Location: Iloilo City, Iloilo (Region VI)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: School
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1939
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
COLEGIO DE SAN JOSE
THE COLEGIO DE SAN JOSE WAS OPENED IN ILOILO MAY 1, 1872, AND ENTRUSTED TO THE SISTERS OF CHARITY. WHEN IT WAS MOVED TO JARO IN 1877, THE SISTERS WERE PLACED IN CHARGE OF THE ESCUELA MUNICIPAL BY THE RT. REV. MARIANO CUARTERO, BISHOP OF JARO. THE PRESENT BUILDING WAS INAUGURATED MARCH 19, 1896. IN 1926 THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZED THE COLLEGE TO ISSUE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS.
