Not to be confused with Peñafrancia Basilica.

Peñafrancia Church
Our Lady of Peñafrancia Parish (Old Shrine)
Church facade in 2011
Peñafrancia Church is located in Luzon
Peñafrancia Church
Peñafrancia Church
Location in Luzon
Peñafrancia Church is located in Philippines
Peñafrancia Church
Peñafrancia Church
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
DedicationOur Lady of Penafrancia
Consecrated1759
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch building
StyleBaroque
Groundbreaking1742
Completed1750
Administration
ArchdioceseCàceres
Clergy
ArchbishopRex Andrew Alarcon
Vicar(s)Carlo O. Villaluz
Priest(s)Felipe B. Culvera III
Chaplain(s)Ryan O. Fenis

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

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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.[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]

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

References

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