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

NHCP Photo Collection, 2017

Location: Lipa City (Region IV-A)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II: Historical marker

Marker date: 1939

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:

CATHEDRAL OF LIPA

THE PARISH OF LIPA WAS ADMINISTERED BY THE AUGUSTINIANS FROM 1605 TO THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY LIPA, WHICH WAS LOCATED FORMERLY ON THE SHORE OF BOMBON LAKE, WAS DESTROYED BY THE ERUPTION OF TAAL VOLCANO IN 1754 BUT WAS RECONSTRUCTED ON THE PRESENT SITE. THIS CHURCH WAS BUILT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE REV. BENITO VARAS,O.S.A., PARISH PRIEST FROM 1685 TO 1894. THE DIOCESE OF LIPA WAS CREATED BY POPE X ON APRIL 10,1910. THE AUGUSTINIANS ENCOURAGE THE EXTENSIVE CULTIVATION OF CACAO AND COFFEE.

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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 Lipa

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