A Catholic prelate crowning a Marian image in Spain. The coronation of María Santísima de la Victoria (
Huelva, Spain ), 5 May 2012.
The following list enumerates the various Marian , Josephian , and Christological images venerated in the Roman Catholic Church , by which a Pope has officially issued a Papal bull of canonical coronation either by the Pontiff , a Papal legate or a Papal nuncio .
The canonical document of
Papal bull for Our Lady of Hope of Triana, legally granting the Marian image the Pontifical right to wear a crown in 1984 by
Pope John Paul II .
The very first Marian image crowned without a direct Papal approval was by Cardinal Pietro Sforza Pallavicino with La Madonna della Oropa on 30 August 1620. The first Marian image Pontifically crowned was the painted image of La Madonna della Febbre (Madonna of Fever) on 27 May 1631 by Pope Urban VIII through the Vatican Chapter located at the Sacristy of Saint Peter's Basilica .
The solemn prescription of ritual to crowning images is embedded in "Ordo Coronandi Imaginem Beatae Mariae Virginis" published by the Holy Office on 25 May 1981. Prior to 1989, papal bulls concerning the authorization of canonical coronations were handwritten on parchment . After 1989, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments began issuing the specific recognition to crown a religious image, spelling out its approved devotional title and authorizing Papal legate. Regarding Christological images, only three images have merited an officially documented Papal blessing, the Infant Jesus of Prague of Czech Republic , the Santo Bambino of Aracoeli in Rome and the Santo Niño de Cebú of the Philippines .
Canonically crowned Marian images [ edit ]
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Notre Dame d'Afrique
30 April 1876
Algiers
Pope Leo XIII
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Mare de Déu de Meritxell
8 September 1921
Meritxell
Pope Benedict XV
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Our Lady of Copacabana
1 August 1925
Bolivia
Pope Pius XI
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Our Lady of the Cape
12 October 1904
Quebec
Pope Pius X
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Nuestra Señora del Santissimo Rosario de Andacollo
26 December 1901
Andacollo
Pope Pius X
Nuestra Senora del Carmen de Santiago
19 December 1926
Santiago
Pope Pius XI
Nuestra Senora del Carmen del Maipu
3 April 1987
Maipú, Chile
Pope John Paul II
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Our Lady of Bistrica, Queen of Croatia
7 July 1935
Marija Bistrica
Pope Pius XI
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Virgen del Cisne
8 September 1930
El Cisne
Pope Pius XI
Nuestra Señora de la Presentación del Quinche
20 June 1943
El Quinche
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora de la Dolorosa del Colegio
22 April 1956
Quito
Pope Pius XII
Virgin of the Clouds
1 January 1967
Azogues
Pope Paul VI
Our Lady of Good Success of Quito
2 February 1991
Quito
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora del Rocío
20 January 1994
Biblián, Cañar
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Senora del Carmen del Azuay
16 July 2002
Cuenca
Pope John Paul II
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Nuestra Senora de la Paz
21 November 1921
San Miguel
Pope Benedict XV
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Nuestra Señora del Santissimo Rosario
26 January 1934
Guatemala City
Pope Pius XI
Inmaculada Concepción, Virgen de los Reyes
5 December 1954
Guatemala City
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora del Santissimo Rosario
7 March 1983
Quetzaltenango
Pope John Paul II
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Our Lady of Arabia
25 March 1960
Ahmadi
Pope John XXIII
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Virgin of Divine Graces
27 January 1952
Victoria, Gozo
Pope Pius XII
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Our Lady of Immaculate Conception of El Viejo
28 December 1989
El Viejo , Nicaragua
Pope John Paul II
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Nuestra Senora de la Merced de Lima
24 September 1921
Lima
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Senora Rosario de Lima
