Catarman Cathedral, also known as the Our Lady of the Annunciation Cathedral Parish, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Philippine municipality of Catarman,

Northern Samar Northern Samar ( war, Amihanan Samar/Norte san Samar; tl, Hilagang Samar), officially the Province of Northern Samar, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas Regions of the Philippines, regio ...

, in the country's

Eastern Visayas Eastern Visayas ( war, Sinirangan Kabisay-an; ceb, Sidlakang Kabisay-an; tl, Silangang Kabisayaan or ''Silangang Visayas'') is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region VIII. It consists of three main islands, Samar, ...

region. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title

Our Lady of the Annunciation Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christianity, is known by many different titles (Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady, Holy Virgin), epithets (Star of the Sea, Queen of Heaven, Cause of Our Joy), invocations (''Panagia'', Mother of ...

, and has been the cathedral of the

Diocese of Catarman The Roman Catholic Diocese of Catarman (Lat: ''Dioecesis Catarmaniensis'') is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Erected in 1974, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palo and has expe ...

since the diocese's establishment in 1974.

History

The Jesuits ordered the construction of the first church made out of wood and nipa as a ''visita'' of the parish of Palapag, under the patronage of the ''Nuestra Senora de la Anunciacion'' in 1596. The said church was subsequently reconstructed after it was burned in an uprising headed by Agustin Sumuroy in 1649. The Franciscans took over the administration of Catarman in 1768. Fray Vicente Lopez, OFM ordered the construction of the fort as a defense against the frequent raids of Moro pirates. On December 8, 1854, the church was again reconstructed after suffering heavy damage during a typhoon. The parish church of Catarman became the island's newest cathedral when it was canonically dedicated as the seat of the

on March 11, 1975.

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