Built by Fr. Sebastian Moreno in 1756 (patron: San Fernando III, King of Castile) the church was restored in 1808. It measures 70m. long, 13m. wide and 11m. high. The round majestic dome rising from the rotunda of the transept is reminiscent of the baroque style with some renaissance touch. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. President Emilio F. Aguinaldo and his cabinet viewed the Philippine Revolutionary Army from the windows of the convent on October 9, 1898. The church and the convent were burned by the Philippine Revolutionary Army on orders of Gen. Antonio Luna on May 4, 1899. It was again destroyed by fire in 1939, and later restored by Architect Fernando H. Ocampo. On October 17, 1757, townsfolk petitioned the governor-general for exemptions from tribute to enable them to build the church and convent. The construction of the present church started during the same year under the supervision Fr. Manuel Canlas, its first secular parish priest. Construction was completed in 1808 (rededicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary). It was elevated to Cathedral when it became the seat of the Diocese of San Fernando, canonically created by Pope Pius XII in 1948. The diocese was elevated by Pope Paul VI, to the Archdiocese of San Fernando, in 1975. Its first bishop was Msgr. Cesar Ma. Guerrero, D.D. back...