List of canonically crowned images
The following list enumerates a selection of mainly Marian, and a few Josephian, and Christological images venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, authorised by a Pope who has officially issued a Papal bull of canonical coronation to be carried out either by the Pontiff, his Papal legate or a Papal nuncio.
for the canonical coronation of Virgen de los Remedios de Pampanga in 1956.
The very first Marian image crowned without direct papal approval was by Cardinal Francesco Sforza Pallavicino of the Black Virgin of Oropa, La Madonna della Oropa in Piedmont on 30 August 1620. The first Marian image Pontifically crowned was the painted image of La Madonna della Febbre on 27 May 1631 by Pope Urban VIII through the Vatican Chapter located at the Sacristy of Saint Peter's Basilica.
The prescription of the solemn rite to crown venerated images is embedded in the Ordo Coronandi Imaginem Beatae Mariae Virginis published by the Holy Office on 25 May 1981. Prior to 1989, papal bulls concerning the authorization of canonical coronations were handwritten on parchment. After 1989, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments began issuing the specific recognition to crown a religious image, spelling out its approved devotional title and authorizing Papal legate. Several venerated images of the Child Jesus and Saint Joseph have also been granted a Pontifical coronation.
Canonically crowned Marian images
Africa
Algeria
Asia
India
Japan
Kuwait
Philippines
Russia
Sri Lanka
Caribbean
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Central America
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Europe
Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Italy
Lithuania
Malta
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom
North America
Canada
Mexico
United States of America
South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Canonically crowned Christological images
The list below enumerates approved Christological images with a written and expressed Pontifical recognition and were granted a canonical coronation.Official Title of the Image | Date of Coronation | Place of devotion | Authorization | Image of the Child Jesus | Shrine |
Santo Bambino of Aracoeli | 2 May 1897 | Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, ' | Pope Leo XIII | ||
Bambino Gesu of Arenzano | 6 September 1924 | Arenzano, ' | Pope Pius XI | ||
Infant Jesus of Prague | 7 September 1924 27 September 2009 | Prague, ' | Pope Pius XI | ||
Santo Niño de Cebú | 28 April 1965 | Cebu, ' | Pope Paul VI |
Canonically crowned Josephian images
The list below enumerates approved Josephian images with a written and expressed Pontifical recognition and were granted a canonical coronation.Official Title of the Image | Date of Coronation | Place of devotion | Authorization | Josephian image | Shrine | - |
Saint Joseph of Kalisz | 15 May 1796 | Sanctuary of Saint Joseph, Kalisz ' | Pope Pius VI | - | ||
Saint Joseph du Bruxelles | 20 October 1869 | Convent of Carmelite Fathers Toison d' Oro Avenue, Bruxelles, ' | Pope Pius IX | - | ||
Saint Joseph of Beauvais | 14 July 1872 | Chapel of Saint Joseph, Beauvais, Oise, ' | Pope Pius IX | - | ||
Saint Joseph of Mill Hill | 13 April 1874 | St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough ' | Pope Pius IX | - | ||
Saint Joseph of Liege ' | 23 March 1879 | Church of St John the Evangelist, Liège, ' | Pope Leo XIII | - | ||
Saint Joseph of Wisconsin | 25 September 1891 | National Shrine of Saint Joseph De Pere, Wisconsin, ' | Pope Leo XIII | - | ||
Saint Joseph of Allex | 2 December 1900 | Sanctuary of Saint Joseph, Allex, ' | Pope Leo XIII | - | ||
San Giuseppe di Arcevia | 26 July 1904 | Church of Saint Blaise, Arcevia, ' | Pope Leo XIII | - | ||
Saint Joseph du Chene | 29 August 1906 | Chapel of Saint Joseph, Villedieu-la-Blouère, ' | Pope Pius X | - | ||
Saint Joseph of Mount Royal | 19 March 1910 | Chapel of Saint Andre Besette, Côte-des-Neiges Saint Joseph's Oratory, Montreal ' | Pope Pius X | | - | |
San José de la Montaña | 17 April 1921 | Royal Sanctuary of Saint Joseph of Montana, Barcelona ' | Pope Benedict XV | - | ||
Saint Joseph of Kermaria | 14 August 1921 | Motherhouse of the Daughters of Jesus of Kermaria, Locmine, Morbihan ' | Pope Benedict XV | - | ||
Saint Joseph of the Flowers | 28 October 1956 | Minor Basilica of Saint Joseph de Flores, Buenos Aires ' | Pope Pius XII | - | ||
Señor San José de Zapotlán | 22 October 1957 | Ciudad Guzmán Cathedral, Zapotlán el Grande, ' | Pope Pius XII | |||
Saint Joseph of Good Hope | 13 August 1961 | Minor Basilica of Saint Joseph of Good Hope, Espaly-Saint-Marcel, ' | Pope John XXIII | - | ||
Saint Joseph of Rabat | 1 May 1963 | Franciscan Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Rabat ' | Pope John XXIII | - | ||
Saint Joseph of Ávila | 24 August 1963 | Convent of Saint Joseph, ''' | Pope Paul VI | - |