. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "Creation of the Province of Surigao del Norte". Surigao del Norte Provincial Government. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "Diocese of Surigao". Claretian Communications. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
External links
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