Surigao Cathedral

Roman Catholic church in Surigao del Norte, Philippines

Church in Surigao del Norte, Philippines

Surigao Cathedral

San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral
Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Cathedral Parish

Parokyang Katedral ni San Nicolas de Tolentino (Filipino)

Cathedral facade in 2023

Surigao Cathedral

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Surigao Cathedral

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9°47′23″N 125°29′38″E﻿ / ﻿9.789722°N 125.49375°E﻿ / 9.789722; 125.49375
Location| Surigao City, Surigao del Norte
Country| Philippines
Denomination| Roman Catholic
History
Status| Cathedral
Founded| 1754
Dedication| Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
Consecrated| 1763, 1939, 1988
Architecture
Functional status| Active
Architectural type| Church building
Style| Modern
Administration
Archdiocese| Cagayan de Oro
Diocese| Surigao
Clergy
Bishop(s)| Antonieto Cabajog

San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral, commonly known as Surigao Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located at Surigao City in the Philippines.[1] It is the seat of the Diocese of Surigao.[2]

## History

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The present-day Surigao City traces its beginnings as an independent pueblo in June 1655.[3] Its parish, dedicated to Nicholas of Tolentino, was founded in 1754 by the Augustinian Recollects.[2] The center of the Catholic mission in the area was initially at Siargao island but was transferred to Surigao due to the Moro attacks in the island. To ease the administration of Mindanao, it was divided into six districts, one of which was the District of Surigao. The said district spanned from Caraga Bay to Butuan Bay. Its first capital was Tandag but was transferred to Surigao in 1751.[1][4] The parish of Surigao was administered by the secular priests in the first half of the 19th-century while the century's latter half was divided among the Augustinian Recollects and the Jesuits. After the earlier two orders, the Benedictine fathers took over the area at the time when the Surigao province was formally founded in 1901, with Surigao as the capital town. In 1939, the Diocese of Surigao was canonically erected from the Diocese of Cagayan de Oro's territory, with the Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Parish Church being consecrated as its diocesan seat.[2][5] The bombings during the World War II destroyed the earlier cathedral church, including the adjacent Saint Paul University Surigao buildings, but was later rebuilt in 1988 under the supervision of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.

## References

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1. ^ a b "City of Surigao Comprehensive Land Use Plan (2011-2020)" (PDF). Surigao City Government. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
2. ^ a b c "Cathedral of San Nicolas de Tolentino Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Philippines". GCatholic. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
3. ^ "Brief History of City of Surigao". Surigao City Government. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
4. ^ "Creation of the Province of Surigao del Norte". Surigao del Norte Provincial Government. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
5. ^ "Diocese of Surigao". Claretian Communications. Retrieved December 18, 2021.

## External links

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* Media related to San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral (Surigao) at Wikimedia Commons
* Surigao Cathedral on Facebook

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Diocese of Surigao

Dioecesis Surigensis

Territories|

* Surigao del Norte
* Dinagat Islands

Ordinaries|

* Jan Vrakking
* Charles van den Ouwelant
* Miguel Cinches
* Antonieto Cabajog

Cathedral|

* Saint Nicholas de Tolentino

Parishes|

| Vicariate of
San Nicolas
de Tolentino|

* Saint Nicholas de Tolentino
* Immaculate Conception (Surigao City)
* Virgen Dela Paz Y Buen Viaje (Surigao City)
* San Vicente Ferrer (Surigao City)
* St. John the Baptist (Surigao City)
* St. Francis Xavier (San Francisco, Surigao del Norte)
* San Isidro Labrador (Malimono, Surigao del Norte)
* Our Lady of Fatima Chaplaincy (Surigao City)

|

Vicariate of
St. Augustine|

* Santisima Trinidad Parish (Placer, Surigao del Norte)
* San Pedro Calungsod (Placer, Surigao del Norte)
* Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Bacuag)
* St. Augustine (Gigaquit)
* St. Peter Claver (Claver, Surigao del Norte)

Vicariate of
Sts. Peter
and Paul|

* Sts. Peter and Paul (Sison, Surigao del Norte)
* Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Tagana-an)
* Sts. Peter And Paul (Tubod, Surigao del Norte)
* San Nicolas De Tolentino (Mainit)
* Immaculate Heart of Mary Chaplaincy (Mainit)
* San Isidro Labrador (Alegria, Surigao del Norte)

Vicariate of
Our Lady
of Mt. Carmel|

* Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte)
* San Benito (San Benito, Surigao del Norte)
* Sta. Monica (Sta. Monica, Surigao del Norte)
* Sta. Ana (Burgos, Surigao del Norte)
* Our Lady of the Pillar (Pilar, Surigao del Norte)
* San Isidro (San Isidro, Surigao del Norte)
* Sto. Tomas De Villanueva (Gen. Luna, Surigao del Norte)
* Sto. Niño (Dapa, Surigao del Norte)
* Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Socorro, Surigao del Norte)

Vicariate of
Immaculate
Conception|

* Immaculate Conception (Dinagat, Dinagat Islands)
* Sts. Peter and Paul (Cagdianao)
* San Antonio de Padua (Libjo)
* San Isidro Labrador (Loreto, Dinagat Islands)
* San Vicente Ferrer (Tubajon)
* San Vicente Ferrer (Basilisa)

* Ecclesiastical Province of Cagayan de Oro
* Catholicism portal
* Philippines portal

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