Laoag Cathedral

Laoag Cathedral, canonically called Saint William’s Cathedral is a church in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. The modern church was constructed in 1612 by using Augustinian friars to replace a wooden chapel. It also serves as the seat or valuable church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Laoag. The first church of Laoag become fabricated from wooden and thatch when the Augustinians set up the parish in 1580.

The foundations of the present day church become laid on 1612. It became damaged via hearth in 1843 and become restored from 1873 to 1880 by the Obras Publicas underneath Engineer Antonio de la Camara and Father Santiago Muniz. The church was occupied by using the revolutionists in 1898, and by the American forces in 1899. The ownership of the church become contested with the aid of the Aglipayans from the Roman Catholic from which the Catholic church gained possession. The church facade became renovated by using including lime plaster in 1936. It have become a cathedral while the Diocese of Laoag became created in 1961. The church was once more renovated from 1971 to 1972. It changed into slightly damaged with the aid of an earthquake in 1983.