St. John Cathedral

ST. JOHN CATHEDRAL

St. John's Cathedral also known as the St. John the Divine, the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba, is an Anglican church perched on a hilltop in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. It is the seat of the Diocese of the North East Caribbean and Aruba in the Church in the Province of the West Indies.

The present cathedral with its imposing white twin towers was built on a fossilized reef, in 1845, and is now in its third incarnation, as earthquakes in 1683 and in 1745 destroyed the previous structures. The iron gates on the south face of the church are flanked by pillars displaying lead Biblical figures of St John the Divine and St John the Baptist. They were taken by HMS Temple in 1756, from a French ship destined for Martinique

The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist also known as the Dagupan Cathedral is located along Burgos Street in Dagupan, Pangasinan) It is the Episcopal Seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. Its titular head is Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas.

The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist was granted a special bond of spiritual affinity with the Papal Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls.