Jaén Cathedral Jaén Cathedral The Assumption of the Virgin Cathedral is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic cathedral located in Santa María Square, opposite the Town Hall and the Episcopal Palace, in the center of Jaén, region of Andalusia, Spain. The cathedral stands on a site once occupied by a mosque. Construction began in 1249 atop the ruins of the mosque. The church was damaged and rebuilt on numerous occasions during the following two centuries until the sixteenth century, when several architects, Andrés de Vandelvira being the most important one, built the biggest part of the Cathedral. It was consecrated in 1724. The more
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Jaro (one of six districts of Iloilo City, Iloilo on Panay Island, Western Visayas) is the seat of the archdiocese. Popularly known as Jaro Cathedral, it is also referred to as the "National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles". The Archdiocese of Jaro is one of the oldest sees in the country. It was created a diocese by virtue of a papal bull of Pope Pius IX