[2] In 1705, a Jesuit priest named Juan de Echazabal changed the town's patron saint from St. Matthew to Our Lady of Aranzazu.

[2] The image of Our Lady of Aranzazu is the Blessed Virgin Mary's statue, depicted in a standing position with the infant Jesus in her arms.

The image received an Episcopal Coronation on November 9, 2013, by Bishop Gabriel V. Reyes, with the ceremony officiated by Francisco M. de León.

The canonical coronation, granted in response to a petition by the community and parish priest Lawrence C. Paz, was decreed on June 17, 2016, by Cardinal Robert Sarah.

The coronation took place on May 31, 2017, with Cardinal Archbishop Orlando Quevedo crowning the image on behalf of Pope Francis and Francisco M. de León as the mass celebrant.