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 CONVENT OF PALO
CONSTRUCTED BY THE JESUITS, THE FOUNDERS OF THE CHURCH OF PALO, 1596. TAKEN OVER BY THE AUGUSTINIANS, 1768; BY THE FRANCISCANS, 1843. REPAIRED BY FR. AGUSTIN DE CONSUEGRA, 1850; BY FR. PANTALEON DE LA FUENTE, 1896. USED AS PROVINCIAL CAPITOL, FEBRUARY, 1899 TO MARCH, 1901, BY COL. AMBROSIO MOJICA, GOVERNOR OF LEYTE. HOUSED THE FIRST SEMINARY OF PALO, 1925.
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