Intramuros Grand Marian Procession (First Sunday in December)
Patronal Feast (December 8)
33rd International Eucharistic Congress (February 1937)
Papal Masses of Pope Paul VI (November 27, 1970), Pope John Paul II (February 17, 1981), and Pope Francis (January 16, 2015)
Past bishop(s)
Rufino Santos
Jaime Sin
Gaudencio Rosales
Luis Antonio Tagle
Associated people
Miguel López de Legazpi
Architecture
Functional status
Active
Heritage designation
Important Cultural Property
Designated
2018
Previous cathedrals
7
Architect(s)
Fernando Ocampo
Architectural type
Cathedral
Style
Neo-Romanesque
Years built
1581 (dst. 1583)
1592 (dst. 1600)
1614 (dst. 1645)
1654–1662 (demo. 1751)
1760 (dst. 1852)
1854–1858 (dst. 1863)
1873–1879 (dst. 1945)
1954–1958
Groundbreaking
December 8, 1954; 69 years ago (1954-12-08)
Completed
December 8, 1958; 65 years ago (1958-12-08)
Construction cost
₱120 million (renovation)[8]
Specifications
Capacity
2,000[9]
Length
84.4 m (277 ft)[10]
Width
31.4 m (103 ft)[10]
Nave width
11.9 m (39 ft)[10]
Width across transepts
48.9 m (160 ft)[10]
Other dimensions
Façade facing northwest
Number of floors
2
Floor area
3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft)[2]
Number of domes
1
Number of towers
1
Tower height
55 meters (180 ft)[11]
Materials
Adobe and cement
Bells
23[12]
Administration
Province
Manila
Metropolis
Manila
Archdiocese
Manila
Deanery
Nuestra Señora de Guia[13]
Clergy
Archbishop
Cardinal Jose Advincula
Rector
Rolando Ramos Dela Cruz
Vicar(s)
Vicente Gabriel San Jose Bautista
Chancellor
Isidro T. Marinay[14]
Laity
Organist(s)
Alejandro D. Consolacion II
Organ scholar
Raphael Martin Yu Andaya
The Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception,[b] commonly and popularly known as the Manila Cathedral,[c] is a Catholic minor basilica and the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila. It is located in Intramuros, the historic walled city in Manila, Philippines, and is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the principal patroness of the country.
The cathedral was originally constructed in 1571 as a parish church under the Archdiocese of Mexico until it became a separate diocese on February 6, 1579, upon the issuance of the papal bull Illius Fulti Præsido by Pope Gregory XIII.[15] Since the original cathedral structure was built in 1581, the cathedral has been damaged and destroyed by several earthquakes and the Second World War; the eighth and current cathedral building was completed in 1958.[2]
The basilica has merited a papal endorsement from Pope Gregory XIII, and three apostolic visits from Popes Paul VI, John Paul II and Francis. On April 27, 1981, Pope John Paul II raised the shrine to the status of Minor Basilica through his motu proprio Quod Ipsum.[16]
Its current rector is the Reverend Monsignor Rolando Ramos Dela Cruz, who was appointed on October 13, 2022,[17] and installed on April 14, 2023.[18]
^"Ut clarificetur, Litterae Apostlicae, Titulus ac privilegia Basilicae Minoris ecclesiae Sanctissimo Nomini Iesu Caebuae dicatae conferuntur, d. 1 m. Aprilis a. 1965, Paulus PP. VI". Archived from the original on March 2, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
^Leonen, Julius N. (June 27, 2018). "Relics of canonized popes to go on display at Manila Cathedral". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
^Santos, Tina G. (June 17, 2019). "Manila Cathedral to display St. Paul VI relic". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
^Patinio, Ferdinand (December 18, 2017). "Manila Cathedral receives vial of St. John Paul II's blood". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
^Patinio, Ferdinand (October 20, 2022). "Cathedral opens St. John Paul II's blood relic for veneration". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
^Aquino, Leslie Ann (September 13, 2022). "Relic of 'True Cross' to be exposed at Manila Cathedral". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
^Uy, Jocelyn R. (April 10, 2014). "Tagle: We are all home, in the house of our God". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
^Francisco, Katerina (December 2, 2014). "Only 2,000 attendees for Pope Francis' Manila Cathedral Mass". Rappler. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
^ abcdMeasured using Google Earth.
^Reyes, Maria Bernardita M. (2017). "TECHNICAL ASPECT OF ADOBE STONE RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC MANILA CATHEDRAL". Retrieved April 4, 2023.
^"Simple Blessing of 23 Complete Carillon Bells". Manila Cathedral. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
^"Vicariate of Nuestra Senora de Guia". Archdiocese of Manila. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
^Aquino, Leslie Ann (November 5, 2021). "New chancellor and vice-chancellor for the Archdiocese of Manila named". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
^"The First Cathedral 1581 - 1583". Manila Cathedral. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
^"Quod Ipsum" (in Latin). April 27, 1981.
^Patinio, Ferdinand (October 13, 2022). "Manila Cathedral gets new rector". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
^Calucin, Diann Ivy C. (April 14, 2023). "Manila Cathedral welcomes new rector". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
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