| Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe | |
|---|---|
Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church (Roman Rite) |
| District | Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Minor basilica, national shrine |
| Leadership | Enrique Glennie Graue[1] |
| Year consecrated | 12 October 1976 |
| Location | |
| Location | Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Geographic coordinates | 19°29′2.4″N 99°7′1.2″W / 19.484000°N 99.117000°W |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | José Luis Benlliure |
| Type | Church |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Height (max) | 42 metres (138 ft) |
| Dome dia. (outer) | 100 metres (330 ft) |
| Website | |
| www.virgendeguadalupe.org.mx | |
The Basilica of Santa María de Guadalupe, officially called Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe (in English: Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) is a basilica of the Catholic Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary in her invocation of Our Lady of Guadalupe, located at the foot of the Hill of Tepeyac in the Gustavo A. Madero borough of Mexico City. It belongs to the Primate Archdiocese of Mexico through the Guadalupana Vicariate, which since November 4, 2018, is in the care of Monsignor Efraín Hernández Díaz, who has the title of general and episcopal vicar of Guadalupe and abbot of the basilica.[2]
Every year some twenty million pilgrims visit the sanctuary, of which about nine million do so in the days around December 12, the day on which Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated.[3][4][5][6] Annually, the Basilica of Santa María de Guadalupe has at least twice as many visitors as the best-known Marian shrines.[3]
- ^ Archdiocese of Mexico (2009), Vicaría de Guadalupe – Antecedentes Históricos (in Spanish), archived from the original on 2011-07-22
- ^ "Vicaría de Guadalupe". Archdiocese of Mexico website. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
- ^ a b Giuriati, Paolo; Masferrer Kan, Elio (May 1998). "El cuadro general". No temas...yo soy tu madre: un estudio socioantropológico de los peregrinos a la basílica. Centro Ricerche Socio Religiose/Plaza y Valdés Editores. p. 53. ISBN 968-856-603-9.
[...] the figures quoted are not uniform. Official sources of the sanctuary speak of eight million. Others testify about the 10-12. There are those who reach 15 and even 18–20 million. [...] the flow of attendance seems to be expanding [...] Guadalupe has at least twice as many visitors annually as the best-known Marian shrines: Lourdes, Loreto, Fátima, Chenztojowa. It appears, therefore, as a social and cultural phenomenon, as well as a religious one, of exceptional relevance.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Nebel, Richard (1995). Santa Maria Tonantzin Virgen de Guadalupe. Fondo de Cultura Económica. p. 129.
Up to 20 million pilgrims are counted annually [...]
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Es Basílica de Guadalupe recinto mariano más visitado". El Universal. 10 September 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ Castro Dopacio, María Jesús (2010). Emperatriz de las Américas: La Virgen de Guadalupe en la literatura chicana. Valencia: Universitat de Valencia. p. 26. ISBN 978-84-370-7758-1.
The numbers of pilgrims who annually visit the basilica in Mexico City they are close to 20 million, confirming in this way that it is the most important sanctuary of Christianity in America.