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Peñafrancia Church
Peñafrancia Church
Our Lady of Peñafrancia Parish (Old Shrine)
	Church facade in 2011
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	13°38′04″N 123°11′44″E / 13.63439°N 123.19557°E
Location	Naga City
Country	Philippines
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Our Lady of Penafrancia
Consecrated	1759
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Church building
Style	Baroque
Groundbreaking	1742
Completed	1750
Administration
Archdiocese	Càceres
Clergy
Archbishop	Rex 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

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]