The coronation was executed on 3 December 2012 in celebration of the golden jubilee of the Diocese of Imus as decreed by Pope John XXIII via his papal bull "Chisti Fidelis".

For more than a century and a half the people of Imus had to endure walking or traveling 4.5 kilometers of dirt road to attend religious services or transact official business in Cavite el Viejo.

After a considerable time of waiting, the petition was granted and Imus became an independent municipality on 3 October 1795 (nine days before the Feast of Nuestra Señora del Pilar).

Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged the petition of the miracles claimed by devotees in 2011, authorizing the coronation of the image via a papal bull.

The canonical coronation was carried out on 3 December 2012 in Imus Cathedral by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in celebration of the golden jubilee of the diocese.