Metropolitan see Jaro, Philippines
Archdiocese of Jaro
Iaren(sis) seu S. Elisabeth
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Jaro is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese covering the province of Iloilo and Guimaras. Erected as a diocese in 1865 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1951, it is the mother see of the ecclesiastical province of Jaro, with suffragans Bacolod, San Carlos, Kabankalan, and San Jose de Antique. Its current ordinary is Archbishop Midyphil B. Billones, appointed in 2025.
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- Established
- 1865
- Catholics
- 3,082,540
- Priests
- 166
- Territory
- 5,303 km²
Parishes and churches
91 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Elizabeth of HungaryIloilo City · CathedralView parish
- Conversion of St. PaulBingawanView parish
- Espousal of Our LadyIloilo CityView parish
- Holy ChildDorogView parish
- Holy ChildIgbugoView parish
- Holy ChildLemeryView parish
- Holy Name of JesusBuenavistaView parish
- Holy RosaryIloilo CityView parish
- Immaculate ConcepcionConcepcionView parish
- Immaculate ConceptionCalinogView parish
- Immaculate ConceptionIloilo CityView parish
- Immaculate ConceptionOtonView parish
- Mary, Help of ChristiansSan EnriqueView parish
- Nuestra Señora del PilarIloilo CityView parish
- Our Lady of CandlesJelicuonView parish
- Our Lady of FatimaBuyoView parish
- Our Lady of FatimaCulasiView parish
- Our Lady of FatimaIloilo CityView parish
- Our Lady of GuadalupeBarangayView parish
- Our Lady of LourdesBongcoView parish
- Our Lady of LourdesLiningwanView parish
- Our Lady of MontserratIloilo CityView parish
- Our Lady of Mount CarmelCalmayView parish
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Therese of the Child JesusIloilo CityView parish
- Our Lady of Peace and Good VoyageIloilo CityView parish
- Our Lady of Peace and Good VoyageNew LucenaView parish
- Our Lady of Perpetual HelpSanto TomasView parish
- Our Lady of SalvationLawiganView parish
- Our Lady of the AssumptionIloilo CityView parish
- Our Lady of the Miraculous MedalCubayView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Midyphil B. Billones
- Born
- 4 July 1969
- Birthplace
- Panay
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The cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Hungary stands in Jaro, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Headquartered in Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines, the Archdiocese of Jaro (Latin: Archdiocesis Jarensis; Hiligaynon: Arkidiyosesis sang Jaro; Filipino: Arkidiyosesis ng Jaro; Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Jaro) is a Latin Church archdiocese whose episcopal seat is the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, which is also the National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles. The provinces of Iloilo, Guimaras, Antique, and Negros Occidental lie within this metropolitan archdiocese.