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Replica of Manila’s famed ‘Black Nazarene’ arrives in Los Angeles Archdiocese

Replica of Manila’s famed ‘Black Nazarene’ arrives in Los Angeles Archdiocese

Thursday, February 12, 2026
An official replica of Manila’s centuries-old Jesús Nazareno image has been entrusted to Holy Family Parish in Artesia, California, bringing one of the world’s largest Catholic devotions to the U.S.