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Christ the King College is the pioneer Catholic institution of learning in the island of Samar, established under the name Colegio de San Vicente de Paul in 1905.
On August 1, 1905, two Vincentian fathers, Fr. Gregorio Tabar and Fr. Leonardo Sainz, arrived in Calbayog from Cebu for the opening of the school in response to a petition by some prominent men of Calbayog. They were accompanied by Ilm. Sr. Provisor and Vicar General of Cebu, D. Pablo Singzon, the future bishop of Calbayog and the rector of the San Carlos Seminary, D. Pedro Julia. The school was solemnly inaugurated and opened on September 19, 1905.
On April 10, 1910, Calbayog was created a Diocese and segregated from the Diocese of Cebu by Bull “Noves Erigere Diocesis” of Pope Pius X.
The school administration under the guidance of the first Bishop of Calbayog, His Excellency, the Most Rev. Pablo Singzon, change the name to Colegio, from the Seminario. Fr. Gabriel Vaquero, C.M., a Vincentian father, was appointed as its first Director . The name was reverted back to Colegio de San Vicente de Paul.
Filipino Secular priests took over the Administration of the Colegio in 1928, while the Vincentian fathers retained the Seminary which they conducted until 1968 when the secular priests took over the administration of the Seminary.
Msgr. Sofronio Mandia became the first Director of the Colegio in 1918 and began a long line of Filipino secular priests who held the same position until the year 1952.
In December 1941, the Colegio de San Vicente de Paul, like all other schools in the Philippines, was forced to close during the war years. Suffering the same fate as the other schools, the institution lost laboratory equipments, library books, and other facilities.
The portals of Colegio de San Vicente de Paul were again re-opened on July 8, 1947 under the temporary government permit. The Rev. Fr. Basilio Rosales, Director of Colegio at the outbreak of the war, resumed his administrative post and immediately he was busy with the task of reconstruction.
At the turn of the mid-century, there was a quick change of succession of the school administrators in San Vicente which proved detrimental to the administration of the Colegio. Towards the end of 1951, Colegio de San Vicente de Paul was made desperate and frantic efforts to survive and overcome the financial inadequacy and monetary deathblows. The buildings were eaten by termites and constantly battered by typhoons. The Colegio was on the verge of permanent closure |
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Address:
Magsaysay Blvd. Calbayog City,
Western Samar, Philippines |
Contact Person:
Sr. Jocelyn Leaño, FMSC |
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Tel No:
2093-626 |
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Website:
http://www.ckc.edu.ph/ |
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