| Talibon Cathedral | |
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| Most Holy Trinity Cathedral Parish | |
Catedral Parroquial de la Santísima Trinidad (Spanish) | |
 Talibon Cathedral in 2012 | |
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| 10°09′04″N124°19′35″E / 10.151174°N 124.326305°E /10.151174; 124.326305 | |
| Location | Talibon,Bohol |
| Country | Philippines |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Status | Cathedral |
| Founded | 1722 |
| Dedication | Holy Trinity |
| Consecrated | 1722, 1899 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Church building |
| Style | Baroque |
| Groundbreaking | 1852 |
| Completed | 1899 |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Cebu |
| Diocese | Talibon |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Daniel Patrick Y. Parcon |
TheMost Holy Trinity Cathedral Parish (Spanish:Catedral Parroquial de la Santísima Trinidad), commonly known asTalibon Cathedral, is aRoman Catholiccathedral located atBarangayPoblacion,Talibon, in theCentral Visayas province ofBohol,Philippines.[1]
The cathedral follows theRoman or Latin rite and functions as the seat of theDiocese of Talibon (Dioecesis Talibonensis) that was created on January 9, 1986, during thepapacy ofPope John Paul II.[2] It is under the pastoral responsibility of theBishop Daniel Patrick Y. Parcon since 2014.[1]
On the night of May 1, 1521, in present-day Cebu, the remaining Spaniards after theBattle of Mactan four days earlier, fell into an attack organized by the locals. The lay missionaries aboardTrinidad left the ship as it is continuously attacked, and paddled to the Talibon-Jetafe area for safety. They married local people in the area and subsequently introduced them to Christianity. Talibon then was dedicated to the Most Holy Trinity (Santissima Trinidad), the namesake of their ship. In 1596, members of theSociety of Jesus arrived in Bohol to put up parish missions in the island and noticed that lay missions were already active in the area, particularly in Talibon whereMagellan's men took refuge in 1521.[3][4][5][6]
The Jesuit mission founded theparish of Talibon in 1722. Construction of the stone church was spearheaded by theRecollects in 1852 under the administration of Lorenzo Mayor.[7] The cathedral'sbell tower was added under the helm of Jose Sanchez, who served the area from 1868-1875, and the entire edifice was fully-finished in 1899.[8] The church of Talibon became a cathedral when thediocese was founded in 1986[2] and is considered as the cradle of Christianity in the province.[8]
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