The reason why it is called "Cathedral" is because of the chair of the archbishop [1] The church sustained heavy damage during World War II and was subsequently rebuilt by Bishop Constance Jurgens.

[4] Archival photos of the Calasiao Church in Pangasinan also showed that it once had the “Cagayan-style” pediment.

Other notable architectural features of the church are consistently repeated on many of its parts and on the Ermita de San Jacinto, a Spanish-era brick chapel located on the opposite site of the Tuguegarao city proper.

[1] Some few meters away from the church is the Catholic cemetery with its notable brick arched entryway and fence.

[5] Spearheaded by the city's parish priest, Gerard Ariston Perez, the parishioners started accumulating 25 million pesos for the restoration of the church.