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Our Lady of Guadalupe

The USCCB 2026 liturgical calendar lists 12 December as the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Date / rule12 December 2026
ScopeCatholic Church / 2026 U.S. Roman liturgical calendar
VerificationOfficial Catholic Current Calendar Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next date this engine can safely resolveSaturday, December 12, 2026See everything on December 12 →
Authority summary

What is Our Lady of Guadalupe?

The USCCB 2026 liturgical calendar lists 12 December as the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Date and recurrence

12 December 2026

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Catholic Church / 2026 U.S. Roman liturgical calendar. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe

Classification

Topic and context

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Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

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  1. USCCB — 2026 Liturgical CalendarOfficial Catholic Calendar
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Our Lady of Guadalupe?

12 December 2026 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 12 December 2026.

Does Our Lady of Guadalupe fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Our Lady of Guadalupe an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Catholic Church / 2026 U.S. Roman liturgical calendar. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Our Lady of Guadalupe?

The stored designation basis is: The USCCB 2026 liturgical calendar lists 12 December as the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.. Supporting provenance includes USCCB — 2026 Liturgical Calendar. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Our Lady of Guadalupe international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Catholic Church / 2026 U.S. Roman liturgical calendar. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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