Pasig City Etymology
- May 11
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The city's name, Pasig, is a Tagalog word that means "a river that flows into the sea" or "sandy bank of a river". Etymologically, it is derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiR.
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Commonly known as Pasig Cathedral, it is a Roman Catholic church located in Plaza Rizal, Barangay Malinao, Pasig in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the mother church and serves as the episcopal seat of the Bishop of Pasig, and is one of the oldest structures in the city.
The church was founded as a parish by the Augustinian missionaries on July 2, 1573, coinciding with the foundation of the town of Pasig. Initially, the parish was consecrated to the Visitation of Our Lady, but on April 25, 1587, it was changed to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, the patroness of the Augustinian priests during that time.
The parish was administered by the CICM Fathers from 1910 to 1979, after which the Filipino clergy took over the pastoral leadership of the parish. Until 2003, the parish was a part of the Archdiocese of Manila. During the time of Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jaime Sin, the parish belonged to the Ecclesiastical District of Makati until October 2001, when it became part of the newly created Ecclesiastical District of Pasig. On August 21, 2003, the district was elevated as a separate and independent diocese, with the elevation of the parish into the status of a cathedral. The present parish priest and rector of the cathedral is Mariano L. Baranda.
The Immaculate Conception Parish was initially established as a mission parish by an Augustinian friar, Alonso de Alvarado, on January 20, 1572, in the village of Pinagbuhatan. However, frequent flooding in the original site prompted the Augustinian priests to relocate it to higher ground, where the cathedral currently stands.
On July 2, 1573, coinciding with the establishment of the town (now city) of Pasig, the church was consecrated to Our Lady of the Visitation, which served as the first patroness of Pasig. The town patroness was eventually changed into Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception on April 25, 1587.
During the brief British occupation of Manila from 1762 to 1764, the church served as the British military headquarters, its belfry used as a watchtower against the Spanish defenders.
After the Augustinians, the CICM missionaries arrived and began the administration of the parish in 1910. Three years later, the congregation founded the first parochial school for boys (present-day Pasig Catholic College). In 1979, the diocesan clergy from the Archdiocese of Manila took over the supervision of the parish, and Manuel Sobreviรฑas, then auxiliary bishop of Manila, became the first Filipino parish priest. Assisting him as parochial administrator was Andres Desmet.
An 18th-century bell is located at the church grounds.
In 1993, Sobreviรฑas became the bishop of the Diocese of Imus. Emmanuel Sunga became the new pastor, and was transferred to Santo Niรฑo Parish in Tondo, Manila four years later. Manuel Gabriel came to Pasig in 1997 from the Most Holy Trinity Parish in Balic-balic, Sampaloc, Manila, and it was during his term that the parish had electronically chromatically tuned carillon bells installed in its belfry. The Immaculate Conception Parish was declared one of the Jubilee churches in the Archdiocese of Manila in the year 2000.
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The Augustinians created it in 1572. In June 1901, Act No. 137 of the Philippine Commission incorporated Pasig into the newly created Province of Rizal. It became the Provincial Capital of Rizal until 1975, when the Metro Manila Commission was created under Presidential Decree No. 824.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ :
- Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Pasig
- Pasig Rainforest Park
- Pasig City Museum
- Ortigas Park
- Capital Commons Park
- Plaza Bonifacio
- Plaza Rizal
- Bahay na Tisa
- The Lopez Memorial Museum and Library
- Doรฑa Geronima's Cave
- Tanghalang Pasigueno
- Tiendesitas
๐ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ :
- Valentin A. Cruz (son of Pasig in whose house in barrio San Nicolas, Gat Andres Bonifacio headed a meeting in May 1896 that solidified the movement against Spain. This led to the very first, and successful attack that signaled the start of the Philippine revolution, an event on August 19 of that year now called Nagsabado Sa Pasig.)
- Lope K Santos ( was a Filipino Tagalog-language writer and former senator of the Philippines. He is best known for his 1906 socialist novel, Banaag at Sikat, and for his contributions to the development of Filipino grammar and Tagalog orthography.)
๐๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ :
- Abra (rapper)
- Hero Angeles (Pinoy actor)
- Izzy Canillo (Pinoy actor/He was discovered by Star Circle Quest in 2009)
- Kean Cipriano (Filipino singer, songwriter, actor, music video director, and musician/Vocalist of Calla Lily)
- Angelu de Leon (Pinay actress)
- Patricia Fernandez (Pinay actress, TV host, model, and beauty pageant titleholder.)
- Rachelle Ann Go (Pinay singer)
- EA Guzman (Pinoy actor, singer, comedian, host, and model)
- Belle Mariano (Pinay actress, singer, and model)
- Yoyong Martirez ( Filipino basketball player, actor, politician, and comedian.)
- Ping Medina ( Filipino film actor)
- Ara Mina (Pinay sexy actress)
- Cassandra Ponti (Pinay actress, dancer, model, and reality television contestant)
- Oliver Barbosa ( Filipino chess grandmaster)
- Jericho Cruz (PBA player/San Miguel Beer)
- Richie Ticzon (PBA player/Purefoods/Formula Shell)
- Allan Caidic (PBA player/San Miguel Beer/Ginebra)
- Francis Adriano (PBA player/Sta Lucia Realty/San Miguel Beer)
- Samboy Lim (PBA player/San Miguel Beer)
- Atoy Co (PBA player/Crispa Redmanizers/Manila Beer)
- Jovito Salonga ( Filipino lawyer and politician, as well as a leading opposition leader during the regime of Ferdinand Marcos from the declaration of martial law in 1972 until the People Power Revolution in 1986, which removed Marcos from power)
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