Diocese of Nashville receives replica of Our Lady of Guadalupe tilma
The life-size replica is part of a continent-wide novena leading to the 500th anniversary of the Guadalupe apparitions in 2031, the diocese said.
NASHVILLE - The Diocese of Nashville has received a life-size replica of St. Juan Diego's tilma, the cloak bearing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, according to a Nov. 10 post from the diocese. The replica arrived from Mexico City on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at the Catholic Pastoral Center.
The diocese said the replica was touched to the original tilma at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, so Catholics may venerate it as a third-class relic. It came with letters from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and from Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, archbishop of Mexico City.
Bishops across North America taking part in the Intercontinental Guadalupan Novena received replicas. The effort prepares for the 500th anniversary in 2031 of the Guadalupe apparitions of December 1531. Under the bishops' conference's tentative timeline, replicas will be enthroned in each diocese's cathedral beginning in 2027, then visit parishes.
The diocese said it will share local plans in the coming weeks and months.
Source: Diocese of Nashville news post, Nov. 10, 2026 (Diocese Receives Replica Tilma for Guadalupan Novena).