National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Cathedral of Vigan

NHCP Photo Collection, 2008

Location: Vigan, Ilocos Sur (Region I)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1949

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

CATHEDRAL OF VIGAN

BUILT IN 1641, THIS CHURCH BECAME A CATHEDRAL WHEN THE SEAT OF THE DIOCESE OF NUEVA SEGOVIA WAS TRANSFERRED FROM LAL-LOC, CAGAYAN, TO VIGAN, 1758. OCCUPIED BY THE REVOLUTIONISTS UNDER COL. JUAN VILLAMOR,1896, AND BY THE AMERICAN FORCES UNDER LT. COL. JAMES PARKER, 1899. A CHAPEL OF WOOD AND THATCH ERECTED ON THIS SITE, 1574, BY ORDER OF JUAN DE SALCEDO, THE CONQUISTADOR AND FOUNDER OF VILLA FERNANDINA, AFTER WHICH VIGAN WAS FIRST CALLED, WAS DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKE IN 1619 AND 1627 AND BY FIRE IN 1739.

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LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

Cathedral of Vigan

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