Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine explained

Peñafrancia Shrine
Fullname:Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine and Parish
Pushpin Map:Luzon mainland#Philippines
Map Caption:Location in Luzon##Location in the Philippines
Coordinates:13.6344°N 123.1956°W
Location:Naga City
Country:Philippines
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Dedication:Our Lady of Penafrancia
Consecrated Date:1759
Status:Parish church and shrine
Functional Status:Active
Architect:Isidro Arevalo
Architectural Type:Church building
Style:Baroque
Groundbreaking:1742
Completed Date:1750
Pastor:Rev. Fr. Felipe B. Culvera III
Archdiocese:Caceres
Archbishop:Rolando Joven Tria Tirona
Priest:Fr. Andrew Recepcion[1] [2]

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

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fr. Andrew G. Recepcion S.Th.D Vox Bikol. voxbikol.com. June 1, 2014.
  2. Web site: BusinessMirror - The church project of Shoko Matsumoto. businessmirror.com.ph. June 1, 2014.
  3. https://www.archdioceseofcaceres.org/pe%C3%B1afrancia-history "History of the Devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia", Archdiocese of Caceres
  4. Web site: History of Our Lady of Peñafrancia « Dagos po sa Maogmang Naga. naga.gov.ph. June 1, 2014.
  5. Web site: Bikol Braces for the Grand Tercentenary Celebration Vox Bikol. March 9, 2010 . voxbikol.com. June 1, 2014.