The Most Holy Trinity Cathedral Parish ( es, Catedral Parroquial de la Santísima Trinidad), also called Talibon Cathedral, is a

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of the

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located at

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Poblacion ''Poblacion'' (literally "town" or "settlement" in Spanish; ) is the common term used for the administrative center, central, downtown, old town or central business district area of a Philippine city or municipality, which may take up the ...

Talibon Talibon, officially the Municipality of Talibon ( ceb, Lungsod sa Talibon; tgl, Bayan ng Talibon), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 71,272 people. It is lo ...

, in the

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province of

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. The

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follows the Roman or Latin rite and functions as the headquarters of

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(''Dioecesis Talibonensis'') that was created on January 9, 1986 during the

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. It is under the pastoral responsibility of the

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Daniel Patrick Y. Parcon since 2014.

History

On the night of May 1, 1521 in present-day Cebu, the remaining Spaniards after the

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four days earlier, fell into an attack organized by the locals. The lay missionaries aboard ''

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'' left the ship as it is continuously attacked, and paddled to the Talibon-

Jetafe Getafe, officially the Municipality of Getafe ( ceb, Munisipyo sa Getafe; tgl, Bayan ng Getafe) and also spelled as Jetafe, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of ...

area for safety. They married local people in the area and subsequently introduced them to Christianity. Talibon then was dedicated to the Most Holy Trinity (Santissima Trinidad), the namesake of their ship. In 1596, members of the

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arrived in Bohol to put up parish missions in the island and noticed that lay missions were already active in the area, particularly in Talibon where Magellan's men took refuge in 1521. The Jesuit mission founded the

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of Talibon in 1722. Construction of the stone church was spearheaded by the

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in 1852 under the administration of Lorenzo Mayor. The cathedral's bell tower was added under the helm of Jose Sanchez, who served the area from 1868-1875, and the entire edifice was fully-finished in 1899. The church of Talibon became a cathedral when the

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was founded in 1986 and is considered as the cradle of Christianity in the province.

References

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