Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Villianur
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Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine (French: Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Lourdes) is a Catholic Marian shrine and a parish church in Villianur, Puducherry, India. The shrine is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Lourdes.
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Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Villianur, Puducherry | |
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Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Lourdes | |
11.911262°N 79.760664°E / 11.911262; 79.760664 | |
Location | Villianur, Puducherry |
Country | India |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Website | www |
History | |
Status | Parish church and Marian shrine |
Founded | 8 April 1877 (1877-04-08) |
Dedication | Our Lady of Lourdes |
Events | 8 May 1886 - The statue was crowned in the name of Pope Leo XIII, and permanent plenary indulgence attached, declared as a Shrine. |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Fr. Tarbes, M.E.P |
Architectural type | Chapel |
Style | Gothic Revival[citation needed] |
Groundbreaking | 1866 |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Pondicherry and Cuddalore |
Parish | Villianur |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Francis Kalist |
Rector | Fr. S. Pitchaimuthu |
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Pope Leo XIII issued a pontifical decree of coronation on 21 February 1886 towards the venerated Marian statue and declared the site an official Marian shrine. The former Archbishop of Pondicherry, François-Jean-Marie Laouënan executed the rite of coronation on 8 May 1886.