National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures

NHCP Photo Collection, 1954

Location: Palo, Leyte
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of worship
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date: 1954
Installed By: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

THE CATHEDRAL OF PALO

CONSTRUCTED, 1596 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE JESUITS WHO FOUNDED PALO. USED FOR SOME TIME AS THEIR RESIDENCE. TAKEN OVER BY THE AUGUSTINIANS, 1768; BY THE FRANCISCANS, 1843. REPAIRED BY FR. AGUSTIN DE CONSUEGRA, WHO BUILT THE TWO TOWERS, 1850; BY FR. PANTALEON DE LA FUENTE, WHO INSTALLED A CLOCK ON THE FACADE, 1896. PROCLAIMED A CATHEDRAL, 25 MARCH 1938. MSGR. MANUEL MASCARIÑAS, FIRST BISHOP. USED AS HOSPITAL, OCTOBER, 1944 TO MARCH, 1945, BY AMERICAN LIBERATION FORCES.

Tags: 1954, Buildings/Structures, Cathedral, House of Worship, Level II, Leyte, Region VIII, The Cathedral of Palo

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