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2015, May 27.  Archdiocese of Jaro, 150th Year Anniversary

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10p  Cathedral, Archdiocese of Jaro

10p  Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria  (Our Lady of Candles)

 

 

First Day Covers:  Manila & Jaro, Iloilo

  

             

 


 

Archdiocese of Jaro - 150th Year Anniversary

When the whole Visayan Islands were still under the Diocese of Cebu, Jaro was already a parish supervised by the Augustinians Friars.  In 1865 the Agustinian Friars gave the parish to the diocesan clergy in exchange of the San Jose Placer as the former was chosen as the seat of the new Diocese of Jaro.  Thus it became a Cathedral Church but retained its status as the Parish of Our Lady of Candles.

The Jaro Cathedral, formally Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral and the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Candles (Spanish: Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria), is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro.  It is located in the district of Jaro in Iloilo City, Iloilo, on the island of Panay in the Philippines. It is under the original patronage of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. 

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines formally declared the cathedral the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Candles on February 2012. The Cathedral is the second national shrine in the Visayas, the first being the Basilica del Santo Niño in Cebu

Along with the boom of the sugar industry of the Philippines especially centered in Iloilo, several churches and schools are constructed in Jaro.  The original cathedral was built in 1874 by the first Bishop of Jaro, Mariano Cuartero, O.P.  It was destroyed by an earthquake in January 1948 and later repaired in 1956 by the first Archbishop of Jaro, Jose Maria Cuenco.

The Marian image of Our Lady of the Candles also has the distinction of being canonically crowned by the late Pope John Paul II during his visit to Iloilo City on February 21, 1981, making it as the only Marian figure to be given such stature in the Philippines. 

The journalist, national hero, and co-founder of the Propaganda Movement, Graciano López Jaena, was baptized in the Cathedral on December 20, 1856.  The National Historical Institute of the Philippines declared the Jaro Cathedral an historical landmark in 1976.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaro_Cathedral

http://ourladyofcandlesnationalshrine.com/about-2/

 

 

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  • Churches

  • Saints

 

Articles by Dr. Ngo Tiong Tak

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