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

NHCP Photo Collection, 2007

NHCP Photo Collection, 2015

Location: Naga City, Camarines Sur (Region V)

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 NAGA

ERECTED OF PADI-AN WHEN THE DIOCESE OF NUEVA CACERES WAS CREATED BY A PAPAL BULL OF 14 AUGUST 1595. DESTROYED BY FIRE, 1768. CONSTRUCTION OF PRESENT CATHEDRAL IN SPANISH-ROMANESQUE STYLE BEGAN BY BISHOP BERNARDO DE LA CONCEPCION, 1808. FINISHED AND BLESSED BY MONS. TOMAS LADRON DE GUEVARA, 1843. DAMAGED BY TYPHOON, OCTOBER, 1856; RESTORED BY THE VERY REVEREND FRAY FRANCISCO GAINZA, 1862-1879. DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKE, 1887; REPAIRED BY OBRAS PUBLICAS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BISHOP ARSENIO CAMPO AND ENGINEER RICARDO AYUS0,1890.

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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 Naga

National Historical Landmark

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