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Prior to 1989, pontifical decrees concerning the authorization of canonical coronations were handwritten on parchment. After 1989, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments began issuing the specific recognition to crown a religious image, spelling out its approved devotional title and authorizing papal legate. Several venerated images of Jesus Christ and Saint Joseph have also been granted a pontifical coronation.[a]
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↑ Episcopal Coronations only for Bogota, Colombia in 1779 by the Bishop of Popayan and Zacatecas in May 1790, Guanajuato, Mexico in July 1790. Similar episcopal coronations only for Cadiz, Spain and Parañaque, Philippines. The Josephian statues of Ognina and Le Mosse have no records, (ordinary or notarized) Pontifical coronation exist in Rome, rather were crowned in public as an offering of the Papal audience to the Pope in the Vatican — https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/534f4416f66203209553ad0e00efcad9/mdo-2150243.jpg
↑ In the cases of diadems attached to images of "Saint Anne, parent of the neophyte Blessed Virgin", the Rosary Pope clarified through the Sacred Congregation of Rites that it is a Marian image which merits a decree of Pontifical coronation, and the diadem attached to the image of Saint Anne is pure novelty or ornamental.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to Primate of Africa, Archbishop Charles Lavigerie on 15 April 1876, as well as the Pontifical decree granting the shrine the status of Minor Basilica, signed by Pope Pius IX. — Sacred Congregation of Rites.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to Bishop of Jujuy, Monsignor Enrique Jose Muhn signed and notarized on 25 March 1920. Pope John XXIII redeclared this coronation once again and finally assigned the Marian title as official patroness of the Diocese of Jujuy via his own decree signed on 1 July 1960. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation signed and granted to Archbishop Filippo Cortesi on 10 August 1924. — Vatican Secret Archives
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to Archbishop of Santa Fe de Vera Cruz, Jose Maria Arancedo on 22 February 2013. Coronation took place during the Pontificate of Francis.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 221/16, 13 May 2016. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 549/18, 4 March 2019. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 138/20, 16 June 2020. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation redeclared by Pope Pius XII via Gementium Solatrix on 22 September 1951 for the second centenary of its coronation with the raising of its status to a Minor Basilica. Notarized by the Grand Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs, Monsignor Gildo Brugnola.
↑ The coronation is authorized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726. Due to political events it did not take place until 1730. It was originally scheduled for 8 September 1728.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 309/03/L, 4 March 2003. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 552/06/L, 18 May 2006. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 1898/00/L, 17 November 2000. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation titled Comperimus Sane Perlibenter granted to Archbishop of Salvador da Bahia, Cardinal Augusto da Silva on 9 July 1953. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation titled Quae Mortalibus granted on 17 November 1953 by Pope Pius XII as a "special mandate" (De Speciali Mandatum Sanctissimi) or Motu Proprio, both signed and notarized by Grand Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs, Monsigneur Gildo Brugnola. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation titled Quae Rosarii granted to Bishop of Leopoldina, Geraldo Ferreira Reis on 8 November 1961. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation titled Quidquid ad Pietatam granted to the Archbishop of Mariana, Oscar de Oliveira on 17 August 1961. The coronation took place on 15 August 1963 at the time of Pope Paul VI's pontificate. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Sacra Congregatio pro Sacramentis et Cultu Divino: Prot. CD 1264/79, Stantianae, 11 December 1979. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Sacra Congregatio pro Sacramntis et Cultu Divino: Prot. CD 596/79, Marianensis, 5 September 1979. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Date of decree issuance, not the exact date of the coronation rites.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 601/05/L, 28 April 2005. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, COngregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 237/14/L, 27 May 2014. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 174/14/L, 8 April 2014. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 360/20, 2 February 2021. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 511/21, 3 October 2023. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 286/24, 31 May 2024. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 552/19, 8 December 2019. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro on 15 June 1899, with a special Papal benediction given to the Order of Claretian sisters, who promised to distribute the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary under this Marian title. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val, signed and notarized by Canon priest of the Church of Saint Candida the Elder, Giulio Malvezzi and Guardian Chancellor of the Apostolic Briefs, Monsignor Giuseppe Cascioli on 20 February 1918. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 2648/00/L, 21 December 2000. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the Bishop of Tunja, Eduardo Calvo y Maldonado on the Feast of Nativity of Mary. Redeclared via decree, Sedes Religionis dated 4 June 1966; the official patronage was accorded by Pope Pius XII in 1955, signed and notarized by titular Bishop of Tuscany, Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Coronation authorized by the Vatican through a papal bull dated 1 March 1934. