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Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine

Coordinates: 13°38′04″N 123°11′44″E / 13.63439°N 123.19557°E / 13.63439; 123.19557
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Not to be confused with Peñafrancia Basilica.

Peñafrancia Shrine
Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine and Parish
Church facade in 2011
Peñafrancia Shrine is located in Luzon
Peñafrancia Shrine
Peñafrancia Shrine
Location in Luzon
Peñafrancia Shrine is located in Philippines
Peñafrancia Shrine
Peñafrancia Shrine
Location in the Philippines
13°38′04″N 123°11′44″E / 13.63439°N 123.19557°E / 13.63439; 123.19557
LocationNaga City
CountryPhilippines
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusParish church and shrine
DedicationOur Lady of Penafrancia
Consecrated1759
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Isidro Arevalo
Architectural typeChurch building
StyleBaroque
Groundbreaking1742
Completed1750
Administration
ArchdioceseCaceres
Clergy
ArchbishopRex Andrew Alarcon
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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National historical marker installed in 1940

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]

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  • The Monument of Padre Miguel Robles de Covarrubias
    The Monument of Padre Miguel Robles de Covarrubias
  • Church interior in 2023
    Church interior in 2023
  • Church altar
    Church altar

References

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  1. ^ "Fr. Andrew G. Recepcion S.Th.D | Vox Bikol". voxbikol.com. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "BusinessMirror - The church project of Shoko Matsumoto". businessmirror.com.ph. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "History of the Devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia", Archdiocese of Caceres
  4. ^ "History of Our Lady of Peñafrancia « Dagos po sa Maogmang Naga". naga.gov.ph. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  5. ^ "Bikol Braces for the Grand Tercentenary Celebration | Vox Bikol". voxbikol.com. March 9, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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