JANUARY 25, 2009 | Promulgation of the Decree of Erection of the Diocesan Shrine of Saint Martha

 The Roman Catholic Bishop of Pasig

Plaza Rizal, Barangay Malinao

1600 Pasig City, Philippines

DECREE OF ERECTION

AFTER HAVING CONSIDERED THE PETITION OF THE PARISH PRIEST,

REVEREND FATHER ORLANDO B. CANTILLON, AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD,

AND CONVINCED OF THE MERITS OF THE SAID PETITION;

BY THESE PRESENTS BE IT KNOWN THAT,

WE HEREBY DECREE THAT THE SAN ROQUE PARISH CHURCH IN B. MORCILLA STREET, PATEROS, METRO MANILA, BE CONFERRED THE TITLE OF THE DIOCESAN SHRINE OF ST. MARTHA.

BY THIS DECREE OF ERECTION, WE LIKEWISE GRANT TO THE SAID DIOCESAN SHRINE OF ST. MARTHA, ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS EMBODIED IN THE STATUTES WHICH WE ALSO APPROVE AT THE SAME TIME. IT SHALL FURTHERMORE BE GOVERNED BY THE PROVISIONS OF CC. 1230-1234 OF THE CODE OF CANON LAW.

GIVEN IN PASIG CITY, THIS 25TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2009.

(SGD.) ✠ FRANCISCO C. SAN DIEGO, D.D.

BISHOP OF PASIG

ATTESTED BY:

(SGD.) REV. FR. ROY M. ROSALES, STL

CHANCELLOR

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