QUIAPO CHURCH IS OFFICIALLY A NATIONAL SHRINE

QUIAPO church in Manila also known as the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of the Black Nazarene was officially declared as a national shrine Monday, January 29, 2024.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) approved the petition to elevate the church as the 29th national shrine of the Philippines in its 126th Plenary Assembly in Aklan last July 2023.

On December 14, the church received the official decree of the elevation of the national shrine.

On January 29, 2024, the end of the CBCP’s  127^th Plenary Assembly in Manila, the shrine’s solemn declaration was held in a mass presided by Archbishop Cardinal Jose Advincula.

The church will now be officially recognized as the “National Shrine of the Black Nazarene,” in addition to its other titles – Minor Basilica and Archdiocesan Shrine of the Black Nazarene, as well as its original canonical name, Saint John the Baptist Parish.

Advincula, together with Fr. Rufino “Jun” Sescon, received the official decree of establishment from Bishop Pablo David, declaring the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene.