Saint Paul the First Hermit Cathedral

The Cathedral Parish of Saint Paul the First Hermit, also called the San Pablo Cathedral, is the see of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo positioned in San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines. Its titular is St. Paul the First Hermit and its feast is well known every January 15. Spanish captain Juan de Salcedo first arrived in the upland village of Sampaloc in 1571. The place's call became officially changed to San Pablo de los Montes in 1586, in honor of St. Paul the First Hermit. That equal 12 months, San Pablo have become an impartial parish, and the primary church manufactured from wooden turned into constructed underneath the auspices of Augustinian Father Mateo Mendoza. From 1618 to 1629, a 2nd church become comprised of stone by using Father Hernando Cabrera.

In 1680 Father Juan Labo laid the rules for the modern-day church. This constructing become started in 1714 and completed in 1721 with the aid of Father Francisco Juan de Elorreaga, OSA. The Franciscans later administered the parish of San Pablo on April 4, 1794 with Father Andres Cabrera, OFM as parish priest.