Alberto Jover Piamonte, D.D., JCD., was the fourth Roman Catholic Archbishop of Jaro in the Philippines. He was born in Iloilo City on 21 November 1934 and was a native of the District of Jaro, Iloilo City. After studying Philosophy and Theology at St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary, he was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Jaro on 22 March 1958.
Alberto Jover Piamonte
Sacerdotal Ordination of Fr. Alberto Jover Piamonte (second from the right) in Jaro Cathedral, by His Excellency Mons. José María Cuenco, Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro, 22 March 1958.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro
The Archdiocese of Jaro is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church headquartered in Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines. Its episcopal see is at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, also the National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles, as its seat. The metropolitan archdiocese covers the provinces of Iloilo, Guimaras, Antique, and Negros Occidental. Its titular patron saint is Elizabeth of Hungary, whose feast is celebrated on November 17.
Jaro Cathedral
Image of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of Candles) perched atop the facade of Jaro Cathedral in Jaro, Iloilo City. It is the first marian statue canonically crowned personal without a papal legate by a pope and saint in the Philippines and Asia when John Paul II visited the Philippine islands in 1981, elevating her as the official patron of Western Visayas and Romblon.
Image: Mariano Cuartero y Medina
Image: Arrue
