Archival photos also show that this construction update also gave its altar a magnificent two-tiered baldachin for a retablo similar to those found at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, something that is highly unusual, if not one-of-a-kind in the whole archipelago.

When Bishop Socrates Villegas renovated the cathedral, the cathedra became narrower and now colored marble white and the chair has red with golden border.

Since Ruperto Santos became Bishop of Antipolo covering the province of Rizal and Marikina in Metro Manila on July 22, 2023 and under the apostolic administration of Archbishop of San Fernando, Pampanga Florentino Lavarias, the bishop's chair is covered with white cloth due to the diocese's temporary governance is at the archbishop acting as the temporary head rather than to a local college of consultors including the locally-designated or appointed diocesan administrator.

The new design was made by Bezalel Construction, Inc. who was the contractor for the changes and improvements within the cathedral for 15 years until Villegas' successor Ruperto Santos in May 2019.

Noel Niguid as cathedral's rector and parish priest, the cathedral made several changes which are the repainting of its exterior five years after it was last repainted in 2019 and later the altar and cathedra reverted some of their original color by adding them a gold color over the current design made by the then third Bishop of Balanga Socrates Villegas in October 2024.

The feast day of Saint Joseph is celebrated twice annually in the city of Balanga, on March 19 and the pistang bayan every April 28.