The Co-Cathedral Parish of the Epiphany of Our Lord, commonly known as Lingayen Church and formerly Los Tres Reyes or Three Kings Parish, is a historic Catholic church and

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...

in Lingayen, Pangasinan in the

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. The church is one of the oldest in the region, founded in 1587 in the same year Saint Dominic Basilica in

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was also founded. It is famous for its architecture, including a dome designed by Father Miguel Aparicio and its bell tower.

History

The Lingayen Church was founded by Spanish Augustinian missionaries in 1614. The Dominicans ran the church from 1740 until replaced by Filipino priests after the U.S. drove out the Spanish in 1898. In 1928 the church was elevated to cathedral. Along with its co-cathedral, Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, it is the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Province of Pangasinan, Philippines. Its cathedral is the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Dagupan City with a co-ca ...

. In 1933, the Columbans began supporting the development of the cathedral and the parish. The parish was consecrated in 1587 and established in 1616. On May 19, 1928, it became the Diocese of Lingayen. In 1941 during

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the Japanese fascist empire invaded the Philippines. During the war the bishop’s palace was ruined, and the parish was partially destroyed. The bishop’s residence was transferred from Lingayen to

Dagupan Dagupan, officially the City of Dagupan ( pag, Siyudad na Dagupan, ilo, Siudad ti Dagupan, fil, Lungsod ng Dagupan), is a 2nd class independent component city in the Ilocos Region, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...

. The Diocese of Lingayen was reconstituted into the

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on February 16, 1963, encompassing the whole civil province of Pangasinan, and its seat was transferred from Lingayen to Dagupan.

Gallery

File:Epiphany of Our Lord Co-Cathedral Lingayen inside top (Avenida Rizal, Lingayen, Pangasinan; 12-05-2022).jpg,

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, and

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File:Lingayen Co-Cathedral 01.jpg,

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and choir loft File:Lingayen Co-Cathedral 03.jpg, Belltower File:Lingayen Co-Cathedral 04.jpg, Old church bells File:Lingayen Co-Cathedral 05.jpg, One of the oldest church bells

References

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* * {{Roman Catholic churches in Pangasinan Roman Catholic cathedrals in the Philippines Roman Catholic churches in Pangasinan Roman Catholic churches completed in 1587 16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the Philippines Churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan