Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine
Peñafrancia Shrine | |
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Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine and Parish | |
Church facade in 2011 | |
Location in Luzon | |
13°38′04″N 123°11′44″E / 13.63439°N 123.19557°E | |
Location | Naga City |
Country | Philippines |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Status | Parish church and shrine |
Dedication | Our Lady of Penafrancia |
Consecrated | 1759 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Isidro Arevalo |
Architectural type | Church building |
Style | Baroque |
Groundbreaking | 1742 |
Completed | 1750 |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Caceres |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Rolando Joven Tria Tirona |
Priest(s) | Fr. Andrew Recepcion[1][2] |
Pastor(s) | Rev. Fr. Felipe B. Culvera III |
Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine and Parish is a Roman Catholic church in the Philippines, located in Naga City. It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Caceres.
History
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The image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia was initially kept in a chapel on the banks of the Bicol River.[3] The present shrine was built in 1741 by Bishop Ysidro Arevalo, and later renovated by Bishop Francisco Gainza. It was Gainza, who, on September 1, 1864, initiated the Traslación Procession on the Friday before the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary, where the image was brought from the Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine to Naga Cathedral for a solemn novena.[4]
The image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia was subsequently transferred to the new Peñafrancia Basilica. However, the parish church is also the location of the Plaza Miguel Robles de Covarrubias, where the Traslacion procession of Our Lady of Peñafrancia begins, opening the Peñafrancia Festival.[5]
Gallery
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The Monument of Padre Miguel Robles de Covarrubias
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Church interior in 2023
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Church altar
References
[edit]- ^ "Fr. Andrew G. Recepcion S.Th.D | Vox Bikol". voxbikol.com. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "BusinessMirror - The church project of Shoko Matsumoto". businessmirror.com.ph. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "History of the Devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia", Archdiocese of Caceres
- ^ "History of Our Lady of Peñafrancia « Dagos po sa Maogmang Naga". naga.gov.ph. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "Bikol Braces for the Grand Tercentenary Celebration | Vox Bikol". voxbikol.com. March 9, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
External links
[edit]Media related to Peñafrancia Shrine (Naga City, Camarines Sur) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine on Facebook
- Official Site of the Archdiocese of Caceres