February 2, 1874 (1874-02-02), May 26, 1965 (1965-05-26)
Specifications
Length
71.8 m (236 ft)[1]
Width
28.7 m (94 ft)[1]
Width across transepts
49.8 m (163 ft)[1]
Other dimensions
Façade facing northeast
Number of domes
1
Number of towers
3
Administration
Archdiocese
Jaro
Deanery
Saint Peter
Clergy
Archbishop
Jose Romeo Lazo
Rector
Rev. Fr. Jose Alberto Guillen
Priest(s)
Rev. Fr. Aris James Java
Rev. Fr. John N. Tadifa
Rev. Fr. Theodbriel R. Villariza
The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Candles (Filipino: Pambansang Dambana ng Mahal na Birhen ng Candelaria; Spanish: Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria), also known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (Filipino: Kalakhang Katedral ni Santa Isabel ng Ungria; Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Isabel de Hungría) and colloquially as Jaro Cathedral, is a cathedral 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.[2] 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 the 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).[3] Likewise, it is also the second Marian-dedicated national shrine in Visayas and Mindanao, and the first in Western Visayas.[4]
The image of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Candelaria) perched atop the façade of the cathedral, is the first Marian image canonically crowned personal by a Pope and Saint (John Paul II) in the Philippines and Asia. Also, through the said canonical crowning, the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria has been declared as the official Roman Catholic patron of Western Visayas and Romblon, and made known Jaro as the 'center of Candelaria devotion in the Philippine islands'.
^ abcMeasured using Google Earth.
^"Jaro Cathedral and Belfry".
^"The Roman Catholic National Shrines of the Philippines". Ben Goes Where. June 28, 2020.
^"Nat'l shrine declaration for Jaro cathedral | Inquirer News". January 30, 2012.
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