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.
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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.