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style="color:black; background-color:#FFCC99">Gapan Church</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold">Minor Basilica and National Shrine of La Virgen Divina Pastora</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold">Three Kings Parish</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold"><div class="nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="Filipino-language text"><i lang="fil">Basilika Minore at Pambansang Dambana ng La Virgen Divina Pastora</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a>)</span></li><li><span 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class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gapan_Church&params=15.3138_N_120.9492_E_dim:30_region:PH_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">15°18′50″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°56′57″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">15.3138°N 120.9492°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">15.3138; 120.9492</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label">Delos Reyes Street, San Vicente, <a href="/wiki/Gapan" title="Gapan">Gapan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nueva_Ecija" title="Nueva Ecija">Nueva Ecija</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Denomination</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:black; background-color:#FFCC99">History</th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data category"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output 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dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minor_Basilica" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor Basilica">Minor Basilica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_shrine" title="National shrine">National shrine</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dedication_of_churches" title="Dedication of churches">Dedication</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Biblical_Magi" title="Biblical Magi">Three Kings</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Cult_(religious_practice)" title="Cult (religious practice)">Cult(s)</a> present</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Titles_of_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Titles of Mary">La Virgen Divina Pastora</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:black; background-color:#FFCC99">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Functional status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Active</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architectural type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Church_building" class="mw-redirect" title="Church building">Church building</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sacred_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred architecture">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Earthquake_Baroque" title="Earthquake Baroque">Earthquake Baroque</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Groundbreaking" title="Groundbreaking">Groundbreaking</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1589</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data">1678</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:black; background-color:#FFCC99">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Building_material" title="Building material">Materials</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">Limestone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brick" title="Brick">bricks</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:black; background-color:#FFCC99">Administration</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Lingayen%E2%80%93Dagupan" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan">Lingayen-Dagupan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">Diocese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Cabanatuan" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Cabanatuan">Cabanatuan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Deanery" title="Deanery">Deanery</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Divina Pastora</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parish" title="Parish">Parish</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Three Kings</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:black; background-color:#FFCC99">Clergy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Rector_(ecclesiastical)" title="Rector (ecclesiastical)">Rector</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Aldrin B. Domingo, Ph. L</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Minor Basilica and National Shrine of La Virgen Divina Pastora</b>, known canonically as the <b>Three Kings Parish</b> and commonly known as <b>Gapan Church</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Minor_basilica" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor basilica">minor basilica</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_shrine" title="National shrine">national shrine</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gapan" title="Gapan">Gapan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nueva_Ecija" title="Nueva Ecija">Nueva Ecija</a> in the Philippines that was founded in the 1500s. It is under the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Cabanatuan" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Cabanatuan">Diocese of Cabanatuan</a>. </p><p>It is one of the oldest Roman Catholic <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">churches</a> in the country, and the oldest and the biggest colonial church in Nueva Ecija. The church has been a pilgrimage site for two <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron saints</a> of Gapan and also of <a href="/wiki/Nueva_Ecija" title="Nueva Ecija">Nueva Ecija</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Biblical_Magi" title="Biblical Magi">Three Kings</a>, and the Divina Pastora (Divine Shepherdess).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Bishops_Conference_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines">Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines</a> declared the church as a <a href="/wiki/National_shrine" title="National shrine">national shrine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> granted the title of <a href="/wiki/Minor_Basilica" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor Basilica">Minor Basilica</a> to the shrine.<sup id="cite_ref-mb-basilica_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mb-basilica-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gapan_Church&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foundation">Foundation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gapan_Church&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Foundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Augustinians" title="Augustinians">Augustinians</a> formally accepted Gapan and established in it a community with its own minister on August 28, 1595. Situated across the Rio Chico, Gapan was originally bounded by Manicling, San Miguel de Mayumo and the <a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Central_(Luzon)" title="Cordillera Central (Luzon)">Cordillera mountains</a>. Due to its rapid progress, the Provincial Council decreed on October 31, 1636, that Gapan be divided into two <a href="/wiki/Vicariate" class="mw-redirect" title="Vicariate">vicariates</a>; the first will be composed of Gapan, Junas and San Miguel and the second will be composed of the areas north of the river. In 1704, Governor General Domingo de Zabalburu ordered that all Chinese living in the <a href="/wiki/Christian_mission" title="Christian mission">missions</a> of Bongabon, Santor, Carranglan and Pantabangan transfer to Gapan. These movement witnessed the steady increase of population. In 1612, Gapan merely had a population of 1,800 which soared to 3,651 in 1760 and in 1896, 15,238. