1. Miag-Ao Church
Its construction of this church began
in 1787 while Fray Francisco M. Gonzales. O.S.A. was the parish priest of
Miag-ao and Domingo Libo-on was the Gobernadorcillo. The Church was
completed in 1797 and it served as the fortress against Muslim Raiders. In 1898,
during the revolution, this church was destroyed but then it was rebuilt. In
1910, it was damaged by fine, and then it was badly damaged by earthquake in
1948. Restoration work began in 1960 and was completed in 1962. During the term
of office of the Most Rev. Dr. Jose Ma. Cuenco, D.D. Metropolitan Archbishop of
Jaro, of Msgr. Fernando S. Javillo, D.P., Parish Priest of this town and
Dioscoro Mueda, Municipal Mayor.
2. Jaro Cathedral
Another example of the historical
baroque architectures in the country. Built in 1864 by the order of Mariano
Cuartero, who is the first bishop of Jaro. In 1948, this structure was destroyed
by earthquake and was restored in 1956 by the order of the first archbishop
Jose Ma. Cuenco.
3. Jaro Belfry
4. Molo Church
Molo Church - (St. Anne Parish) is situated in front of the
town plaza. Molo is actually one of the seven districts of Ilo-Ilo City
which formerly called Parian (Chinatown). Then it was changed into Moro
because of the frequent arrival of Muslim pirates from Mindanao, but later
evolved in Molo – info from Wikipedia.com.
5. San Jose Church
San Jose Church - this
church is the first church in the city of Ilo Ilo which was built by the
Jesuits around 1607. But, on April 29,
1617, the Augustinians established San Jose, a house of the order. It was saved
from being bombed by the Americans during World War II. As the years goes by, renovations were
made.
6. Guimbal Church
Guimbal Church - or St. Nicholas of
Tolentino Church doesn’t have any record
to when I was erected or established. But however completed between 1769 and 1774 under Friar
Juan Campos. In 1893, it was further enlarged but later was destroyed by fire during the
Revolution in 1896 to 1898.
7. Tigbauan Church
Tigbauan Church -
it is believe that there had been no parish priest when this church was
established, but it could be possibly between 1575 to 1580 when F. Luis de
Montoya was assigned as Prior. This church underwent a lot of repairs because
of the natural disasters like earthquake. The said repaid was lead by different
people who served as the church leaders.