Paco Catholic School
| Paaralang Katoliko ng Paco | |
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| Motto |
Noblesse Oblige "Nobility Obligates" |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | November 8, 1912 |
| Chairman | Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle |
| Students | approx. 5,000 |
| Address |
1521 Paz St. Paco, 1007 Manila, Philippines, Paco, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines 14°34′45″N 120°59′39″E / 14.57917°N 120.99417°ECoordinates: 14°34′45″N 120°59′39″E / 14.57917°N 120.99417°E |
| Campus | 4 hectares (9.9 acres) |
| Colors | Royal Blue and White |
| Nickname | Paconian |
| Affiliations | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila, PAASCU, MAPSA, CEAP, RCAMES |
| Website | www.pacocatholicschool.edu.ph |
Paco Catholic School is a co-institutional private school. The school is located in the district of Paco in the City of Manila, Philippines. Paco Catholic school started in 1912 as an informal class for a handful of young boys inside the chapel in the Peñafrancia section of the district by Rev. Fr. Raymond Esquenet, CICM. It is the largest parochial school in the Philippines and now serving approximately 2,999 students.
It actively participates, and sometimes host, many inter-school competitions. Students from the grade school department were the grand champion in the Junior Pinoy Henyo.
As early as 1580, the early Franciscan missionaries founded the town of Dilao (now known as Paco), located on the left side of the Pasig River, bounded by Pandacan on the North, Sta. Ana on the East Southeast, Malate on the South and Ermita on the West. Ten years later, Parroquia de Dilao was established with Rev. Fray Juan de Garrobillas as its first parish priest.
In 1762 the parish was relocated near the Pasig River and years later, the Franciscan Superior Governor incorporated the two smaller towns of Santiago and Peña de Francia (Peñafrancia) with the existing parish. The expanded parish was then transferred where the present Peñafrancia church now stands. Finally, the Franciscan Superior Governor ordered that the new town be called San Fernando De Dilao.
Fr. Fray Fernando de la Concepcion Perdigon who was appointed parish priest in 1809 then started the construction of a concrete church which was completed in 1814.
After the Spanish Franciscans left in 1900 the Archdiocese of Manila entrusted the parish to the Belgian Scheut Missionaries popularly known as the CICM (Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae) otherwise known as the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary that managed the parish from 1908 to 1984.
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