![]() and the Association of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, Mr and Mrs Macario Mariano donated a three-hectare lot in Barrio Balatas. Shortly after, through the meditation of the Archbishop Emeritus Teopisto V. ![]() ![]() In 1960, he dreamt of building a basilica to honor the Virgin. Santos noted that the devotees and pilgrims kept increasing through the years. The image was housed in a small chapel until the basilica was built.Īrchbishop Pedro P. It was commissioned by Miguel de Cobarrubias, who moved to the Philippines from Spain with his family and believed that the Virgin Mary had helped him numerous times in his life. The Peñafrancia Basilica enshrines an image of the Virgin Mary that was sculpted in 1710. Exactly three years later, the church was given the title of "Basilica Minore" by the Holy See after a request from the third Archbishop of Cáceres, Leonardo Z. On May 22, 1982, it was initially dedicated as the Church of Nuestra Señora de Peña de Francia. Construction began on April 18, 1976, but was delayed for a number of years due to financing problems and was not completed until September 1981. ![]() The concept for the building came from the late Archbishop Pedro Paulo Santos y Songco in 1960. It is the only basilica in the Bicol Region and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caceres. Rodel Cajot is the present rector of the basilica, having been appointed in 2011. ![]() The icon of Our Lady of Peñafrancia is enshrined in this sanctuary. It is one of the largest Marian pilgrimage sites in Asia. The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Peñafrancia ( Spanish: Basílica Menor y Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia, also known as the Peñafrancia Basilica, is a Roman Catholic minor basilica located on the outskirts of Naga City-also known as the Pilgrim City and Queen City of Bicol-in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. ![]()
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