ANTIPOLO CATHEDRAL 

THEN AND NOW
Location: Antipolo City, Rizal Province 
Wayback 1898

DID YOU KNOW?!
*Antipolo Cathedral formerly name National Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage 
*The first church is was built by the Society of Jesus under Rev. Juan de Salazar in 1632
*It is also the Immaculate Concepcion Parish and referred by locals as “Simabahan ng Antipolo”
*Dr. Jose Rizal who visited the shrine as a boy with his father Francisco mercardo on June 6, 1868
*During WWII the church was destroyed by allied bombardment meant to liberate the area from the Japanese Imperial control 
*On October 15, 1945 the statue was translated back to its church in Antipolo, where it remains today
*On January 14, 1954 The CBCP declared the New Antipolo Church as declared the National Shrine to Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage 
*The church was elevated to the status of Cathedral on June 25, 1983 upon the canonical erection of the Diocese of Antipolo