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Construction">Construction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gapan_Church&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan,_Nueva_Ecija_06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan%2C_Nueva_Ecija_06.jpg/220px-Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan%2C_Nueva_Ecija_06.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan%2C_Nueva_Ecija_06.jpg/330px-Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan%2C_Nueva_Ecija_06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan%2C_Nueva_Ecija_06.jpg/440px-Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan%2C_Nueva_Ecija_06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3888" /></a><figcaption>Church interior in 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>The Order of Saint Augustine administered the parish of Gapan from its foundation in 1595.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the secular priests took over in 1770. The present church was constructed under the direction of the friars Laredo, Cornejo and Laneza from 1856 to 1872. Fray Francisco Laredo started the construction of the church and finished the work on the walls, the <a href="/wiki/Dome" title="Dome">dome</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Presbytery_(architecture)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbytery (architecture)">presbytery</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Transept" title="Transept">transept</a>. It was his successors Fray Antonio Cornejo and Fray Leonardo Laneza who worked for the completion of the church. </p><p>The church was built on the spot cleared by Augustinian friars Contreras, Tendilla, Caballo and Salazar in 1595.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The church is distinctly <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_architecture" title="Byzantine architecture">Byzantine</a> in style and is built from blocks of limestone and bricks.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bricks, locally known as <i>laryo</i>, were made in two sites. The first site is only a few blocks away from the church in San Vicente while the second site is in San Lorenzo, the two oldest settlements in Gapan. </p><p>The exterior of the church is plain while its interior formerly has a central <a href="/wiki/Retablo_mayor" class="mw-redirect" title="Retablo mayor">retablo</a> with <a href="/wiki/Niche_(architecture)" title="Niche (architecture)">niches</a> dedicated to the Epiphany of the Lord and to the <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">La Virgen Divina Pastora</i></span>. This central retablo however was torn down in the 1970s due to infestation of termites. It was replaced with a modern style <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary" title="Sanctuary">sanctuary</a> dominated by a huge image of the <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion</a>, arguably the largest in the province of Nueva Ecija. Only the two-side retablo are maintained to this day. Prominently displayed on the left retablo is the original miniature image of the <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Virgen Divina Pastora</i></span> which was donated by the Valmonte Family in 1986. The right retablo enshrines the <a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi" title="Adoration of the Magi">Adoration of the Magi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the <i><a href="/wiki/Palitada" class="mw-redirect" title="Palitada">palitada</a></i> of the walls was stripped, the grand painting of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Trinity">Holy Trinity</a> on the church's dome has been preserved. Local artist, Isidoro Samonte painted this image in the early 1900s.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Image_of_La_Virgen_Divina_Pastora">Image of La Virgen Divina Pastora</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gapan_Church&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Image of La Virgen Divina Pastora"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FvfGapanChurch8994_13.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Image of La Virgen Divina Pastora" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/FvfGapanChurch8994_13.JPG/220px-FvfGapanChurch8994_13.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/FvfGapanChurch8994_13.JPG/330px-FvfGapanChurch8994_13.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/FvfGapanChurch8994_13.JPG/440px-FvfGapanChurch8994_13.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="4608" /></a><figcaption>The original image of <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">La Virgen Divina Pastora</i></span> at the left <i>retablo</i> of the church</figcaption></figure> <p>The image of the <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">La Virgen Divina Pastora</i></span> is the object of the largest Marian pilgrimages in Central Luzon. Although the precise origins of the image are shrouded in legend, its recorded history is traced largely to the Valmonte Family.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1700s, Doña Juana Valmonte, daughter of Don Bartolome de la Cruz Valmonte – Gapan's first <a href="/wiki/Gobernadorcillo" title="Gobernadorcillo">gobernadorcillo</a> in 1747 – and Doña Eulalia Fernández, had a strange dream in which the Virgin Mary wanted to be fetched from Spain. Distraught, she sought the advice of her father who told her to consult a friar friend in Manila. Doña Juana then traveled to Manila to recount her dream to the friar. Impressed by her story, the friar told of the devotion to the Divina Pastora which was gaining popularity in Spain. Doña Juana, on her part, ordered an image from Spain and to enthrone it in their family estate. The image eventually arrived in Manila via the <a href="/wiki/Acapulco_Galleon" class="mw-redirect" title="Acapulco Galleon">Acapulco Galleon</a>, and was brought to Gapan. It then became the center of devotion for the family. Consequently, they started to celebrate her feast in thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest every May 1.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon stories of miracles spread throughout the province and people came in throngs to celebrate the yearly fiesta.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1800s, the <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">La Virgen Divina Pastora</i></span> was made patron of the parish of Gapan secondary to the <a href="/wiki/Three_Kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Three Kings">Three Kings</a>. Care of the image after the death of Dona Juana was given to her brother Don Basilio Valmonte who passed it to his son, General <a href="/wiki/Pantaleon_Valmonte" class="mw-redirect" title="Pantaleon Valmonte">Pantaleon Valmonte</a>, the hero of the <a href="/wiki/Cry_of_Nueva_Ecija" title="Cry of Nueva Ecija">First Cry of Nueva Ecija</a>. General Pantaleon however was executed due to accusations of rebellion against Spain. Upon his death, the image was given to his wife Maxima Navarro-Valmonte for safekeeping. It was finally handed to Donata Valmonte-Cala and her daughter Emma Valmote-Cala.