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Diocese of Jaro
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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.
- Archbishop
- Midyphil B. Billones
- Latin name
- Iaren(sis) seu S. Elisabeth
- Erected
- 27 May 1865
- Cathedral
- Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Jaro Cathedral)
- Patron
- Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
- Rank
- Metropolitan See
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Jaro
- Chancery
- Archbishop’s House, National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles Parish, 5000 Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines
- Telephone
- Tel. [033]329-4442; fax 329-3197
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Bacolod 43 km
- Diocese of San Jose de Antique 66 km
- Diocese of Kabankalan 86 km
- Diocese of San Carlos 98 km
- Diocese of Capiz 98 km
- Diocese of Kalibo 111 km
Parishes near the see
- St. Raphael the Archangel · San Rafael 3 km
- Espousal of Our Lady · Iloilo City 3 km
- Holy Rosary · Iloilo City 3 km
- Immaculate Conception · Iloilo City 3 km
- Nuestra Señora del Pilar · Iloilo City 3 km
- Our Lady of Fatima · Iloilo City 3 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001722 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08