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the Archbishop of Santiago de Cali, Alberto Uribe y Urdaneta signed on 6 July 1958. The rite of coronation was executed by the Papal nuncio to the country, Cardinal Paolo Bertoli. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted on 24 May 1970 to the Bishop of Sonson—Rionegro, Alfonso Uribe y Jaramillo. The rite of coronation was executed by the Papal nuncio to the country, Archbishop Angelo Palmas. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Sacra Congregatio pro Sacramentis et Cultu Divino: Prot. n. 1083/72, S. Martha in Columbia, 17 October 1972. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 818/00/L, 24 July 2000. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 472/08/L, 6 May 2008. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted on 20 October 1924 to the Bishop of San Jose de Costa Rica, Rafael Oton Castro y Jimenez. Notarized by the Secretary of Apostolic Dataria, Monsignor Domenico Jorio. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted on 23 October 1953 to Archbishop of Costa Rica, Ruben Odio y Herrera. The decree was notarized by the Secretary of Apostolic Dataria, Monsignor Marco Martini. The rite of coronation was executed by the Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador, Cardinal Carlos María de la Torre y Nieto as the Papal legate. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 711/04/L, 19 June 2004. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 386/17, 25 May 2018. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 229/19, 5 September 2019. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation titled Intermariales Aedes granted for the fiftieth anniversary of the coronation, signed and notarized for the Archbishop of Bourges, Martin Jerome Izart. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the Bishop of Nimes, François-Nicolas-Xavier-Louis Besson on 27 April 1869. Sacred Congregation of Rites.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the Bishop of Puy, Pierre le Breton signed and notarized in the Vatican on 31 August 1869. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the parish priest of Marvejols, Father Eugene Roussel on 4 December 1874. The rite of coronation was executed by the Bishop of Mende, Joseph Frederick Saivet. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ The title of the Virgin Mary in her apparition to Soubirous Bernadette as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. Public devotion of the cult used officially used the Marian title Our Lady of the Rosary due to the description that she was holding a Brigittine rosary. Years of cult devotion translated her image into its local place of devotion, now known as Our Lady of Lourdes.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation signed and granted on 1 February 1876 by Pope Pius IX, notarized at the Vatican on the next day. The image was then crowned by Archbishop of Damascus, Pier Francesco Meglia on 3 July the same year. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the Archbishop of Avignon, Monsigneur Louis Dubreil. White marble statue purchased from the workshop of Giovanni Maria Benzoni after his death. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree signed on 10 May 1878. Notarized by Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Fabio Maria Asquini.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted on 15 July 1870 by Pope Pius IX. The image was crowned through a grand public ceremony by Cardinal Henri de Bonnechose on 24 May 1880 at the time of Pope Leo XIII's pontificate.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the Bishop of Mende, Francois Narcisse du Baptifolier on 18 December 1893. Signed and notarized by Cardinal Luigi Macchi. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted by Pope Leo XIII to the former Archbishop of Bordeaux, Cardinal Victor-Lucien-Sulpice Lécot on 29 September 1898. The rite of coronation was executed the former Archbishop of Nice, Henri Louis Chapon. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation titled Dies non longe abest, signed on 14 June 1912. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted on 15 February 1912 to Bishop of Bayeux, Thomas Lemmonier. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the Bishop of Quimper, Adolph Duparc on 7 February 1913. The ceremony of coronation was executed on 31 August 1913. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted on 8 August 1935 to the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Jean Verdier. Signed and notarized by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation titled Mirabile itedemque granted to Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Papal Nuncio to the country via a special mandate, "De Speciali Mandatum Sanctissimi" both signed and redeclared by the Grand Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs, Monsigneur Domenico Spada on 8 September 1947 in honor of the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation redeclared by Pope Pius XII via Quam Omnes Gentes on 16 October 1953. Notarized by the Grand Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs, Monsignor Gildo Brugnola. The rite of coronation was executed by Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Anton Hubert Fischer and Cardinal Karl Joseph Schulte von Paderborn. The reading of the coronation decree was assigned to the Franciscan bishop of Nepi—Sutri, Giuseppe Bernardo Doebbing. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Sacra Congregatio pro Sacramentis et Cultu Divino: Prot. CD 814/79, Ratisbonensis, 19 July 1979. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 139/03/L, 28 October 2003. Vatican Apostolic Archive.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 1830/04/L, 28 October 2004. Vatican Apostolic Archive.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the Archbishop of Pondicherry, François-Jean-Marie Laouënan on 21 February 1886.
