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The Ateneo de San Pablo Seals
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| Motto | Lahat kay Kristo / Omnia in Christo ("All in Christ"). |
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| Established | 1947 |
| Closed | 1978 |
| Type | Private, Jesuit |
| Location | San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines |
| Mascot | Purple Panther |
| Hymn | Hail, Ateneo, Hail! |
The Ateneo de San Pablo was a former Jesuit elementary and high school in San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines. It was established in 1947. The school was closed by the Diocese of San Pablo in 1978, and turned into a diocesan school. It became known as Liceo de San Pablo.
From Wikipedia.
In 1912, the Seminario Menor de San Francisco de Sales, consisting of a two-storey building was constructed adjacent to the Cathedral. After some years, however, it was closed and transferred to Lipa. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, the Seminary building and its premises were donated to the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) for conversion into a tertiary educational institution. This was during the term of Bishop Afredo Versoza of the Diocese of Lipa, which included the province of Laguna, and the city of San Pablo. In 1947, the Jesuit Fathers converted the former Seminary, which was partially damaged by the Japanese forces, into a secondary school. It was named ATENEO DE SAN PABLO. Later on, however,the Jesuits unilaterally decided to close the school. Negotiations for the turnover were carried out between the Jesuits and the newly created Diocese of San Pablo under its first bishop, Monsignor Pedro Natividad Bantigue, D.D. And in the year 1978, the Supreme Ecclesiastical Tribunal in the Vatican City (Rome) finally decided the fate of the school in favor of the Diocese of San Pablo. The former Ateneo de San Pablo is now the LICEO DE SAN PABLO.
The Jesuits DID NOT unilaterally close the school. It was taken away from us by the then Bishop Pedro Bantigue and forcibly transferred to the Diocese. The Ateneo was the best high school in San Pablo City, nothing else had come close since. And yet it was closed just to satisfy one man's ego.
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