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.
