
Sto. Niño Chronicles
Historical notes and more.
January 5, 2025
January 5, 2025
Fr. Ambrosio Casimero Galindez, OSA, who hails from Garcia-Hernandez, Bohol, and was born on November 2, 1931.
January 5, 2025
January 5, 2025
Fr. Rodolfo Bugna, OSA, was born to Valentin Pasingca Bugna of Pavia, Iloilo and Conchita Alolin Bugna of Bugasong, Antique on June 2, 1963 in Cadiz, Negros Occidental.
January 5, 2025
January 5, 2025
Fr. Ambrosio Casimero Galindez, OSA, who hails from Garcia-Hernandez, Bohol, and was born on November 2, 1931.
May 2, 2024
May 2, 2024
“The Tig-Sinug or the Candle-vendors of the Basilica del Santo Niño”
March 24, 2019
March 24, 2019
In the first half of the 16th century, the Spanish fleet led by the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, arrived in the Philippine shore.
November 6, 2018
November 6, 2018
At present, every third Sunday of January, the feast day of the Sto. Niño is celebrated.
October 9, 2018
October 9, 2018
In the Philippines, there are only 14 Minor Basilicas that were granted with such title by different popes through the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Disciple of Sacraments.
September 12, 2018
September 12, 2018
A day before the feast of the Sto. Niño, a solemn foot procession is honoured in the name of the Holy Child. While the image is on procession, another image of Sto. Niño arrives at the Basilica that comes from San Nicholas Church (an Augustinian built church).
June 3, 2017
June 3, 2017
This roster of Priors and/or Rectors is based on a c. 1926 manuscript kept at the archives of the Basilica. This corrects, clarifies and completes the published list at the Coffee table book Pit Señor! (pages 171-173, Appendix B: Rectors of the Church and Custodians of the Holy Image of […]