↑ Date of decree issuance, not the exact date of coronation rites.
↑ Sacra Congregatio pro Sacramentis et Cultu Divino: Prot. CD 1658/80, Tokyensis, 10 December 1980. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Decree of coronation granted to the Apostolic Vicar of Kuwait, Ubaldo Teofano y Stella, signed by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Domenico Tardini. Notarized by Grand Chancellor of Apostolic Briefs, Monsignor Gildo Brugnola — Prænotanda Numerorum # 29031. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the nobility of Malta on 19 June 1880, for the 'graces offered to the Virgin of Mount Carmel bestowed by the Majesty of the Bishop of Rome through the Vatican Chapter'. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to Cardinal Domenico Ferrata on 25 January 1905. The decree titled Interpublicas Illustrioresque dated on 8 April 1913, also granted to Cardinal Domenico Ferrata as papal legate to the Eucharistic Congress of Malta in 1913. The coronation was for the honor of Maltese people at the end of the event. Cardinal Federico Tedeschini added a set of twelve silver stars to the image on 25 June 1955, commemorating its fiftieth anniversary. — Sacred Congregation of Rites.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation Capitulo Nostro granted to Archbishop Maurus Caruana on 25 April 1920 due to the veneration of the image since the year 1618. Signed by the Secretary deacon of the Vatican Chapter, Monsignor Giulio Malvezzi and notarized by Grand Chancellor of the Vatican Chapter, Monsignor Giuseppe Cascioli. — Sacred Congregation of Rites.
↑ Sacra Congregatio pro Sacramentis et Cultu Divino: Prot. n. 2477/74, Gaudisiensis, 8 February 1975. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to Monsignor Jose Antonio Plancarte y Labastida, a cousin of the former Archbishop of Mexico, Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos on 7 December 1885, who executed the rite of coronation. The original Marian title Virgen de Raiz was suppressed due to questionable Pagan origins, having been replaced by Virgen de Esperanza, in addition to the original Child Jesus was also permanently removed as condition for imprimatur.
↑ The Vatican Chapter began its initial investigations on alleged miracles in 1740 and was delayed due to ongoing political conflict. The Pontifical decree of coronation Mexicus Heic Populus was granted on 8 February 1887 for the Archbishop of Mexico, Próspero Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera but the decree was initially withheld. The Sacred Congregation of Rites re—opened the case again in 1894 and finally approved a set of Divine Office under this Marian title. The rite of coronation executed in 1895 was assisted by the Archbishop of Michoacán, Jose Ignacio Arciga Ruiz de Chavez. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation signed and granted to Archbishop of Guadalajara, Juan de Jesus Posadas y Ocampo on 14 November 1945. — Vatican Secret Archives
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation titled Ex Optime Escriptiis granted to the Archbishop of Morelia, Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes on 26 April 1953. The decree originated from the Apostolic Dataria, Cardinal Federico Tedeschini and was notarized by the Guardian Chancellor of the Vatican Chapter, Monsignor Ferdinand Prosperini Joseph Calderari. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Ioannes XXIII, Papam. — Annum Primo Pontificatus— Apostolica Nostra auctoritate, venerabilem Fratrem Martinum del Campo y Padillae Leonensem Episcopum delegamus, ut in nomine et auctoritate nostra diademate auream redimiri impossit de Imago Beatae Immaculatae Virginis in Seminario Dioecesis conservatae ac venerandae. post missam solemnem, iuxta ritum et formulam praescriptam. Neque ullo modo dubitamus quin ex hoc prospero eventu religio crescat ac christifideles Dioecesis cogantur magis ac magis in dies amare ac Matrem Dei venerari. Contrariis quibuslibet rebus haud obstantibus. Datum Romae, apud Sanctum Petrum, sub anulo Piscatoris, die XIII mensis Februarii anno MDCCCCLIX, Pontificatus Nostri primo.
