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Lucena (other)
Lucena ( ), officially the City of Lucena ( fil, Lungsod ng Lucena), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Calabarzon region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 278,924 people. It is the largest city and capital of Quezon, Quezon Province wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but in terms of government and administration, the city is politically independent from that province. It is one of the proposed metropolitan area in the Philippines. Metro Lucena is proposed to included the highly urbanized city of Lucena, as well as the towns of Candelaria, Quezon, Candelaria, Dolores, Quezon, Dolores, Lucban, Quezon, Lucban, Pagbilao, Sampaloc, Quezon, Sampaloc, San Antonio, Quezon, San Antonio, Sariaya, Tayabas, Quezon, Tayabas and Tiaong, Quezon, Tiaong. History Early history In the 1570s, Captain Juan de Salcedo first explor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucena Cathedral
Lucena Cathedral ( fil, Katedral ng Lucena), canonically the Saint Ferdinand Cathedral Parish ( fil, Parokyang Katedral ni San Fernando), is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Lucena, Quezon, Philippines. The seat of the Bishop of Lucena, it is dedicated to Saint Ferdinand III of Castile, a 13th century monarch who reigned in parts of modern-day Spain. The cathedral is situated at Barangay 5 (Poblacion), in the city proper of Lucena. History The parish of Saint Ferdinand in Lucena traces its roots to its first parish priest, Franciscan friar Fray Mariano Granja, when he himself made a proposal to establish a separate town and parish from Tayabas, where he was serving as parish priest before being transferred to Lucena. The proposal was sought by the principalias from the barrios of Cotta, Iyam Silangan, Ilayang Dupay, Ibabang Dupay, Gulang-gulang and other smaller barrios. On March 1, 1881, the decree establishing the parish of Lucena was released by Casimiro Herrero Pé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |