San Sebastian Cathedral | |
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Metropolitan Cathedral of San Sebastian | |
Lipa Cathedral | |
Location in Luzon | |
13°56′27″N 121°09′48″E / 13.940951°N 121.163254°E | |
Location | Lipa, Batangas |
Country | Philippines |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Former name(s) | Convento de San Sebastian de Comintang |
Authorising papal bull | April 10, 1910 |
Status | Cathedral |
Founded | April 30, 1605 |
Founder(s) | Augustinians |
Dedication | Saint Sebastian |
Past bishop(s) |
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Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Cathedral |
Style | Neo-Renaissance |
Years built |
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Completed | December 14, 1957 |
Specifications | |
Number of domes | 1 |
Number of towers | 1 |
Administration | |
Province | Lipa |
Metropolis | Lipa |
Archdiocese | Lipa |
Deanery | Saint Sebastian[1] |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Gilbert Armea Garcera |
Rector | Ruben Dimaculangan |
Assistant priest(s) | Raeson Limbo Ricardo Adan Mar Andreen Castillo Clarence Patag Jake Coronel |
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Sebastian, commonly known as Lipa Cathedral, is a Neo-Renaissance cathedral in Lipa, Batangas, Philippines. The cathedral serves as the seat of the Archdiocese of Lipa. The cathedral was chosen as the seat of the then Diocese of the Lipa in 1910. Detached from the Archdiocese of Manila and canonically erected by Pope Pius X, it comprised what are today the provinces of Batangas, Quezon, Aurora, Laguna, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, and part of the Camarines area.[2]