San Pablo Cathedral
Title: San Pablo Cathedral
By: Abigail Gesmundo Belen
Form or Media: Digital Photography
Location: San Pablo City
History of San Pablo City
1571 Arrival of Spanish troops under Captain Juan de Salcedo in the village of Sampalok.
1586 Sampalok was converted into a parish.
1647 Sampalok was converted to a municipality and renamed San Pablo de los Montes. Bartolome Maghayon, first gobernadorcillo
1734 Controlled the parish by the Franciscans.
1756 Placed under the jurisdiction of Batangas Province.
1883 Returned to Laguna Province.
1902 Innocentes Martines, first appointive municipal president and Don Marcos Paulino was elected first Municipal President under the Americans.
1940 Approval of Commonwealth (Act) 520 or Charter of the City of San Pablo with Dr. Potenciano Malvar as first appointive City Mayor.
1955 Installed its first elected City Mayor (Cipriano B. Colago).
Source: Wikipedia
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