The district of Arevalo celebrates its fiesta in honor of the Santo Niño de Arevalo every third Sunday of January – a week before the staging of Iloilo City's Dinagyang Festival that celebrates the coming of the replica of Santo Niño de Cebu to Iloilo in 1968.

On January 16, 2022, the Santo Niño de Arevalo was crowned by Jaro Archbishop Jose Romeo Lazo.

[citation needed] Due to various challenges, including Moro raids and Dutch attacks, the Spaniards eventually relocated to Fort San Pedro in La Punta (Iloilo City Proper).

Anselmo Avancena initiated the construction of the Convento de Arevalo and the second reconstruction of the church, completed in 1869.

This declaration marked a significant milestone, making it the third shrine within the archdiocese, alongside St. Vincent Ferrer in Leganes and Our Lady of Fatima in Jaro.