. A
Conceptionist sister named
Mariana Francisca de Jesús Torres [it] claimed to have received
Marian apparitions under this title from 2 February 1594 to 2 February 1634 in
Quito. In
1611, the local bishop,
Salvador Ribera Avalos, gave his approval to the apparitions that had occurred up to that point. Torres died on 16 January 1635, • Widespread moral corruption • Profanation of the Sacrament of
Matrimony • Depraved priests who will scandalize the faithful and cause suffering for good priests • Unbridled lust which will ensnare many souls • Loss of innocence among children and loss of modesty among women • Lack of priestly and religious vocations • A period of catastrophe followed by a period of restoration. On 8 December 1634, the apparition supposedly predicted that
papal infallibility "will be declared a dogma of the Faith by the same Pope chosen to proclaim the dogma of the Mystery of My
Immaculate Conception." In 1854,
Pope Pius IX defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, and in 1870, he declared the dogma of papal infallibility as defined by the
First Vatican Council. On 7 January 1991, the shrine was elevated of
Archdiocesan Marian Sanctuary and under diocesan authority, granted the coronation of the statue. On February 2 of the same year, the statue was solemnly crowned as
filial homage to the fervent devotion and rendering of thanks to the Mother of God on behalf of the religious community of the Convent and of the devotees of the city of Quito and of the whole archdiocese. ==Statue in the Philippines==