750th anniversary of Badajoz Cathedral dedication: episcopal implementing decree, 8 September 2026
Badajoz Cathedral jubilee: prayer visit
Spend a suitable time in prayer at the cathedral for the jubilee’s specified intentions, with the prescribed concluding prayers.
Time required A suitable period of prayer, with the prescribed concluding prayers
- When
- 17 September 2026–17 September 2027
- Where
- Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, Badajoz, Spain
- Who
- All eligible faithful fulfilling the prescribed work
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Spend a suitable time in prayer in Badajoz Cathedral for fidelity to the Christian vocation, priestly and consecrated vocations, evangelization, and the defense of the human family.
- Conclude with the Our Father, Creed and an invocation to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- Fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions. This prayer route is available even without participation in the jubilee rites.
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.
Prayer visit
Duration varies
A suitable period of prayer, with the prescribed concluding prayers
No numerical minimum is prescribed; a suitable time in prayer is required.
Timing sources
- Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz: decree regulating the cathedral jubilee8 September 2026, §§1–6; implements the Apostolic Penitentiary concession of 13 May 2026
- Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz: official explanation of the cathedral jubilee grant11 September 2026; exact term and distinct plenary, partial and papal-blessing routes
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions
- Stated start
- 17 September 2026
- Stated end
- 17 September 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
- Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz: decree regulating the cathedral jubilee8 September 2026, §§1–6; implements the Apostolic Penitentiary concession of 13 May 2026
- Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz: official explanation of the cathedral jubilee grant11 September 2026; exact term and distinct plenary, partial and papal-blessing routes
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.