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The
first
church
in
the
city
of
Iloilo
was
built
by
the
Jesuits
around
1607
to
serve
the
needs
of
the
military
stationed
in
Punta,
as
Iloilo
was
then
called.
However,
on
29
April
1617,
the
Augustinians
established
San
Jose,
a
house
of
the
order.
san
jose
church
iloilo
During
World
War
II,
the
church
was
saved
from
being
bombed
by
the
Americans
after
they
received
information
that
Japanese
were
not
holed
in
the
church
as
they
were
previously
informed.
Between
1980-82
the
church
was
renovated,
a
new
marble
floor
was
laid,
under
the
direction
of
poet-writer,
Fr.
Gilbert
Centina.
San
Jose
is
one
of
the
few
parish
in
the
Philippines
still
under
the
Augustinians.
The
church
interior
has
an
arcade
of
Corinthian
columns
supporting
a
faux
barrel
vault
over
the
nave
and
groin
vaults
over
the
aisle.
The
main
altar
has
some
Gothic
touches.
A
precious
treasure
of
the
church
is
an
image
of
the
Nuestra
Senora
del
Rosario
discovered
by
Diego
Quinnes
during
the
Dutch
siege
of
Iloilo
on
29
September
1614.