Mount Carmel Shrine (Quezon City)

Mount Carmel Shrine
Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Cathedral
  • Basilika at Pambansang Dambana ng Mahal na Birhen ng Bundók del Carmen (Filipino)
  • Basilica Minore del Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Spanish)
The basilica’s façade in 2023
Mount Carmel Shrine
14°36′52″N 121°01′51″E / 14.614387°N 121.030782°E / 14.614387; 121.030782
LocationQuezon City
CountryPhilippines
DenominationRoman Catholic
Religious orderDiscalced Carmelites
History
StatusMinor Basilica, National Shrine, Cathedral
DedicationOur Lady of Mount Carmel
ConsecratedJuly 16, 1964 (1964-07-16)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Máximo Vicente, Jr.
Architectural typeCruciform church
StyleModern
GroundbreakingDecember 30, 1954 (1954-12-30)
CompletedJuly 16, 1964 (1964-07-16)
Specifications
Length84.5 m (277 ft)
Nave width28.3 m (93 ft)
Width across transepts45.9 m (151 ft)
Other dimensionsFaçade facing northeast
Number of floors2
Number of spires1
Administration
ProvinceManila
MetropolisManila
ArchdioceseManila
DioceseCubao (since 2003)
DeaneryHoly Family
ParishOur Lady of Mount Carmel
Clergy
BishopMost Rev. Elias L. Ayuban Jr., CMF, DD
RectorRev. Fr. Dionesio N. Balute, OCD

The Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, commonly known as Mount Carmel Shrine, is a Roman Catholic Minor Basilica, National Shrine, And Cathedral located in Barangay Mariana, Quezon City in the Philippines. Dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, it is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Cubao under the Vicariate of the Holy Family. The church opened in 1964 after a decade of construction and was declared a parish church in 1975, a national shrine in 2015.And a minor basilica in 2019, In 2024 it was declared a cathedral making it the fifteenth minor basilica in the country.

The church celebrates its liturgical feast day every July 16, in honour of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.