Kalookan Cathedral
| Caloocan Cathedral | |
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| San Roque Cathedral-Parish | |
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| 14°39′1″N 120°58′22″E / 14.65028°N 120.97278°ECoordinates: 14°39′1″N 120°58′22″E / 14.65028°N 120.97278°E | |
| Location | A. Mabini St., Poblacion, Caloocan |
| Country | Philippines |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Website | http://www.sanroquecathedral.com/ |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | San Roque Parish |
| Founded | 1815 |
| Dedication | San Roque, also known as Saint Roch |
| Consecrated | 2003 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | San Roque Parish |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Manila |
| Diocese | Diocese of Caloocan |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Most Rev. Pablo Virgilio S. David, D.D. (Bishop-Elected) |
| Pastor(s) | Fr. Rafael Gaudioso A. Sustento (Parish Priest and Rector) |
Caloocan Cathedral, known canonically as San Roque Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalookan, located near the intersection of 10th Avenue and A. Mabini Street in South Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines. Its present Parish Priest and Rector is Rev. Fr. Rafael Gaudioso A. Sustento.
The parish started as a small visita (chapel-of-ease) initiated by Manuel Vaquero, assistant priest of Tondo, Manila, who with the cooperation of the people also built a place of worship in one of the districts of Caloocan called Libis Aromahan (Sitio de Espinas) in 1765. The priest gave this community two statues: San Roque and the Nuestra Señora dela Nieva (Our Lady of Snow). The church was erected a parish on April 8, 1815, by the Archbishop of Manila Juan Antonio de Zulaibar, O.P. with Fray Manuel de San Miguel, OAR as the first parish priest. Its formal erection as an independent parish also marked the transfer of the church to its present site. This site was called Paltok, an elevated district in the town of Caloocan. Construction began on a bigger church in 1819 under Fray Vicente de San Francisco Xavier, OAR and was finished in 1847 under Fray Cipriano Garcia, OAR.
In 1889 San Roque ceased as a parish as it did not meet requirements posted by the archbishop. The church could not raise the proper tributos y numero de las almas (tributes and alms) prescribed by the archbishop. Jose Aranguren, OAR, revived San Roque into a parish upon his appointment as Archbishop in 1892.
During the Philippine revolution against the Spaniards and later, against the Americans, San Roque Church played a part as the meeting place of the Katipuneros coming from the west coast of Manila going to Balintawak. On February 10, 1899, the church was partly destroyed by US forces during the Philippine-American War when General Antonio Luna sought refuge at the church. After the capture of the place, the Americans used the whole area as a field hospital. In 1900, General Arthur MacArthur invaded Caloocan and the church of San Roque was made caballeriza by the regiment of Col. Frederick Funston.
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