Manila Cathedral was designed by Fernando Ocampo according to the infobox, and the text says he supervised the postwar reconstruction under Cardinal Rufino Santos. The article names no client. The infobox gives 1954 to 1958 with groundbreaking and completion on December 8 of those years, while the text says it was consecrated on December 7, 1958. The infobox lists 1571 as the founding year, but the text says the original structure dates from 1581.
The article describes a Neo-Romanesque facade and a Latin cross layout. The infobox lists adobe and cement. It is 277 feet (84.4 m) long and 103 feet (31.4 m) wide, with a capacity of 2,000.
It became a minor basilica in 1981, closed in 2012 for retrofitting and reopened on April 9, 2014. It is the active cathedral of the Archdiocese of Manila. The article gives no hours.
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