Wednesday, April 13, 2016
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Cathedral of St. Gregory the Great, Legaspi City, Albay
HISTORY
The Cathedral of St. Gregory the Great also called the Albay Cathedral is the Episcopal Seat of the Diocese of Legaspi. The cathedral started as a wooden chapel built by the early Spanish missionaries who moved into the town in the 1580s. It was damaged by American bombers and reconstruction went beyond 1951. The church was elevated to become a cathedral when the Episcopal See of the Diocese of Legaspi was established.
Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine, Naga City, Camarines Sur
HISTORY
Located in Naga, Camarines Sur. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Archdiocese of Caceres. The church was formerly the home of the image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia before the Peñafrancia Basilica was constructed. Our Lady of Peñafrancia is one of the East Asia's greatest sites of Christian pilgrimage.
The parish church is also the location of the Plaza Miguel Robles de Covarrubias where the Translacion procession of our Lady of Peñafrancia begins, opening the Peñafrancia Festival.
Peñafrancia Minor Basilica of Naga City, Camarines Sur
HISTORY
The Peñafrancia Minor Basilica is located on the outskirts of Naga City. The Image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia is enshrined in her sanctuary at the Basilica Minore, Balatas Road Naga City. Rodel Cajot was appointed rector in 2011. The concept for the building came from the late Archbishop Pedro Paulo Santos y Songco in 1960. Construction began on April 18, 1976, but was delayed for a number of years due to financing problems and was not completed until September 1981. On May 22, 1982, it was dedicated as The Church of Nuestra Señora de Peña de Francia and it wasn't until May 22, 1985 that the church was given the title of "Basilica Minore" from Rome after a request from the third Archbishop of Caceres, Leonardo Z. Legazpi, OP, DD. The Peñafrancia Basilica Minore houses an image of the Virgin Mary that was sculpted in 1710. It was commissioned by Miguel de Cobarrubias, who moved to the Philippines from Spain with his family and believed that the Virgin Mary had helped him numerous times in his life. The image was housed in a small chapel until the Basilica Minore was constructed.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Naga City, Camarines Sur
HISTORY
The first cathedral built for Naga was founded after the Diocese of Caceres was established in 1595. It is a suffragan of the Diocese of Manila created by the papal bull of 14 August 1595, which also elevated the Diocese of Manila into an archdiocese. The church was destroyed by fire in 1768. The construction of present cathedral in Spanish Romanesque Revival style was begun by Bishop Bernardo dela Concepcion OFM in 1808. An earthquake in 1820 damaged the cathedral. It was finished and consecrated under the administration of Monsignor Tomas Ladron de Guevara in 1843. It was damaged by typhoon in October 1856, restored by the Fray Francisco Gainza in 1862-1879. Damaged by earthquake in 1887, repaired by Obras Publicas under the direction of Bishop Arsenio del Campo and Ricardo Ayuso in 1890.
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