750th anniversary of Badajoz Cathedral dedication: episcopal implementing decree, 8 September 2026
Badajoz Cathedral jubilee: pilgrimage and rites
Make a pilgrimage to Badajoz Cathedral and participate devoutly in its jubilee rites.
Time required Duration of the prescribed Mass and jubilee rites
- 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
- Make a pilgrimage to the cathedral and participate devoutly in the jubilee rites.
- Be truly repentant and moved by charity. Fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions; the implementing decree expressly includes participation in Mass and reception of Communion for this route.
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, Mass and jubilee rite
Complete the prescribed event
Duration of the prescribed Mass and jubilee rites
No numerical minimum is prescribed. Allow for the prescribed pilgrimage and participation in the actual Mass and jubilee rites. The implementing decree’s explicit Eucharistic direction remains.
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
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
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
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
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.