The Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral (

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: ''Catedral Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción'', fil, Kalakhang Katedral ng Kalinis-linisang Paglilihi) commonly called the Roxas Cathedral ( hil, Katedral sang Roxas), is a

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in the city of

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, in central

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. It is the seat of the

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. The parish church was elevated into a cathedral. following the creation of the Diocese of Capiz on January 27, 1951. However, the diocese retained the old name of ''Capiz'' as it predates the change of the city name to ''Roxas'' on April 11, 1951.

History

La Inmaculada de Soult, 1678, Bartolomé E

The church and

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of Roxas City (then named as Municipality of Capiz) is one of the oldest in

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, having been founded by

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missionaries in 1707. The cathedral, as it was in its first inception, is in the historic center of Roxas City and fronts the city

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, opposite the

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and the Capiz Bridge. The current structure was built in 1827. In 1898, it was within the diocese of Jaro, being run by

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s. Loctugan and

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were Capiz's ''visitas''. From 1918 to 1920,

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, (who became Bishop of Cebu in 1932 and

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in 1949) served as its parish priest. The cathedral had undergone restoration and reconstruction works in 1954. In the November 28, 2020 consistory, Archbishop Jose Fuerte Advincula became the first archbishop of Capiz to be created as a cardinal but received his red biretta and ring from Archbishop

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, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, only on June 18, 2021, at the cathedral. Before this, he was named the 33rd Archbishop of Manila on March 15, 2021.

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History

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