The Manila Cathedral

Presentation of Group II
Manila Cathedral

The Minor Basilica and

Metropolitan Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception or
commonly known as Manila
Cathedral was destroyed during
World War II and was renovated
at the year 1958(62 years old)
Manila Cathedral

The cathedral is
located at Cabildo
St, Intramuros,
Manila.
 Importance

• The Manila Cathedral is considered the Mother

Church in the Philippines since it is the only minor
basilica to be decreed by the late Pope John Paul
2nd after he visited the country in April 1981. It
also serves as the seat of the nation's highest
prelate.
 Importance

• It is dedicated to the Immaculate

Conception, a title for the Blessed Virgin
Mary, the principal patroness of the country.
The cathedral serves as the episcopal see of
the Archbishop of Manila.
 History
• The cathedral was originally the "church of Manila"
officially established in 1571 by a secular priest, Fray Juan
de Vivero, who arrived in Manila Bay in 1566. De Vivero,
the chaplain on the galleon of San Gerónimo, was sent by
the Archbishop of Mexico, Alonso de Montúfar, to
establish Christianity as the spiritual and religious
administration in newly colonized Philippines. De Vivero
later became the vicar-general and the first ecclesiastical
judge of the city of Manila.
 Influence to the Culture

• The year was 1521, as Ferdinand Magellan set foot in the

Philippines, it marked the arrival of Catholicism in the
Philippines. The Spanish colonization paved way for the
spread of Christianity and the era of western church
architecture in the Philippines. During the three centuries of
colonization it produced grandly design churches; one of
these is the Manila Cathedral.
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