↑ Pope John XXIII authorized the coronation of the statue on 17 August 1961. Due to necessary preparations, the ceremony would only be carried out 5 years later in 1966.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation Quandoquidem Beatissima Virgo signed and executed by Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot at the Vatican on 25 July 1974. Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. — Praenotanda Numerorum 263901.
↑ Sacra Congregatio pro Sacramentis et Cultu Divino: Prot. CD 796/81, Durangensis, 23 July 1981. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ The date the decree of coronation was issued, not the coronation rites itself.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 2736/98/L, 11 March 1999. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 1775/04/L, 21 October 2004. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 1123/11/L, 17 December 2011. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 307/15, 21 May 2015. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 493/22, 14 March 2023. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to Archbishop of Roermond, Joseph Hubert William Lemmens on 15 March 1956. The wooden statue was supplied in 1840 by the Congregatio Fratrum Immaculatæ Conceptionis based in Maastricht, later transferred to the Church of Saint Matthias after the Second World War.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 301/18, 30 July 2018. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Sacra Congregatio pro Sacramentis et Cultu Divino: Prot. CD 982/79, S. Ioannes Baptista a Missionibus, 24 September 1979. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the first Cardinal of Peru, the Archbishop of Lima, Juan Guevara signed and notarized on 2 February 1947. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 694/03/L, 20 May 2003. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted via Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val to the Archbishop of Manila, Michael James O'Doherty on 18 June 1925. Signed and notarized by Regent of the Apostolic Chancery, Vincenzo Bianchi Cagliesi and Chancellor Guardian of the Vatican Chapter, Giuseppe Cascioli. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted on 12 May 1954 to the Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, Juan Callanta y Sison. Signed by the Secretary Deacon of the Vatican Chapter, Giulio Carlo Rossi and notarized by the Guardian Chancellor of the Vatican Chapter, Monsignor Ferdinand Prosperini Joseph Calderari. The rite of coronation was executed by Cardinal Egidio Vagnozzi. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted on 21 November 1954 to the Archbishop of Lipa, Alejandro Olalia y Ayson. Signed by the Secretary Deacon of the Vatican Chapter, Giulio Carlo Rossi and notarized by the Guardian Chancellor of the Vatican Chapter, Monsignor Ferdinand Prosperini Joseph Calderari. The rite of coronation was executed by the Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Cardinal Fernando Quiroga Palacios. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Pius XII authorized the coronation, decreeing it on 3 December 1955. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation from 15 July 1956 and granted to Bishop of San Fernando, Caesar Maria Guerrero y Rodriguez. Signed by the Secretary Deacon of the Vatican Chapter, Giulio Carlo Rossi and notarized by the Secretary of the Apostolic Dataria, Marco Martini.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the Bishop of Lucena, Alfredo Obviar de Maria y Aranda on 19 May 1957. Signed by the Deacon Secretary of the Vatican Chapter, Benjamin Nardone and notarized by the Secretary of Apostolic Dataria, Monsignor Marco Martini. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the Archbishop of San Fernando, Emilio Cinense y Abera on 7 October 1958, signed by Canon Secretary, Giulio Barbella and notarized by Secretary of Apostolic Dataria, Marco Martini. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 1127/99/L. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 2596/99/L. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 1630/04/L. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 552/06/L. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 841/08/L. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 1001/10/L. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 77/11/L. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 1000/10/L. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 599/14. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 240/16. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 302/17. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 495/17. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 20/18. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 63/18. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 583/17. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 481/17. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 469/18. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 103/19. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 109/20. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 339/19. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 55/19. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 431/20. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 172/21. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 336/21. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 225/21. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 428/21. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 632/21. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 499/21. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 219/22. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 326/22. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 408/21. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 173/21. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 371/23. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 18/24. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 219/24. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 258/24. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 525/24. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ The image was blessed by the Pope in October 1875, but the pontifical decree was granted on 22 December 1876. It left Rome to Portugal in 1878, upon completion of payment for the manufactured image.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation titled Celeberrima Solemnia granted to Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella, signed and dated on 25 April 1946 by Pope Pius XII via the same Papal legate, Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella. — Pope John Paul II made an addendum by placing his assassination bullet within the same crown in 1982. Out of the six official statues created by José Ferreira Thedim, only the image at the Chapel of the Apparitions (a part of the Sanctuary of Fátima) is canonically crowned.
↑ The coronation is authorized by Pope Benedict XV in 1917.
