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The Co-Cathedral Parish of the Epiphany of Our Lord, commonly known as Lingayen Church and formerly Los Tres Reyes or Three Kings Parish, is a historic Roman Catholic church and cathedral in Lingayen, Pangasinan in the Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.
The Feast of the Black Nazarene (Filipino: Pista ng Itím na Nazareno), officially and liturgically the Feast of Jesús Nazareno (Filipino: Kapistahan ni Jesús Nazareno), is a religious festival held in the Philippines. It is also known as the Traslación (lit:transfer) after the mass procession done during the feast.
Santuario de San José Parish (Sanctuary of Saint Joseph) is a parish church found inside the Green Hills East Village in Mandaluyong, Philippines. It is designated as the Shrine of Saint Joseph the Patriarch, and is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Manila. The church is run by the Oblates of St. Joseph (OSJ). It is the home parish ...
San Guillermo Parish Church is a Roman Catholic church in Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines.It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of San Fernando.Named after San Guillermo, the town's patron saint, the church was originally constructed by the Augustinian Friars in 1576 – also the town's founding – with Padre Diego de Ochoa, OSA, becoming the town's first parish priest two years later.
The church was solemnly designated the title on January 14, 2023, in a Mass presided by the apostolic nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Charles John Brown, concelebrated by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, auxiliary bishop Fidelis Layog, and Fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner, the Master of the Order of Preachers. [3]
In front of the church is a marker stating that the first Mass on Philippine soil was celebrated in Bolinao Bay in 1324 by a Franciscan missionary, Blessed Odorico. [3] However, Bl. Odoric being in the Philippines is highly doubted by scholars. [4]
Epiphany will be widely celebrated on Saturday, January 6, 2024. Others may celebrate on Sunday, January 7, 2024, or throughout a much larger season, as explained above.
On October 23, 1791, the church was consecrated by the Archdiocese of Manila for the Virgin's said title so that it could not be used for any secular purpose. In 1898, during the Philippine–American War, the first image was burnt along with pertinent records of the devotion in Marikina. In 1902, a new image was created, and is the one ...