St. Joseph College Olongapo

St. Joseph College (SJC-O), Olongapo City is a diocesan institution under the Prelature of Iba, Zambales. It is the oldest Catholic school in the city.

The school is located in Barangay East Bajac Bajac and is bounded at the north by 20th Street, at east by Elicano Street, and at the west by Canda street.

St. Joseph College is the first Catholic School in the city. Established in 1945 with Rev. Fr. Restituto M. Canda as the first School Director. The school was given government recognition in 1949. In S.Y. 1950-1951 the Columban Fathers and Sisters from Missionary Society of St. Columban of Ireland took over the management of the school with Rev. Fr. Joseph Coneely as the director and Sis. Mary Consuelo as the Principal. During the Martial Law years all Columban Sis. left the country for reassignment in foreign missions and the management of the school was temporarily assigned to the Sis. of the Daughters of Charity.

Abiding by the Filipinization of the Philippine parishes scheme, the Columban Missionary Society handed over the parish and school management to the diocesan priest of the Prelature of Iba,Zambales in school year 2000-2001.

The city where it is located is Olongapo City. St. Joseph is ready for Grades 11 and 12 and contains an elementary dept. and a high school dept. [2015]