31 May 1922
Lima
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Senora de Belen
8 December 1933
Cuzco
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Senora de Dolores de Cajamarca
14 June 1942
Cajamarca
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Senora de la Puerta de Otuzco
27 October 1943
Trujillo
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Pacasmayo
24 October 1954
Pacasmayo
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion de Chachapoyas
15 August 1958
Chachapoyas
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora de la Evangelización
1 February 1985
Lima
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora del Carmen de Paucartambo
3 February 1985
Cuzco
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora de Copacabana de Lima
28 December 1995
Lima
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Puno
7 May 2000
Puno
Pope John Paul II
Official Title of the Marian Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of Devotion
Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de La Naval de Manila (Since 1593)
5 October 1907
Quezon City
Pope Pius X
Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia (Since 1710)
20 September 1924
Naga, Camarines Sur
Pope Pius XI
Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de Manaoag (1605 Arrival)
21 April 1926
Manaoag, Pangasinan
Pope Pius XI
Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje (1626 Arrival)
26 November 1926
Antipolo , Rizal
Pope Pius XI
Nuestra Señora de Visitacion de Piat (1604 arrival)[c]
20 June 1954
Piat, Cagayan
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora de la Regla (Since 1735)
27 November 1954
Opon, Cebu
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora de Caysasay (1603 Discovery)
8 December 1954
Taal, Batangas
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora de Guía (1571 Discovery)
30 December 1955
Ermita, Manila
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora de Caridad of Bantay (Since the 1700s)
12 January 1956
Bantay, Ilocos Sur
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora de los Remedios (Since 1955)
8 September 1956
San Fernando, Pampanga
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora del Pronto Socorro de Boac (Since the 1700s)
10 May 1958
Boac, Marinduque
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario (1718 Discovery)
18 April 1959
Orani, Bataan
Pope John XXIII
Nuestra Señora de Namacpacan (1822 Arrival)
25 November 1959
Luna, La Union
Pope John XXIII
Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zamboanga (1635 arrival)
12 October 1960
Zamboanga City
Pope John XXIII
La Divina Pastora (Since 1802)
26 April 1964
Gapan, Nueva Ecija
Pope Paul VI
Nuestra Señora de Caridad of Agoo (Since 1578)
1 May 1971
Agoo, La Union
Pope Paul VI
Nuestra Señora de Salvacion (Since 1776)
25 August 1976
Joroan, Tiwi, Albay
Pope Paul VI
La Virgen Milagrosa de Badoc (Since the 1900s)
8 December 1980
Badoc, Ilocos Norte
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Since the 1630s)
20 February 1981
Jaro, Iloilo
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia de Manila (Since the 1660s)
10 November 1985
Paco, Manila
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción (Since 1700)
7 December 1987
Concepción, Malabon
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados (1719 Arrival)
12 May 1991
Santa Ana, Manila
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora del Carmen de San Sebastian (1617 Arrival)
18 August 1991
Quiapo, Manila
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Ubanon (Since 19th Century)
15 October 1995
Boao-Ubanon, Catbalogan, Samar
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora de la Consolación y Correa (Since 1677)
4 September 2000
Intramuros, Manila
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso de Parañaque (1625 Discovery)
8 September 2000
La Huerta, Parañaque
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados (Since 1902)
23 October 2005
Marikina City
Pope Benedict XVI
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
16 July 2006
Cebu
Pope Benedict XVI
Nuestra Señora de La Inmaculada Concepcion de Pasig
7 December 2008
Malinao, Pasig City
Pope Benedict XVI
