Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine

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The Our Lady of Peñafrancia Parish is a Roman Catholic church located in Naga City, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Càceres.

History

The image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia was initially kept in a chapel on the banks of the Bicol River.[1] The present shrine was built in 1741 by Bishop Isidro 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 the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral for a solemn novena.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. 1."History of the Devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia", Archdiocese of Caceres
  2. 2."History of Our Lady of Peñafrancia « Dagos po sa Maogmang Naga". naga.gov.ph. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. 3."Bikol Braces for the Grand Tercentenary Celebration | Vox Bikol". voxbikol.com. March 9, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2014.