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The Naga Metropolitan Cathedral (formal name: Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Naga, Camarines Sur, Philippines. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caceres. The first church was established after the creation of the archdiocese as the ''Diocese of Cáceres'' in 1595. The present cathedral was built in 1808, and was completed and consecrated in 1843.〔 The Most Rev Rolando Joven Tria-Tirona O.C.D., D.D. is the present Archbishop of Cáceres, while Rev Noel Badiola was appointed rector in 2011. ==History== The first cathedral built for Naga was founded after the Diocese of Cáceres was established in 1595. It is a suffragan of the Diocese of Manila created by the papal bull of 14 August 1595, which also elevated the Diocese of Manila into an archdiocese. The church was destroyed by fire in 1768.〔 The construction of present cathedral in Spanish Romanesque Revival style was begun by Bishop Bernardo dela Concepción O.F.M. in 1808. An earthquake in 1820 damaged the cathedral. It was finished and consecrated under the administration of Monsignor Tomás Ladrón de Guevara in 1843.〔("Cathedral of Naga" ). National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines. Retrieved on 2014-12-08.〕 It was damaged by typhoon in October 1856, restored by the Fray Francisco Gainza in 1862-1879. Damaged by earthquake in 1887, repaired by Obras Publicas under the direction of Bishop Arsenio del Campo and Ricardo Ayuso in 1890.〔National Historical Institute.''Historical Markers:Regions V-XII''. Manila:National Historical Institute,1994.〕 During the episcopate of Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, the cathedral was restored beginning in April 1987 under the supervision of Jaime M. San Andres, parish priest of the Saint John the Evangelist Parish, Naga City. On February 6, 1988 during the feast of Saint Peter Baptist, titular patron of the Archdiocese of Caceres, this Metropolitan Cathedral was again inaugurated and rededicated by Archbishop Legaspi together with other Bicolano bishops and priests. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Naga Cathedral」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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