Vigan Cathedral

Vigan Cathedral, canonically known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. It serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia. It is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site announcement for the Historic Town of Vigan in 1999. When Juan de Salcedo got here to Vigan, he renamed the city to Villa Fernandina in honor of the young son of King Philip II.

Upon the orders of Salcedo in 1574, the primary temporary church of Vigan turned into constructed out of wood and thatch. With Salcedo is Augustinian priest Alonso de Alvarado who first attempted to Christianize the Ilocos area. The need to assemble a everlasting church and convent in Vigan changed into determined with the aid of the Augustinian Chapter on April 30, 1575. It have become the primary parish in Northern Luzon. The plans to assemble the church failed considering that in 1577, the Augustinians vacated Ilocos. The Franciscans then got here to Ilocos with Father Sebastian de Baesa as priest of Vigan. In 1591, the supervision become transferred to the secular clergy.