Blessed Mamerto Esquiú birth bicentenary (2026–2027)
Blessed Mamerto Esquiú: bicentenary pilgrimage
Make a penitential pilgrimage to one of the places named for the bicentenary.
Time required Variable: complete the penitential pilgrimage and church-visit prayers.
- When
- 11 May 2026–11 May 2027
- Where
- Córdoba Metropolitan Cathedral; Catamarca Cathedral/Shrine of Our Lady of the Valley; the Virgin of the Valley Grotto Shrine; San José, Piedra Blanca; the church at El Suncho; Franciscan churches in Argentina’s Northwest (NOA)
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Make the jubilee pilgrimage with a penitential heart and charity, visiting one of the specified sacred places.
- Fulfil the usual plenary conditions. For the church visit, recite the Our Father and Creed under general Norm 19.
- The diocesan press office quotes the apostolic concession. Consult the diocese for its complete decree and any local pilgrimage arrangements; no additional homebound provision is inferred.
The work and its conditions
A plenary indulgence also requires complete detachment from every sin, sacramental confession, Holy Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, subject to the grant’s stated exceptions. The ordinary limit is one plenary indulgence per day.
Conditions common to every indulgence
The person gaining an indulgence must be baptized, not excommunicated, and in the state of grace at least when the prescribed works are completed. There must be at least a general intention to gain indulgences, and the prescribed work must be performed at the time and in the manner required by the grant.
Read the full conditions and norms. The cited grant and its specific provisions govern.
Time required
Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.
Penitential pilgrimage and prayer
Duration varies
Variable; no fixed number of minutes is prescribed.
No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. The complete pilgrimage, with penitence and charity, is the work. The Our Father and Creed do not by themselves measure its duration.
Timing sources
- Catamarca diocesan press office: quoted indulgence decree11 May 2026, section “Indulgencia Plenaria”: dates, six categories of sites and prescribed pilgrimage
- AICA: Argentine Church report of the bicentenary11 May 2026: indulgence for jubilee pilgrimage through May 2027
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth edition (1999)Norm 19: a church or oratory visit includes the Our Father and Creed unless otherwise provided.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Separate confession, Communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, except where a branch expressly includes the prescribed celebration
- Stated start
- 11 May 2026
- Stated end
- 11 May 2027
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Catamarca diocesan press office: quoted indulgence decree11 May 2026, section “Indulgencia Plenaria”: dates, six categories of sites and prescribed pilgrimage
- AICA: Argentine Church report of the bicentenary11 May 2026: indulgence for jubilee pilgrimage through May 2027
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth edition (1999)Norm 19: a church or oratory visit includes the Our Father and Creed unless otherwise provided.
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.