<P> The cathedral is located in Barangay II (Poblacion), La Union . Its parish priests include Father Froilan A. Saluta & Fr . Samuel Joseph F. Banayat, Jr., and Parish Vicars, Father Manuel Ragil, Fr . Liberato A. Apusen and Father Gari Zaldy P. Patiag). </P> <P> The Cathedral's patron saint is William the Hermit (or William the Great) (died 10 February 1157), the founder of the Catholic congregation of Williamites, a branch of the Hermits of St. Augustine . The town feast is celebrated every February 10 . </P> <P> With the founding of San Fernando as a town in 1587, the mission of San Guillermo de Duladulang in 1590 was also decreed . In the barrio of San Vicente, Fr . Francisco Romero (OSA) and Fr . Santiago Olarte (OSA) initiated the building of a chapel (visita) in 1764 . The friars moved the visita to Tanque and then to Kabaroan due to Mindanao's moros and Visayan pintados raids . </P> <P> In 1768, Fr . Juan Sorolla (OSA), Fr . Simon Guillermo (OSA), and Fr . Pedro Fernando (OSA) relocated the Church to its present site in the City of San Fernando . Later in 1817, Fr . Simon Torrado (OSA) erected another church and a convent . </P>

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