Valencia Cathedral Valencia Cathedral The Metropolitan Cathedral–Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia (, ), alternatively known as Saint Mary's Cathedral or Valencia Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Valencia, Spain. The cathedral was consecrated in 1238 by the first bishop of Valencia after the Reconquista, Pere d'Albalat, Archbishop of Tarragona, and was dedicated to Saint Mary by order of James I the Conqueror. It was built over the site of the former Visigothic cathedral, which under the Moors had been turned into a mosque. Valencian Gothic is the predominant architectural style of the cathedral, although it also
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