Santo Niño Church (Tacloban)

Santo Niño Church
Santo Niño Church
The Archdiocesan Shrine of Santo Niño
	Church facade in 2023
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	11°14′29″N 125°00′21″E / 11.24144°N 125.00571°E
Location	Tacloban
Country	Philippines
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Former name(s)	Santo Niño Parish Church
Founded	1770
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Church building
Administration
Archdiocese	Palo

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

History

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]

On November 1, 2021, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the church was elevated to an archdiocesan shrine from a parish.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Mendoza, John Eric (November 5, 2021). "Sto. Niño Church in Tacloban now an archdiocesan shrine". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
^ Patinio, Ferdinand (October 14, 2021). "Tacloban church gets archdiocesan shrine status". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved November 12, 2022.