St. Joseph Cathedral (San Jose, Occidental Mindoro)

St. Joseph Cathedral
Saint Joseph the Worker Cathedral
12°21′14″N 121°4′7″E / 12.35389°N 121.06861°E / 12.35389; 121.06861Coordinates: 12°21′14″N 121°4′7″E / 12.35389°N 121.06861°E / 12.35389; 121.06861
Location San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
Country Philippines
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
Dedication Saint Joseph
Architecture
Status Cathedral
Functional status Active
Completed 1962
Administration
Parish Parish of San Jose-Pandurucan, Occidental Mindoro[1]
Subdivision Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro
Clergy
Vicar(s) Bishop Antonio Pepito Palang (2002-)

The Saint Joseph the Worker Cathedral commonly known as the Saint Joseph Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines.[2]

History

Ecclesiastically, Mindoro island was under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Manila until the creation of the Diocese of Lipa in 1910 when Mindoro was transferred under Lipa. The then Mindoro province was made into an apostolic prefecture in 1936 with Bishop William Finneman, SVD as head of the prefecture. Mindoro was still under Lipa. In 1951, following the split of Mindoro province into Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro, the prefecture was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan.[3]

The current church building was constructed under the administration of Parish Priest George Koschinski, SVD. Prior to the church building constructed under Koschinski, the chapel of San Jose used a quonset hut which was used by the Allied Forces during the World War II. The replacement church structure was built by both German and Filipino Catholics and was blessed by Apostolic Vicariate of Mindoro, Bishop William Duschak, SVD, DD on September 30, 1962.[4]

John Paul II created the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose de Mindoro which composes the whole province of Occidental Mindoro on January 27, 1983. Vicente C. Manuel, SVD was appointed as first Apostolic Vicar. Manuel was ordained as a bishop on June 29, 1983. Within the same year the church was converted into a cathedral. Antonio P. Palang, SVD was appointed as second Apostolic Vicar on May 31, 2002.[3][4]

Patrons

Saint Joseph is the primary and titular patron of the St. Joseph Cathedral whose feast day is on May 1. Our Lady of Fatima is the secondary patroness of the church whose feast day is on May 13.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose, Mindoro - Parishes and Parochial Clergy". CBCP Online. Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Apostolic Vicariates of San Jose Occidental Mindoro". UCAN Directory. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 Candelario, Rudy. "History of San Jose". Occidental Mindoro History & Culture. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
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