Legazpi diocesan diamond jubilee (2026)
Legazpi cathedral: diamond jubilee pilgrimage
Visit Saint Gregory the Great Cathedral during the diocesan jubilee.
Time required Variable: a complete visit and either the prescribed rites or prayer.
- When
- 2026-06-29–2026-12-31
- Where
- Saint Gregory the Great Cathedral, Legazpi City, Philippines
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Visit devoutly and participate in the designated jubilee activities or spend time in prayer.
- Pray the Our Father and Creed; fulfil the usual conditions, including prayer for the Pope’s intentions and detachment from all sin.
- The Church’s published announcements identify this cathedral; consult the diocese for the complete decree and any additional local directions.
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.
Pilgrimage/visit with jubilee rites
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the prescribed celebration.
No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. The complete prescribed visit and participation in the selected rites are required; the service schedule determines the duration.
Pilgrimage/visit with prayer
Duration varies
Variable; no fixed number of minutes is prescribed.
No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. Complete the prescribed visit, prayer or meditation and concluding prayers. No numeric duration is supplied by the source; do not treat recitation of the concluding prayers alone as the whole work.
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
- 29 June 2026
- Stated end
- 31 December 2026
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- CBCP News: Legazpi diamond jubilee announcement2 July 2026, Legazpi section: June 29 opening and indulgence through December 31
- Catholic Radio Veritas: diocesan invitation and conditions3 July 2026, paragraphs on cathedral visit, prescribed prayers and usual conditions
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.