Nuestra Señora de La Inmaculada Concepcion de Malolos
10 March 2012
Malolos, Bulacan
Pope Benedict XVI
Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria de Paracale
1 September 2012
Paracale, Camarines Norte
Pope Benedict XVI
Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Imus [d]
3 December 2012
Imus, Cavite
Pope Benedict XVI
Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Libmanan
11 October 2015
Libmanan, Camarines Sur
Pope Francis
Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu
31 May 2017
San Mateo, Rizal
Pope Francis
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Our Lady of Fatima (Thedim statue).[e]
13 May 1946
Fatima
Pope Pius XII
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian or Josephian Image
Shrine of devotion
Our Lady of Montserrat
11 September 1881
Catalonia
Pope Leo XIII
Virgen de Lluc
1883
Mallorca
Pope Leo XIII
Virgen de Aranzazu
13 September 1885
Oñate
Pope Leo XIII
Virgin of Mercy
1888
Barcelona
Pope Leo XIII
Our Lady of Candelaria
13 October 1889
Tenerife
Pope Leo XIII
Our Lady of Begoña
1900
Bilbao
Pope Leo XIII
Virgen de los Ojos Grandes
15 August 1904
Lugo
Pope Pius X
Virgen de la Misericordia
24 October 1904
Reus
Pope Pius X
Virgen de los Reyes
4 December 1904
Seville
Pope Pius X
Our Lady of the Pillar
20 May 1905
Zaragoza
Pope Pius X
Virgen del Pino
7 September 1905
Gran Canaria
Pope Pius X
Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
27 April 1906
Fregenal de la Sierra
Pope Pius X
Our Lady of Cabeza
20 April 1909
Andújar
Pope Saint Pius X
Nuestra Señora de las Angustias
20 September 1913
Granada
Pope Benedict XV
Virgen de la Fuencisla
24 September 1916
Segovia
Pope Benedict XV
Virgen de San Lorenzo
21 October 1917
Valladolid
Pope Benedict XV
Virgen de Covadonga
8 September 1918
Asturias
Pope Benedict XV
Virgin of El Rocio
15 May 1919
Almonte
Pope Benedict XV
Nuestra Senora de la Caridad de Cartagena
17 April 1923
Cartagena
Pope Benedict XV
Nuestra Senora de los Desamparados
12 May 1923
Valencia
Pope Benedict XV
Nuestra Senora de Fuensanta
24 April 1927
Murcia
Pope Pius XI
Our Lady of Guadalupe of Extramadura
12 October 1928
Caceres
Pope Pius XI
Virgen de la Capilla
11 June 1930
Jaén, Spain
Pope Pius XI
Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
22 June 1930
Santa Cruz de La Palma
Pope Pius XI
Virgen del Camino
19 October 1930
León
Pope Pius XI
Virgen de la VIctoria
8 February 1943
Málaga
Pope Pius XII
Santa María la Real de Pamplona
21 September 1946
Pamplona
Pope Pius XII
Virgen de África
10 November 1946
Ceuta
Pope Pius XII
María Santísima de Araceli
2 May 1948
Lucena
Pope Pius XII
Virgen de la Peana
24 June 1948
De Borja, Zaragoza
Pope Pius XII
Virgin of Almudena
11 November 1948
Madrid
Pope Pius XII
Virgen del Mar
8 April 1951
Almería
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora del Carmen de San Fernando
12 October 1951
San Fernando, Cadiz
Pope Pius XII
Virgen de la Peña de Francia
4 June 1952
Peña de Francia
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora de los Reyes
17 May 1953
El Hierro
Pope Pius XII
Mother of God of Tallat
21 September 1954
Rocallaura
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora de la Concepción Coronada (San Cristóbal de La Laguna)
5 December 1954
San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Pope Pius XII
Virgen del Castillo
7 December 1954
Yecla
Pope Pius XII
Nuestra Señora de Bien Aparecida
1955
Santander
Pope Venerable Pius XII
Virgen de Los Llanos
27 May 1956
Albacete
Pope Venerable Pius XII
Nuestra Señora del Puy
25 May 1958
Estella, Navarra
Pope Venerable Pius XII
Virgin of Hope of Macarena (Since 1670)
31 May 1964
Seville
Pope St John XXIII
Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de la Portería
19 March 1964
Las Palmas
Pope St John XXIII
Virgen de Núria
5 January 1965
Queralbs
Blessed Pope Paul VI
Virgen del Monte
22 May 1966
Bolanos de Calatrava
Blessed Pope Paul VI
Madonna of Lledo de Vals
26 June 1966
Valls, Tarragona
Pope Paul VI
Virgen de la Asuncion
29 December 1970
Elche
Blessed Pope Paul VI
Virgen del Henar
25 June 1972
Cuellar
Blessed Pope Paul VI
Virgen de Esperanza de Triana
2 June 1984
Seville
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora del Carmen
17 July 1988
La Orotava
Pope John Paul II
