Santo Niño Church (Tacloban)

Not to be confused with Santo Niño Shrine and Heritage Museum.

Santo Niño Church
The Archdiocesan Shrine of Santo Niño
Church facade in 2023
Santo Niño Church is located in Visayas
Santo Niño Church
Santo Niño Church
Location in the Visayas
Santo Niño Church is located in Philippines
Santo Niño Church
Santo Niño Church
Location in the Philippines
11°14′29″N 125°00′21″E / 11.24144°N 125.00571°E / 11.24144; 125.00571
LocationTacloban
CountryPhilippines
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
Former name(s)Santo Niño Parish Church
Founded1770
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch building
Administration
ArchdiocesePalo

The Archdiocesan Shrine of Santo Niño, also known as Santo Niño Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Tacloban, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Palo.

History

Church interior in 2023

The Santo Niño Parish Church was founded in 1770 by the Augustinian. Its namesake, the Santo Niño would be attributed to the end of a cholera epidemic in 1889. The arrival of the image of the child Jesus Christ in the Port of Tacloban, which was previously believed to be lost at sea, on June 30, 1889, was credited to have caused a miracle ending the outbreak.[1]

The church underwent restoration in December 2014 after being severely damaged by Typhoon Haiyan (Supertyphoon Yolanda) in November 2013.[2]

On November 1, 2021, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the church was elevated to an archdiocesan shrine from a parish.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Mendoza, John Eric (November 5, 2021). "Sto. Niño Church in Tacloban now an archdiocesan shrine". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  2. ^ Nazareno-Ballesteros, Eileen (December 28, 2014). "Sto. Niño Church re-dedicated". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on September 19, 2024. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  3. ^ Patinio, Ferdinand (October 14, 2021). "Tacloban church gets archdiocesan shrine status". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved November 12, 2022.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.