Catarman Cathedral, also known as the Our Lady of the Annunciation Cathedral Parish, is a
Roman Catholic
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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cathedral
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in the
Philippine
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municipality of
Catarman,
Northern Samar
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, in the country's
Eastern Visayas
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region. It is dedicated to the
Virgin Mary
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under the title
Our Lady of the Annunciation, and has been the cathedral of the
Diocese of Catarman since the diocese's establishment in 1974.
History
The
Jesuits
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ordered the construction of the first church made out of
wood
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and nipa as a ''visita'' of the
parish
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of
Palapag
Palapag, officially the Municipality of Palapag ( war, Bungto han Palapag; tl, Bayan ng Palapag), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,034 people.
It i ...
, under the patronage of the ''Nuestra Senora de la Anunciacion'' in 1596. The said church was subsequently reconstructed after it was burned in an uprising headed by
Agustin Sumuroy in 1649. The
Franciscan
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s took over the administration of Catarman in 1768.
Fray Vicente Lopez, OFM ordered the construction of the
fort
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as a defense against the frequent raids of Moro pirates. On December 8, 1854, the church was again reconstructed after suffering heavy damage during a
typhoon
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. The parish church of Catarman became the island's newest cathedral when it was canonically dedicated as the seat of the
Diocese of Catarman on March 11, 1975.
References
External links
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Roman Catholic churches in Northern Samar
Marked Historical Structures of the Philippines
Roman Catholic cathedrals in the Philippines
18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the Philippines
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the Philippines
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the Philippines
Catarman, Northern Samar
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