San_Miguel_Church,_Manila
San Miguel Church (Manila)
Roman Catholic church in Manila, Philippines
The Royal Parish and National Shrine of Saint Michael and the Archangels (Spanish: Parroquia Real y Santuario Nacional de San Miguel y los Arcángeles), also known as San Miguel Church, is a Roman Catholic church of the Latin Church dedicated to the archangels, namely, Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, Saint Raphael .[3]
Its current location on the corner of Jose Laurel Street and General Solano Street in the San Miguel district was once the site of La Fábrica de Cerveza de San Miguel (now San Miguel Brewery).[4]
The shrine is also known as Malacañang Church as it is within the Malacañang Palace complex, the official residence of the president of the Republic of the Philippines.[3] Presidents that have heard Mass at the shrine include Carlos P. García, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and Fidel V. Ramos (who was Protestant).[3]
San Miguel Church has around 1,500 regular parishioners, some of whom are descended from old, rich families in the district.[3] It is also notably the only Catholic church in the country where priests (instead of bishops) have canonical dispensation to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation twice a week.[3]