Palo Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration, also known as Transfiguration of Our Lord's Cathedral or simply Palo Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church located at Palo, Leyte, in the Philippines belonging to the Vicariate of Palo under the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palo.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: Roman Catholic cathedral in Palo, Leyte, Philippines
- Also known as: “Cathedral of Our Lord’s Transfiguration”, “Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord’s Transfiguration”, “Palo Metropolitan Cathedral”, and “Transfiguration of Our Lord Cathedral”
- Postal code: 6501
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include University of the Philippines Manila School of Health Sciences in Leyte and MacArthur Park.
University of the Philippines Manila School of Health Sciences in Leyte
University
The University of the Philippines Manila - School of Health Sciences in Leyte is a medical school in the Philippines supervised by the University of the Philippines, Manila. One of the schools offerings includes midwifery. University of the Philippines Manila School of Health Sciences in Leyte is situated 100 metres north of Palo Cathedral.
MacArthur Park
Park
The MacArthur Leyte Landing Memorial National Park is a protected area of the Philippines that commemorates the historic landing of General Douglas MacArthur in Leyte Gulf at the start of the campaign to recapture and liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation on 20 October 1944. MacArthur Park is situated 2½ km northeast of Palo Cathedral.
Leyte Landing historical marker
Memorial
Photo: Leocvlauzon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leyte Landing historical marker is a memorial, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Palo Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tanauan and Santa Fe.
Tanauan
Santa Fe
Town
Santa Fe, officially the Municipality of Santa Fe, is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 22,889 people. Santa Fe is situated 9 km west of Palo Cathedral.
Tacloban
Photo: JinJian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tacloban is a city in Eastern Visayas and the capital of the province of Leyte. It's the home of the Pintados Festival, a cultural event in Leyte commemorating the life and culture of the early settlers of Tacloban.
Palo Cathedral
- Categories: Catholic cathedral, cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Palo, Leyte Island, Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.15947° or 11° 9′ 34″ northLongitude
124.9914° or 124° 59′ 29″ eastOpen location code
7Q365X5R+QHOpenStreetMap ID
way 208658854OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=cathedralOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q24702378
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Tagalog—“Palo Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية بالو”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Palo”
- Spanish: “Catedral de la Transfiguracion de Nuestro Señor”
- Spanish: “Catedral de la Transfiguración de Nuestro Señor”
- Spanish: “Catedral de Palo”
- Tagalog: “Katedral ng Palo”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palo Cathedral Curch and Haiyan Mass Grave.
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