Lipa Cathedral

San Sebastian Cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral of San Sebastian
Lipa Cathedral
Kalakhang Katedral ni San Sebastian (Filipino) Catedral Metropolitana de San Sebastián (Spanish)
The cathedral in March 2024
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13°56′27″N 121°09′48″E / 13.940951°N 121.163254°E / 13.940951; 121.163254
Location	Lipa, Batangas
Country	Philippines
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Former name(s)	Convento de San Sebastian de Comintang
Authorising papal bull	April 10, 1910; 114 years ago (1910-04-10)
Status	Cathedral
Founded	April 30, 1605; 419 years ago (1605-04-30)
Founder(s)	Augustinians
Dedication	Saint Sebastian
Past bishop(s)	Alejandro Olalia Ricardo Vidal Mariano Gaviola Gaudencio Rosales Ramon Arguelles
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Cathedral
Style	Neo-Renaissance
Years built	c. 1605 (dst. 1754) 1779–1790, 1865, 1894 (dst. 1944) c. 1950s
Completed	December 14, 1957; 66 years ago (1957-12-14)
Specifications
Number of domes	1
Number of towers	1
Administration
Province	Lipa
Metropolis	Lipa
Archdiocese	Lipa
Deanery	Saint Sebastian[1]
Clergy
Archbishop	Gilbert Armea Garcera
Rector	Ruben Dimaculangan
Assistant priest(s)	Raeson Limbo Ricardo Adan Mar Andreen Castillo Clarence Patag Jake Coronel

The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Sebastian, commonly known as the Lipa Cathedral, is a Neo-Renaissance cathedral in Lipa, Batangas, Philippines. The cathedral serves as the seat of the Archdiocese of Lipa. The cathedral was chosen as the seat of the then Diocese of the Lipa in 1910. Detached from the Archdiocese of Manila and canonically erected by Pope Pius X, it comprised what are today the provinces of Batangas, Quezon, Aurora, Laguna, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, and part of the Camarines area.^[2]