↑ Coronation authorized and granted by Pope Pius XII through decree dated 18 May 1958. The coronation is carried out in 1963, during the pontificate of Pope John XXIII.
↑ The original image was destroyed by severe flooding on 19 October 1973.
↑ Sacra Congregatio pro Sacramentis et Cultu Divino: Prot. n. 67/69, Conchensis in Hispania, 10 June 1969. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ The coronation is authorized by Pope John XXIII in 1959.
↑ Pope John Paul II authorized the coronation through a decree dated 16 March 2004 — Prot. n. 387/04/L
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 883/06/L, 17 July 2006. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 748/07/L, 26 June 2007. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 658/08/L, 19 June 2008. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 61/10/L. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 96/11/L, 9 March 2011. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 366/11/L, 15 June 2011. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 55/14/L. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 10/17, 8 June 2017. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 207/17, 15 May 2017. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 269/17, 23 July 2017. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 342/17, 31 July 2017. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 588/16, 26 January 2017. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 350/17, 25 July 2017. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 144/18, 20 April 2018. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 67/19. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 233/19, 12 June 2019. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 12/19, 24 January 2019. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 19/22. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 491/22, 18 October 2022. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Sacra Congregatio pro Sacramentis et Cultu Divino: Prot. n. 1818/71, Columbensis in Ceylon, 23 October 1971. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree titled Admotæ Nobis signed and granted to the Bishop of Basel, Eugène Amable Jean Claude Lachat on 3 September 1869. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to the Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, Marius Besson on 26 April 1936. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 464/20, 19 February 2021. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John Paul II personally crowned the icon in 2001 during his apostolic visit to the country. On 20 November 2013, Pope Francis officially decreed the coronation with special privileges through the Congregation for Divine Worship — Protocol Number: 790/12/L. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 2601/00/L, 13 July 2001. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 592/07/L, 24 May 2007. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 251/17, 8 May 2017. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 7/22, 14 March 2022. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Crowned by the Papal legate to Great Britain, Gerald O'Hara on the Feast of the Assumption 1954 with gold donations from devotees accompanied with Papal bull from Rome. No canonical approval yet granted for "Our Lady of Willesden" or "Our Lady of Caversham".
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted on 21 June 1894 to Bishop of New Orleans, Francis Janssens y August. The statue was funded by Reverend Mother Saint Michel, and was later granted the title of Archconfraternity. Decree was notarized by the Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted to Father Scipio Tofini of the Order of Pallotines on 12 May 1903.
↑ Venerated within her own chapel in the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa
↑ Pope John Paul II personally blessed and crowned the image in 1998, whilst its coronation being decreed only in 2001: Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 1445/01/L, 19 July 2001. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope Benedict XVI authorized the coronation in 2012, due to the process of waiting for the finished crown occurred on 22 August 2013, at Pope Francis' new pontificate via the Papal nuncio to the country, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano. The crown was manufactured in Rome by the gold artisans, Fratelli Savi Gioielli.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 251/18, 24 January 2019. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John XXIII issued the coronation bull Magna Dei, hominuimque Mater on 8 May 1961, granting the privilege of crowning the image. The ceremony was carried out on November 12, along with the National Pilgrimage to her shrine. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation Urbi Valentinæ redeclared by Pope John XXIII on 10 February 1960 for the fiftieth anniversary of the coronation of the venerated image along with raising its status to Minor Basilica.
↑ Coronation authorized by decree of Pope Benedict XV, being granted to the Bishop of Zulia, Arturo Celestino Álvarez on 16 July 1917. The coronation took place after 25 years in 1942 under the pontificate of Pope Pius XII.
↑ Coronation petitioned and approve by Pope Pius XII in 1956.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation titled Magna fidelium veneratione granted to the Bishop of Barquisimeto, Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel on 23 November 1965. — Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 132/04/L. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation signed and granted on 24 January 2013. The image is crowned on 26 December 2014 under the pontificate of Pope Francis.
↑ Pope Francis, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 517/19. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree of coronation granted by the Rosary Pope on 23 July 1899 to the Bishop Ordinary of Salta, Matías Linares Sanzetenea. He was the first Catholic Bishop born in Salta, Argentina.
