Church
The oldest and the biggest colonial church in Nueva Ecija, founded in the 1500s and one of the oldest Roman Catholic churches in the country. It is the parish of the Three Kings and the shrine of La Virgen Divina Pastora, the Divine Shepherdess, and pilgrims come for both patrons.
April and May are the months of the Marian pilgrimage here. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines declared the church a national shrine in 1986, and Pope Francis granted it the title of minor basilica on April 26, 2024.
- Town
- Gapan City
Written by an editor · 23 Sep 2026 · source: Wikipedia, Gapan Church