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.
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]