Poro, Cebu
- Nov 24, 2025
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The town's name is derived from the Waray-Waray word puro, meaning "island". This is how Camotes Island is called by Warays and Leyteños. Before the first municipality was established in Camotes, puro meant the name of all the islands.
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Church in town: 𝐒𝐭𝐨. 𝐍𝐢𝐧̃𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡
Sto. Niño Church is an old Roman Catholic Church that is located in Poro, part of the Camotes Islands in northern Cebu, Philippines. Known as the first and thus the oldest parish established in Camotes, it is also called Sto. Niño Parish Church – Camotes or Poro Church.
One of the earliest historical documents about Poro was in the chronicle written by Antonio Pigafetta, an explorer and scholar who joined Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition. It was mentioned along with the islands that are now known as Pacijan (part of the town of San Francisco) and Ponson (of the present-day towns of Pilar and Tudela). In 1701, it was established as a town.
In Hispanic times, Poro’s mother parish was Mandaue Church. On December 14, 1847, its status was elevated to a parish. In turn, it became the mother parish of the church of San Francisco and the church of Pilar. The stone church was constructed in 1884.
Cornices divide the facade into two horizontal levels and its unembellished pediment. The lower level has four pairs of pilasters of plain capitals and delineated bases, thus creating three sections. The frieze above it is decorated with a sequence of reliefs of motifs (one a circle The entrance door is in the middle section and rectilinear. It is flanked by rectangular windows that are adorned with a circular relief. The niche of the patron is centrally located in the upper register, again flanked by windows. The four-story bell tower stands on the epistle side of the church. It is adorned by arched windows enclosed in rectangles and crosses and capped with a dome.
The feast of Sto. Niño is held every January 16th in a celebration called the Tagbo Festival.
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
Poro is bordered to the north by the Province of Leyte in the Camotes Sea, to the west by the island of Pacijan Island, with the town of San Francisco, to the east is the town of Tudela, and to the south is the Camotes Sea.
Poro, along with the municipality of Tudela, is located on Poro Island of the Camotes Islands.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐨:
- Sto. Niño Church
- Buho Rock Resort
- Panganuron Falls
- Poro Seaview Park
- Camotes Island
- Baywalk Trail
𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐨:
- None in the list
𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐨:
- Eliud Poligrates (PBA player/Talk N Text Tropang Texters)
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