Dumaguete Cathedral & Belfry (Campanario)
Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental · about 164 km from 3ACs Apartment, Talisay City
Oldest stone church in Negros and its 1811 coral-stone watchtower.
About
The Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria faces Quezon Park in the heart of Dumaguete. Beside it stands the Campanario, a coral-stone tower built as a lookout against sea raiders and later used as the church bell tower. Sundays around the plaza are lively.
History
The parish dates to 1620; the stone church was built 1754–1776, rebuilt in 1885 and its facade extended in 1936. The belfry (1811) is the city's oldest surviving structure and was named an Important Cultural Property; it was restored and turned over to the diocese in June 2025.
Why visit
Dumaguete's most famous landmark — five minutes' walk from Rizal Boulevard.
How to get there
Perdices Street, beside Quezon Park, downtown Dumaguete.
- Walk from Rizal Boulevard
- Tricycle anywhere in the city
Prices (estimates)
- EntranceFree
Hours / best time: Open daily; be quiet during Mass
Nearby places
- Rizal Boulevard, Dumaguete — Seaside promenade of the 'City of Gentle People'.
- Sans Rival Cakes & Pastries — Dumaguete's famous silvanas and sans rival.
- Silliman University & Anthropology Museum — Asia's first American university — leafy campus, Silliman Hall and a rich anthropology museum.
- Lo-oc Beach WWII Landing Site, Sibulan — The Sibulan shore where American liberation forces landed in Negros Oriental in April 1945.
- Leon Kilat Monument & Bacong Plaza — The hometown shrine of Pantaleon 'Leon Kilat' Villegas, Negros Oriental's Katipunan hero.