↑ Pontifical letter of decree Aedes Deo Sacras granted to the Archbishop of Malines, Monsigneur Pierre-Lambert Goosens on 28 April 1903, authorizing the formal imposition of a golden diadem on the head of the Sacred Heart of Christ. Signed by Cardinal Aloysius Luigi Macchi and notarized by the Sacred Congregation of Rites. — Vatican Secret Archives. — Leonis XIII, Papam — Dilecte Fili Noster, salutem et Apostolicam benedictionem. Aedes Deo Sacras, arte non minus quam cultu ac fidelium concursu celebratas, praecipuis honoribus ex more institutoque Romanorum Pontificum ditare libenti quidem animo solemus. Novimus itaque in tua ista dioecesi Mechliniensi, idest in sub- urbio Antverpiae civitatis vulgo Berchem nuncupato, insigne extare templum Sanctissimi Iesu Cordi dicatum, et ab hac Apostolica Sede titulo Basilicae minoris auctum, cui pia filiarum ab eodem Sanctissimi Corde Congregatio inservit, et quod christianus populus summa religione veneratur. Cum vero quintus et vigesimus annus ab hoc extructo templo propediem expleatur, Tuque, dilecte Fili Noster, hac data occasione instanter a Nobis petieris, ut ibidem positam Sanctissimi Iesu Cordis imaginem habeas coronandi facultatem; Nos, quo tam frugifer cultus magis magisque augeatur in dies, piis huiusmodi votis censuimus obsecun- dandum. Quare omnes et singulos, quibus hae Nostrae Litterae favent a quibusvis excom m unicationis et interdicti aliisque ecclesiasticis sententiis, censuris ac poenis, si quas forte incurrerit, huius tantum rei gratia absolventes et absolutos fore censentes, tibi, dilecte Fili Noster, praesentium tenore committimus, ut dictam Sanctissimi Iesu Cordis imaginem in memorato templo Suburbii Antverpiensis existentem die per te eligendo sollemni ritu, servatisque servandis, Nostro nomine et auctoritate coronare licite queas. Quo autem sollemne huiusmodi Sacrum in spirituale quoque Christifidelium bonum cedat, omnibus ac singulis utriusque sexus fidelibus, qui vere poenitentes et confessi ac S. Communione refecti, ipso Coronationis die, vel in posterum diebus eiusdem Coronationis anniversariis praefatum templum visitaverint, ibique ante supradictam Sanctissimi Iesu Cordis imaginem pro Christianorum Principum concordia, haeresum extirpatione, peccatorum conversione atque Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae exaltatione, pias ad Deum preces effuderint, Plenariam omnium peccatorum suorum indulgentiam et remissionem, quam etiam animabus Christifidelium, quae Deo in charitate coniunctae ab hac luce migraverint, per modum suffragii applicari posse con- cedimus ac largimur. Non obstantibus contrariis quibuscumque. — Datum Romae apud Sancti Petrum sub annulo Piscatoris die 28 Aprilis 1903, Pontificatus Nostri anno vigesimo sexto. — Sigillium Vaticanus — Sacra Congregatione Rituum — Aloysius Cardinalem Macchi.
↑ Pontifical letter of decree dated 24 February 1924 that was granted to the Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val. — Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree titled Cunabula Religionis granted on 27 February 1964. — Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pope John Paul II, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments — Protocol Number: 2597/99/L, 7 December 1999. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Saint Joseph within the icon of the Holy Family. The image of Saint Joseph wears a golden ring donated by Pope John XXIII in 1963, accompanied with a personal letter of "consecration".
↑ Coronation requested by the Carmelite fathers. Pontifical letter granted to the Archbishop of Malines, Primate of Belgium Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps on 20 October 1869. The rite of coronation was executed by Cardinal Giacomo Cattani. Notarized and copied. Vatican Secret Archives.
↑ Pontifical decree granted by Pope Pius X to the Bishop of Angers, Joseph Rumeau on 27 July 1906. Vatican Secret Archives.
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The pontifical decree of canonical coronation Qui Semper granted for the "Virgin of Hope of Triana" in Spain, legally imposing the venerated Marian image the Pontifical right to wear a crown by Pope John Paul II on 7 April 1983.
The pontifical decree issued by Pope Pius XII towards the image of Virgen de los Remedios de Pampanga for the Philippines on 15 July 1956.
The pontifical decree issued for the icon of Our Lady of Porta Vaga on 19 March 2018. This is the present decree format used by the Dicastery for Divine Worship since 1999.
The canonical coronation of the image of "Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fatima" by Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella on 13 May 1946.
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