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Colegio de San Juan de Letran
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- 151 Muralla St. Intramuros, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Telephone Numbers: 527-7693 to 97
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The name San Juan de Letran is derived from the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, considered as the Mother Church of Christendom[1] This name, in turn, was taken from that of the palace known as Palazzo Laterano, beside which it stands at the Piazza San Giovanni or Saint John Square in that SE of Rome location, a former Imperial Palace given by Emperor Constantine to the Pope in the early 4th century, which later served as official papal residence for over a thousand years. St. John the Baptist building fronting Muralla St. in Intramuros. The building serves as the administration building. [1]
The Colegio is owned and administered by priests of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) of the Philippine Dominican Province. The school has a rich and proud history and holds the distinction of having produced Philippine presidents, revolutionary heroes, poets, legislators, members of the clergy, jurists, and is the only Philippine school that has produced a Catholic Saint that actually lived and studied inside its original campus. The campus contains two statues, representing the two foremost alumni in the fields of secular and religious service: Manuel L. Quezon and St. Vicente Liem de la Paz. [1]
Originally founded by Don Juan Geromino Guerrero in 1620, a retired Spanish officer, in Intramuros as Colegio de Niños Huerfanos de San Juan de Letran. The school was designed to educate and mold orphans to be good Christian citizens. [1]
Around the same time, Diego de Santa Maria, O.P. established Colegio de Huerfanos de San Pedro y San Pablo. As Don Guerrero grew old, the two schools were fused together, taking the name of Colegio de San Juan de Letran. St. Thomas Building, which houses the library, the media center and TV studios. [1]
After 60 years, Letran was declared an ecclesiastical college. A royal decree on May 1865 pronounced Letran as a "College of the First Class". Around this time, Letran became a school exclusively for boys. [1]
During World War II, Letran suspended classes, and the school was changed into a Japanese garrison. After the war, Letran resumed operations. Several new construction projects were inaugurated to replace the old structures wrecked by the war. [1]
The school began accepting female students in its college department in the 1970s while the grade school and high school departments started accepting female enrollees in June 2005. [1]
Letran has programs in business education, humanities, information technology, communication arts and basic education, and has successful athletic programs, particularly in basketball, football, volleyball, taekwondo, and tennis. Through the centuries Letran has produced numerous athletes that have donned the national colors (especially in basketball) in international events like the Olympics, Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, Jones Cup, and FIBA World Championship. [1]
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- Cortes, Mark Bernard Loreto (June 2002 - March 2004)
- Domingo, Roderick Yalong (June 1992 - December 1998)
- Jaculbia, Ana Marie Buan (November 1993 - March 1996)
- Lao, Josmar Salazar (June 1983 - May 1989)
- Mijares, Do Larry Inguillo (June 1993 - April 2001)
- R, N (January 2020 - Present)
- Salangsang, Herbel Capulong (June 1982 - March 1987)
- Sibug, Jose Martin Lorenzo (November 2002 - Present)
- Vergel De Dios, Gary (January 2010 - January 2019)
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