History noted the belfry of the “New Cathedral” was the former tower of Jaro church built by Fray Ilanos in 1826-1837. It was ruined by a 1948 magnitude 8.6 earthquake and restored by the city ...

“In union with the universal Church, we shall celebrate a Mass for the eternal repose of Pope Francis on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 4:00 PM at the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral,” he adde ...

The Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in Iloilo will be formally declared a Marian shrine February 2, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines said Tuesday. An article on the CBCP news site said ...

JARO, Iloilo — Away from the media's eyes, Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday passed through one of Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral's side entrance doors just as darkness was setting in. There, she knelt on a ...

ILOILO CITY, Philippines – If elected president, Sen. Grace Poe will take her oath in front of the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral, where she was abandoned when she was still an infant 48 years ago.

At a Mass at Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral on Tuesday, April 1, Lazo said his life and ministry as priest has been a “journey” and “reaching out” to others “as well as God reaching to me ...

The Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral, the seat of the Archdiocese of Jaro, will be formally declared the National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles (Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria) to coincide with the ...

ILOILO CITY—The ashes of retired Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo were laid to rest on Tuesday at the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral, where he served for 18 years. Jaro Archbishop Jose Romeo Lazo ...