Our Lady of the Divine Providence
San Juan, Puerto Rico (1920)
Toward the end of his term as bishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gil Esteve y Tomas ordered a statue of Our Lady of Divine Providence from Barcelona, Spain, where he had served as vicar before being ordained bishop. On January 2, 1853, the image was installed in the cathedral, and for many years Puerto Ricans celebrated the feast of the Mother of Divine Providence on January 2.
The statue was canonically crowned November 19, 1950. When Pope Paul VI proclaimed her patron of the island in 1970, he moved her local feast to November 19 to coincide with Puerto Rican Discovery Day. The beloved image bears only a vague resemblance to a same named image from Rome from 1752.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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