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CENTER OF EVANGELIZATION OF MINDANAO
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On November 6, 1896, Fr. Esteban Yepes was appointed the first parish
priest of the parish of Dipolog.
About hundred years after Fr. Esteban Yepes was appointed the first priest of the parish of Dipolog, we have another Esteban who presided
during the Centennial Celebration in the person of Msgr. Esteban C.
Gaudicos, V.G. Accidental this might be, but the Providence made this
possible to have him preserve the Church and restore the Altar to the
original structure.
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The Central Altar of
the Cathedral |
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HISTORICAL TID BIT
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The year was 1893 Rev.Fr.Eusebio Barredo, S.J. planned,
conceived and did was necessary to materialize an idea to put up a new and more commodious "Simbahan" in DIPOLOG because the capilla was to
inade- quate. He organized the 24 cabezas de ba- rangay through the support of Governadorcillo
Don Basilio Tabiliran in gathering first class timber through the "takay" system. Each barangay was supposed
to finish 8 big trozos (logs). In a few months time 192 big and long logs of
molave, guisok, kubi, ipil and other hard wood were filed in the plaza
On March 4, 1894 the first molave post of the projected "Simbahan"
was erected. With the exception of those that needed technical knowledge,
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Most Rev. Felix Zafra
First Bishop of Dipolog |
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In 1932-1939, Rev. Jaime Mir,
S.J. became the Parish Priest. He provided the church with the bigger Harmonium and an automobile. He had purchased books and devices for the boys' and girls' schools.
In May, 1940, Rev. Fr. Nicasio Y. Patangan, the first Filipino diocesan priest of Mindanao and a native of Dipolog, became the Parish priest after Rev.Fr. Jaime
Mir,S.J. With the help of his assistant,
Rev.Fr. Pio Saavedra, the high school department known as St. Vincent's High School started to operate. Father Patangan organized the first group of
cathechists to teach in elementary and secondary public schools.
In 1946,
Rev.Fr. Engracio S. Rivera became the assistant parish priest of Fr. Patangan in lieu of Rev.
Saavedra. And by 1947 the college level was offered with Rev.Fr. Rivera as its first director for both secondary and college levels.
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St. Vincent's High School, now St.
Vincent's College undergoing extensive construction
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Today, as we move on towards the Third Millennium, The Holy Rosary Cathedral of Dipolog is presided by most Rev. Jose R. Manguiran,
D.D. Bishop of Dipolog. Old but not worn-out. Traditional but not antiquated. Young and progressive. That's the church in Dipolog as she continues to mature in the vineyard of the Lord. |
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MOST REV. JOSE R. MANGUIRAN
BISHOP OF DIPOLOG |
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Thanks to God who made for us a world to build a parish and a church in
which to serve and praise HIM. |
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