San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish Church (Quezon City)

Coordinates: 14°40′20″N 121°02′15″E / 14.67226°N 121.03752°E / 14.67226; 121.03752

San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish Church
(Church of Nicholas of Tolentino)

"San Nicolas de Tolentino "
Basic information
Location
  1. 20 Neptune Street, Congressional Subd., Project 6, Quezon City, Philippines
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Year consecrated 1975
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Suffragan Diocese
Leadership Bishop
Architectural description
Architectural type Modern Church
Architectural style Modern architecture
Completed 1975
Materials Sand, gravel, cement, mortar and steel
San Nicolás de Tolentino Parish

San Nicolas de Tolentino is a parish church in Quezon City. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao, under the Vicariate of Sto. Nino. It is under the care of the Augustinian Recollect Province of Saint Ezequiél Moreno.

The parish was named after San Nicolas de Tolentino, the patron saint of the poor souls in purgatory, whose feast day is celebrated on 10 September. Recollect fathers expanded their apostolate by building a church, which later became the center of a sprawling parish extending from Visayas Avenue in the east, to Mindanao Avenue in the west, from Carmel II in the south to Tandang Sora in the north.

Established on April 30, 1975, it was on May 11, 1975, that Fr. Alejandro Ramirez, OAR, was installed as the first parish priest, with Frs. Antonio Ausejo, OAR, and Clemente Jubera, OAR, as assistants. In response to the demand of the faithful, the parish was divided in two: Our Father Parish and Our Lady of Annunciation Parish were created within the San Nicholas de Tolentino territory.[1] The Parish Priest is Father Delfin Castillo, OAR with estimated population of 10, 000 Catholics.

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