Archdiocesan Shrine of San Antonio de Padua in Tuburan, Cebu

San Antonio de Padua Church is a neo-Romanesque, Roman Catholic church in Tuburan, a northwestern town in the province of Cebu, Philippines. It is also called Tuburan Church.

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History

Tuburan, founded by Mariano Monteban who was from Sogod, was named based on the presence of its numerous springs. The town was established in 1851 and its parish on February 13, 1857, becoming the mother parish of Tabuelan.

A church was built in 1937 but was destroyed during World War II. On January 31, 2007, Ricardo Cardinal Vidal declared it an archdiocesan shrine.

Architecture

Two bell towers are foregrounded and flank the entrance San Antonio de Padua Church, creating a space for a courtyard instead of a portico that is most commonly found in other Spanish colonial churches in the country. Church’s entrance and the quadrangular bell towers are made of three levels defined by cornice moldings.

In the ground level the bell towers have pointed arches whose tympanums are blind and contain a central ridge that is flanked by rectilinear windows. Their upper registers are quite unique, ornamented by window openings.

From top to bottom centrally located a rose window, a blind arch window whose tympanum is pierced with a round window and a slit opening in its midsection and flanked by a set of three slit openings each on either side, and a pair of pointed arched windows with balustrade.

The uppermost level likewise a central pointed arched opening flanked by a triad of slits. Pilasters terminate in pinnacles flanking a central dome roof.

The facade of the church contains similar pointed arch motif, its main doorway is flanked by paired engaged Corinthian columns giving rise to double decorative bands on architrave. The upper register has pilasters. They flanked a row of alternating blind and stained glass pointed arches and above it demarcated by a molding is the patron’s niche flanked by pilaster-decors. Its pediment has a rose window in the center.

The interiors of the church feature a vaulted ceiling and a colonnade of columns along the nave.

Celebration

The feast of St. Anthony of Padua is held every June 13th in a celebration called Tubod Festival.

Services

The parish office is open from 9:00 in the morning until 5:00 in the afternoon.

Mass schedule

Below is the weekly mass schedule of Archdiocesan Shrine of San Antonio de Padua in Tuburan, Cebu from June 9, 2025 to June 15, 2025. Please reach out to the church for an updated schedule. Additionally, you may also want to view mass schedules of churches in Tuburan.

Monday

5:00-6:00 AM
5:00-6:00 PM

Tuesday

5:00-6:00 AM
5:00-6:00 PM

Wednesday

5:00-6:00 AM
5:00-6:00 PM

Thursday

5:00-6:00 AM
5:00-6:00 PM

Friday

5:00-6:00 AM
5:00-6:00 PM

Saturday

5:00-6:00 AM
5:00-6:00 PM

Sunday

5:00-6:00 AM
8:00-9:00 AM
10:00-11:00 AM
3:00-4:00 PM
5:00-6:00 PM

Church information

Details
Name	Archdiocesan Shrine of San Antonio de Padua in Tuburan, Cebu
Other Names	Tuburan Church
Address	Tuburan, Cebu 6043
Country	Philippines
Contact	(032) 463-9369
Email	assaptuburancebu@gmail.com
Facebook	www.facebook.com
Religion
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Established	February 13, 1857
Age	168 years
Status	Archdiocesan shrine
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu
District	District V – Northwest Cebu
Vicariate	Vicariate of St. Anthony of Padua
Patron	St. Anthony of Padua
Architecture
Style	Romanesque

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References

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu. Retrieved July 7, 2022
Balaanong Bahandi: Sacred Treasures of the Archdiocese of Cebu. Cathedral Museum of Cebu, Inc. and University of San Carlos Press. 2010. ISBN 978-9715390187.
Elizaga, Troy. The Formation of Towns and Parishes in Cebu, Philippines. Retrieved via Academia on July 7, 2022
Dampios, Saison Jr. (November 27, 2016). A quick trip to Tuburan. The Freeman. Retrieved July 7, 2022
Oaminal, Clarence Paul (April 25, 2018). Tuburan, Cebu. The Freeman. Retrieved July 8, 2022