National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: The Cathedral of Palo

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

Location: Palo Cathedral, Palo, Leyte

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1954

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

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.

Legend

LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

The Cathedral of Palo

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