Virgen de las Angustias de los Gitanos
29 October 1988
Sevilla
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora de las Angustias
25 July 1992
Ayamonte, Huelva
Pope John Paul II
Virgen de La Concha
8 December 1992
Zamora
Pope John Paul II
Virgin of Miracles
14 June 1993
Palos de la Frontera
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora de los Remedios de San Cristóbal de La Laguna
7 September 1997
San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Pope John Paul II
Virgen de la Paloma
27 May 2000
Madrid
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles
19 May 2002
Getafe
Pope John Paul II
Virgen del Amor Hermoso
23 October 2003
Cartagena
Pope John Paul II
Virgen del Socorro
14 August 2004
Rociana del Condado
Pope John Paul II
Nuestra Señora de las Angustias
3 October 2009
Valladolid
Pope Benedict XVI
Nuestra Senora de la Esperanza
15 October 2011
Alicante
Pope Benedict XVI
Maria Santissima de la Victoria
5 May 2012
Huelva
Pope Benedict XVI
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Vegueta
24 May 2012
Las Palmas
Pope Benedict XVI
Nuestra Señora de Guia
15 July 2012
Canary Islands
Pope Benedict XVI
Virgen de la Muela
18 May 2013
Corral de Almaguer
Pope Francis
Virgen de la Antigua
31 May 2013
Mora, Spain
Pope Francis
Virgen de la Natividad
3 May 2014
Méntrida, Toledo
Pope Francis
Virgen del Rocio de Málaga
12 September 2015
Málaga
Pope Francis
Official Title of the Image
Date of Coronation
Place of Devotion
Authorization by
Marian Image
Shrine of devotion
Our Lady of the Rosary of Madhu
2 July 1924
Ceylon , Sri Lanka
Pope Pius XI
Canonically crowned Christological images [ edit ]
The list below enumerates approved Christological images with a written and expressed Pontifical recognition and were granted a canonical coronation .
Canonically crowned Josephian images [ edit ]
The list below enumerates approved Josephian images with a written and expressed Pontifical recognition and were granted a canonical coronation .
References [ edit ]
^ The Chiquinquira image first obtained approval from Pope Saint Pius X dated on a Papal bull from 9 January 1910.
^ The title of the Virgin Mary in her apparition to Soubirous Bernadette as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception . Public devotion of the cult used officially used the Marian title Our Lady of the Rosary due to the description that she was holding a Brigittine rosary. Years of cult devotion translated her image into its local place of devotion, now known as Our Lady of Lourdes .
^ Rival of Our Lady of Visitation of Guibang, Isabella with an alleged coronation in 1974 but lacks documentation authorizing to crown the Marian image within the Papal archives in Rome.
^ Rival devotion of Our Lady of Porta Vaga of Cavite, with an alleged coronation in November 1978 but is disputed due to its lack of formal documentation authorizing to crown the image within the Papal archives in Rome .
^ The image was canonically crowned by Pope Pius XII in 1946 accompanied with a Papal bull via the Papal legate , Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella , Pope John Paul II made a simple addendum to the same crown by placing his assassination bullet within the crown in 1982. Out of the Six official statues created by Jose Thedim, only the image at the Santuario de Fatima is canonically crowned.
^ Crowned by the Papal legate to Great Britain, Gerald O'Hara on the Feast of the Assumption 1954 with gold donations from devotees accompanied with Papal bull from Rome.
^ The New York Carmel image possesses a Papal bull matching the copy in Rome requested by Father Scipio Tofinni, whereas the Czestochowa Virgin of Cantius Chicago and the Virgin of Carmel statue in Melrose, Illinois does not, though such crowns were blessed by Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI, neither the torched image of Divine Providence of Puerto Rico crowned in 1976-belonging to the USA territory, granted their title of "Patroness" in 1969 but no Papal bull or documentation exists for their devotion in Rome expressively granting such Pontifical act.
^ Pope Benedict XVI authorised the coronation, due to the process of waiting for the finished crown occurred on 22 August 2013, at Pope Francis' new pontificate.