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Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2023, 2024 and 2025

The “Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel”, is a Roman Catholic and religious public holiday on 16 July in Chile. The holiday gained official status in 2007, when it also replaced the former holiday of “Corpus Christi” (Body of Christ).

YearDateDayHoliday
202316 JulSunOur Lady of Mount Carmel
202416 JulTueOur Lady of Mount Carmel
202516 JulWedOur Lady of Mount Carmel
202616 JulThuOur Lady of Mount Carmel
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates.

Though little used or known to most people, the full title of this holiday is, translated of course from Spanish, “Solemnity of the Virgin of Carmel, Queen and Patron of Chile”. And indeed, Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the official patron saint of Chile, which is why her feast day has public holiday status there.

But the origin of these traditions goes back to 12th-Century Catholic hermits who lived in Mount Carmel in modern day Israel. A monastery was built in Haifa, which still stands today, and a whole order of monks called the “Carmelite Order” was begun.

There are now monasteries in Chile and other countries that are much visited on and around Our Lady of Mount Carmel day. Despite a low ebb for the Carmelite Order around 1700, the group has revived and spread its influence from around 1900 up to the present.

Previous Years

YearDateDayHoliday
202216 JulSatOur Lady of Mount Carmel
202116 JulFriOur Lady of Mount Carmel
202016 JulThuOur Lady of Mount Carmel
201916 JulTueOur Lady of Mount Carmel
201816 JulMonOur Lady of Mount Carmel
201716 JulSunOur Lady of Mount Carmel