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Calapan, officially the City of Calapan (Filipino: Lungsod ng Calapan), is a component city and the capital of the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 145,786 people making it the most populous in Oriental Mindoro and second in the entire Mindoro Island after San Jose in Occidental Mindoro. [3]
The Port of Calapan (Filipino: Pantalan ng Calapan) or the Calapan Baseport is a seaport in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro in the Philippines. It is the main port serving Oriental Mindoro. The port has at least seven berths which can accommodate fastcraft, conventional and RoRo vessels. Primary items handled at the port are agricultural products ...
The Apostolic Prefecture of Mindoro was created on July 2, 1936, with territories taken from the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Jaro and Lipa, both of which were later elevated into archdioceses. On July 12, 1951, Pope Pius XII , through the papal bull Merit ab Apostolic , elevated the apostolic prefecture to an apostolic vicariate.
Calapan in the northeast of Mindoro Island is the capital and largest city in the province. Access from Luzon via the Batangas ports mostly goes through the Verde Island Passage to reach Puerto Galera , the key entry point to Oriental Mindoro.
Mindoro is divided into two provinces: Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro. Calapan is the only city on the island, while San Jose is the largest settlement on the island with a total population of 143,430 inhabitants as of 2015. The southern coast of Mindoro forms the northeastern extremum of the Sulu Sea. [3]
Santo Niño Cathedral, commonly known as Calapan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, dedicated to the Santo Niño. It is the episcopal seat of the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan [1] and is a marked historical structure by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. [2]
Leachon was born in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro [1] on May 13, 1974. [2] [3] He attended San Beda College of Law, where he graduated with Bachelor of Laws. [4] Following the graduation, he worked as a taxi driver, as well as a fast food crew member. [1] He was also a private lawyer. [1]
The Divine Word College of Calapan, as a Catholic institution of higher learning, goes back to the missionary work of Fr. Benito Rixner, SVD and other missionaries of the Society of the Divine Word in Mindoro. Mindoro Junior College, as the school was first called, was established in April 1946. The formal opening of classes in first year ...