The Saint John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City is known for being one of the two churches in Pangasinan that shares a special bond of spiritual affinity in perpetuity with a Papal Basilica in the Vatican. It shares a special bond of spiritual affinity in perpetuity with the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls as granted by Apostolic Penitentiary through the Major Penitentiary His Excellency Most Reverend Emmanuel Monteiro de Castro.
