San Antonio de Padua Church is a neo-Romanesque, Roman Catholic church in Tuburan, a northwestern town in the province of Cebu, Philippines. It is also called Tuburan Church.
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History
Tuburan, founded by Mariano Monteban who was from Sogod, was named based on the presence of its numerous springs. The town was established in 1851 and its parish on February 13, 1857, becoming the mother parish of Tabuelan.
A church was built in 1937 but was destroyed during World War II. On January 31, 2007, Ricardo Cardinal Vidal declared it an archdiocesan shrine.
Architecture
Two bell towers are foregrounded and flank the entrance San Antonio de Padua Church, creating a space for a courtyard instead of a portico that is most commonly found in other Spanish colonial churches in the country. Church’s entrance and the quadrangular bell towers are made of three levels defined by cornice moldings.
In the ground level the bell towers have pointed arches whose tympanums are blind and contain a central ridge that is flanked by rectilinear windows. Their upper registers are quite unique, ornamented by window openings.
From top to bottom centrally located a rose window, a blind arch window whose tympanum is pierced with a round window and a slit opening in its midsection and flanked by a set of three slit openings each on either side, and a pair of pointed arched windows with balustrade.
The uppermost level likewise a central pointed arched opening flanked by a triad of slits. Pilasters terminate in pinnacles flanking a central dome roof.
The facade of the church contains similar pointed arch motif, its main doorway is flanked by paired engaged Corinthian columns giving rise to double decorative bands on architrave. The upper register has pilasters. They flanked a row of alternating blind and stained glass pointed arches and above it demarcated by a molding is the patron’s niche flanked by pilaster-decors. Its pediment has a rose window in the center.
The interiors of the church feature a vaulted ceiling and a colonnade of columns along the nave.
Celebration
The feast of St. Anthony of Padua is held every June 13th in a celebration called Tubod Festival.
Services
The parish office is open from 9:00 in the morning until 5:00 in the afternoon.
Mass schedule
Below is the weekly mass schedule of Archdiocesan Shrine of San Antonio de Padua in Tuburan, Cebu from November 18, 2024 to November 24, 2024. Please reach out to the church for an updated schedule. Additionally, you may also want to view mass schedules of churches in Tuburan.
Monday
- 5:00-6:00 AM
- 5:00-6:00 PM
Tuesday
- 5:00-6:00 AM
- 5:00-6:00 PM
Wednesday
- 5:00-6:00 AM
- 5:00-6:00 PM
Thursday
- 5:00-6:00 AM
- 5:00-6:00 PM
Friday
- 5:00-6:00 AM
- 5:00-6:00 PM
Saturday
- 5:00-6:00 AM
- 5:00-6:00 PM
Sunday
- 5:00-6:00 AM
- 8:00-9:00 AM
- 10:00-11:00 AM
- 3:00-4:00 PM
- 5:00-6:00 PM
Church information
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Name | Archdiocesan Shrine of San Antonio de Padua in Tuburan, Cebu |
| Other Names | Tuburan Church |
| Address | Tuburan, Cebu 6043 |
| Country | Philippines |
| Contact | (032) 463-9369 |
| assaptuburancebu@gmail.com | |
| www.facebook.com | |
| Religion | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | February 13, 1857 |
| Age | 167 years |
| Status | Archdiocesan shrine |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu |
| District | District V – Northwest Cebu |
| Vicariate | Vicariate of St. Anthony of Padua |
| Patron | St. Anthony of Padua |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Romanesque |
Nearby Churches
- Nuestra Señora Virgen de los Remedios Parish Church in Colonia, Tuburan, Cebu
- San Antonio Abad Parish Church in Putat, Tuburan, Cebu
- San Juan Bautista Church in Tabuelan, Cebu
- Sta. Lucia Church in Asturias, Cebu
References
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu. Retrieved July 7, 2022
- Balaanong Bahandi: Sacred Treasures of the Archdiocese of Cebu. Cathedral Museum of Cebu, Inc. and University of San Carlos Press. 2010. ISBN 978-9715390187.
- Elizaga, Troy. The Formation of Towns and Parishes in Cebu, Philippines. Retrieved via Academia on July 7, 2022
- Dampios, Saison Jr. (November 27, 2016). A quick trip to Tuburan. The Freeman. Retrieved July 7, 2022
- Oaminal, Clarence Paul (April 25, 2018). Tuburan, Cebu. The Freeman. Retrieved July 8, 2022