Jaro Cathedral

The Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral, also known as the National Shrine of the Our Lady of Candles, Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, and colloquially as Jaro Cathedral (Hiligaynon: Katedral sang Jaro), is a cathedral and national shrine located in the district of Jaro in Iloilo City, on the island of Panay in the Philippines. The seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro, it was placed under the patronage of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. It was established in 1575 as a visita (chapel-of-ease) of Oton by the Augustinians and as a separate parish in 1587. The present-day structure of Jaro Cathedral was built in 1874. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines formally declared the cathedral the National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles (Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria) in 2012. The cathedral is the fourth national shrine in the Visayas and Mindanao, after the Basilica del Santo Niño in Cebu (1965), Mandaue Church (2001), and Virgen de la Regla Church in Lapu-Lapu City (2007). Likewise, it is also the second Marian-dedicated national shrine in Visayas and Mindanao, and the first in Western Visayas. The distinct and notable feature of the cathedral is its main belfry (Campanario de Jaro) separated across the church's structure in Plaza Jaro. The image of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Candelaria) perched atop the façade of the cathedral, is the first Mari

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