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 ImageDate of CoronationPlace of devotionAuthorizationImage of the Child JesusShrine
Santo Bambino of Aracoeli 2 May 1897Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli,
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Pope Leo XIII
Bambino Gesu of Arenzano6 September 1924Arenzano,
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Pope Pius XI
Infant Jesus of Prague7 September 1924
27 September 2009
Prague,
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Pope Pius XI
Pope Benedict XVI
Santo Niño de Cebú28 April 1965Cebu,
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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 ImageDate of CoronationPlace of devotionAuthorizationJosephian imageShrine-
Saint Joseph of Kalisz15 May 1796Sanctuary of Saint Joseph, Kalisz
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Pope Pius VI-
Saint Joseph du Bruxelles
20 October 1869Convent of Carmelite Fathers
Toison d' Oro Avenue, Bruxelles,
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Pope Pius IX-
Saint Joseph of Beauvais14 July 1872Chapel of Saint Joseph, Beauvais, Oise,
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Pope Pius IX-
Saint Joseph of Mill Hill13 April 1874St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough
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Pope Pius IX-
Saint Joseph of Liege
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23 March 1879Church of St John the Evangelist, Liège,
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Pope Leo XIII-
Saint Joseph of Wisconsin25 September 1891National Shrine of Saint Joseph
De Pere, Wisconsin,
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Pope Leo XIII-
Saint Joseph of Allex2 December 1900Sanctuary of Saint Joseph, Allex,
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Pope Leo XIII-
San Giuseppe di Arcevia26 July 1904Church of Saint Blaise, Arcevia,
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Pope Leo XIII-
Saint Joseph du Chene
29 August 1906Chapel of Saint Joseph, Villedieu-la-Blouère,
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Pope Pius X-
Saint Joseph of Mount Royal
19 March 1910
Chapel of Saint Andre Besette, Côte-des-Neiges

Saint Joseph's Oratory, Montreal
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Pope Pius X
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San José de la Montaña17 April 1921Royal Sanctuary of Saint Joseph of Montana, Barcelona
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Pope Benedict XV-
Saint Joseph of Kermaria14 August 1921Motherhouse of the Daughters of Jesus of Kermaria, Locmine, Morbihan
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Pope Benedict XV-
Saint Joseph of the Flowers28 October 1956Minor Basilica of Saint Joseph de Flores, Buenos Aires
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Pope Pius XII-
Señor San José de Zapotlán22 October 1957Ciudad Guzmán Cathedral, Zapotlán el Grande,
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Pope Pius XII
Saint Joseph of Good Hope
13 August 1961Minor Basilica of Saint Joseph of Good Hope, Espaly-Saint-Marcel,
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Pope John XXIII-
Saint Joseph of Rabat1 May 1963Franciscan Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Rabat
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Pope John XXIII-
Saint Joseph of Ávila24 August 1963Convent of Saint Joseph,
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Pope Paul VI-