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.