Malolos Cathedral
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| Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception in Malolos Basílica Menor de Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción en Malolos |
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 Malolos Cathedral
Location in the Philippines
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| 14°50′32″N 120°48′42″E / 14.84233°N 120.811589°ECoordinates: 14°50′32″N 120°48′42″E / 14.84233°N 120.811589°E | |
| Location | Malolos, Bulacan, |
| Country |
 Philippines
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Malolos Church and Convent |
| Founded | 11 June 1580 |
| Founder(s) | Fray Matheo de Mendoza OSA |
| Consecrated | 1817 |
| Past bishop(s) | Archbishop Rolando J. Tria Tirona OCD.DD |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Minor basilica |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Palacio Presidential |
| Designated | 1951 |
| Architect(s) | Roque Barrionuevo 1591,Don Luciano Oliver 1870 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Neoclassical |
| Groundbreaking | 1580-1591 |
| Completed | 1673,1754,1817 |
| Demolished | 1814 convent,1903 convent |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Number of domes | 1 |
| Materials | Stone |
| Bells | 12 (8) |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Malolos |
| Province | Manila |
| District | Central District |
| Division | Western |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Luis Antonio Tagle |
| Bishop(s) | Most Rev. Jose Francisco Oliveros, D.D. |
| Rector | Rev.Fr. Domingo Salonga |
| Chancellor | Msgr.Pablo S.Legaspi Jr. |
| Priest(s) | Rev. Fr. Joseph Fidel Roura; Rev. Fr. Christopher Rivera |
The Malolos Cathedral, also known as the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception (Spanish: Basilica Menor de la Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción), is a historical church in the Philippines located in City of Malolos, the capital of the province of Bulacan. The Cathedral is also the ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Malolos, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila.
Due to the defeat of the Hagonoy and Macabebe natives headed by Bambalito against Spanish conqueror Martin de Goiti and Juan Salcedo at the Battle of Bangkusay in June 3,1571.The Spaniards pacified the northern villages of Manila.They arrived at the river banks of Malolos River in November 14, 1571 and conceded the unnamed eight villages into Encomienda of Malolos under Don Marcos de Herrera.In April 5,1572 Legazpi aggretates the villages of Calumpit,Malolos,Bangkal (also in Malolos) Magong (now Paombong) were unified under a single Encomienda vis-a-vis Pueblo under the name of "Calumpit" administered jointly by Don Marcos de Herrera and Sargento Mayor Juan Moron
Also in April 1572 the Augustinian Friars arrived at the bank of Meyto River headed by Fray Diego de Herrera but he was dispatched in Spain. In May 3, 1572 upon the election of the new Prior Provincial of the Augustinians Fray Martin de Rada overtake the administration of Convento de Calumpit with Fray Diego Ordoñez de Vivar as his parochial vicar, a native of Guadalajara, Mexico established and accepted Calumpit as a where he Christianized and baptized the village of Meyto,Meysulao,Pandocot, and Calumpit.Vivar expanded the ecclesiastical missions to the villages of Malolos and Hagonoy. It is simplified to say that also on this period Malolos was annexed as one of the visitas and mission (sub-parishes) of the Calumpit in Bulacan Eight years later in June 11, 1580, Malolos Church was recognized as a separate town and parish having three visitas namely Paombong,Matimbo and Mambog with Fray Matheo de Mendoza OSA as its first Curate (Conquistas delas Islas Philipinas of Fr.Gaspar de San Agustin) while Binto 'y Quingua on the other hand according to Galende's Angeles in Stone, included later as its visita in May 21, 1599 but an earlier date appear according to a document on Report to the King of Spain made by Governor General Luis Perez Dasmariñas in June 1591 it appears Binto as visita under the instruction of the Malolos Convent. In January 3, 1582 the Augustinian council fathers authorized the provincial to grant the town of Malolos to have its voting power to the provincial chapters. The Catalogo of 1591 indicates Malolos had one convent with three thousand six hundred (3,600) souls. In 1599, San Agustin Monastery in Intramuros asked Malolos prior, Fray Roque de Barrionuevo to contribute an annual rent of fifteen pesos,twenty bushels of rice and sixty chickens.
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