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 19, 1963, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> approved the <a href="/wiki/Canonical_coronation" title="Canonical coronation">canonical coronation</a> of the image of <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">La Virgen Divina Pastora</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the original image is privately owned, a church-owned image was used for the coronation ceremony which was presided by the first Bishop of the Diocese of Cabanatuan, Most Rev. Mariano Gaviola, on April 26, 1964. The original image of the <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">La Virgen Divina Pastora</i></span> was eventually donated to the Parish of the Three Kings with the declaration of the church as a <a href="/wiki/National_shrine" title="National shrine">national shrine</a> on April 26, 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minor_basilica">Minor basilica</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gapan_Church&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Minor basilica"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 22, 2024, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> elevated the church as the twenty-second <a href="/wiki/Minor_Basilica" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor Basilica">Minor Basilica</a> in the Philippines and the first in the province of Nueva Ecija.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Mass" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical Mass">Pontifical Mass</a> was held on April 26 to solemnly declare the shrine as a basilica, presided by the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Nunciature_to_the_Philippines" title="Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines">Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines</a>, Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Charles_John_Brown" title="Charles John Brown">Charles John Brown</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Concelebrate" class="mw-redirect" title="Concelebrate">concelebrated</a> by twenty <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishops</a> and a dozen <a href="/wiki/Catholic_priest" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic priest">Catholic priests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cbcp_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbcp-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mayor of Gapan City, Joy Pascual, graced the event,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> attended by 2,000 lay faithful.<sup id="cite_ref-cbcp_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbcp-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The solemn declaration coincided with the sixtieth anniversary of the canonical coronation of the <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">La Virgen Divina Pastora</i></span> image.<sup id="cite_ref-mb-basilica_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mb-basilica-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gapan_Church&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FvfGapanCoronation7538_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="La Virgen Divina Pastora during its 50th Canonical Coronation Anniversary"><img alt="La Virgen Divina Pastora during its 50th Canonical Coronation Anniversary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/FvfGapanCoronation7538_01.JPG/240px-FvfGapanCoronation7538_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/FvfGapanCoronation7538_01.JPG/360px-FvfGapanCoronation7538_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/FvfGapanCoronation7538_01.JPG/480px-FvfGapanCoronation7538_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">La Virgen Divina Pastora</i></span> during its 50th Canonical Coronation Anniversary</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FvfDivinaProcession7695_24.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The church's façade showing the papal symbol or the Papal Cross Keys"><img alt="The church's façade showing the papal symbol or the Papal Cross Keys" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/FvfDivinaProcession7695_24.JPG/240px-FvfDivinaProcession7695_24.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/FvfDivinaProcession7695_24.JPG/360px-FvfDivinaProcession7695_24.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/FvfDivinaProcession7695_24.JPG/480px-FvfDivinaProcession7695_24.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The church's <a href="/wiki/Fa%C3%A7ade" title="Façade">façade</a> showing the papal symbol or the <a href="/wiki/Papal_regalia_and_insignia" title="Papal regalia and insignia">Papal Cross Keys</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 159.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 157.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FvfGapan9086_08.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Image of the Holy Trinity at the basilica dome"><img alt="Image of the Holy Trinity at the basilica dome" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/FvfGapan9086_08.JPG/236px-FvfGapan9086_08.JPG" decoding="async" width="158" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/FvfGapan9086_08.JPG/354px-FvfGapan9086_08.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/FvfGapan9086_08.JPG/472px-FvfGapan9086_08.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4442" data-file-height="3386" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Image of the <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Holy Trinity</a> at the basilica dome</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan,_Nueva_Ecija_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statue of the Three Kings"><img alt="Statue of the Three Kings" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan%2C_Nueva_Ecija_09.jpg/240px-Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan%2C_Nueva_Ecija_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan%2C_Nueva_Ecija_09.jpg/360px-Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan%2C_Nueva_Ecija_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan%2C_Nueva_Ecija_09.jpg/480px-Divine_Shepherdess_Shrine_in_Gapan%2C_Nueva_Ecija_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3888" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Statue of the <a href="/wiki/Biblical_Magi" title="Biblical Magi">Three Kings</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lumang_Gapan_Barangay_San_Vicente_15.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The back gate of the church"><img alt="The back gate of the church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Lumang_Gapan_Barangay_San_Vicente_15.jpg/240px-Lumang_Gapan_Barangay_San_Vicente_15.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Lumang_Gapan_Barangay_San_Vicente_15.jpg/360px-Lumang_Gapan_Barangay_San_Vicente_15.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Lumang_Gapan_Barangay_San_Vicente_15.jpg/480px-Lumang_Gapan_Barangay_San_Vicente_15.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3888" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The back gate of the church</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gapan_Church&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crowned_Marian_images_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Crowned Marian images in the Philippines">Crowned Marian images in the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_basilicas" title="List of Catholic basilicas">List of Catholic basilicas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gapan_Church&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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