Unicaja has joined as a partner organisation for the 8th Centenary of Toledo Cathedral and will support the events scheduled for 2026 and 2027 to mark this commemoration. One of the main highlights will take place this Sunday, 25 October, with the start of the Jubilee Year of the Primatial Cathedral, the opening of the Holy Door and the subsequent Mass.
The partnership has been formalised with the signing of a donation agreement between Unicaja’s regional manager for Castilla-La Mancha, Almudena Noheda, and the dean of Toledo Cathedral and director of the Primatialis Sedes Toletana Foundation, Juan Pedro Sánchez Gamero.
As Almudena Noheda emphasised, Unicaja wished to join in this centenary to reaffirm its commitment to Toledo and help promote an event of particular significance for the spiritual and cultural life of society.
“With our collaboration, we wish to support the programme of events organised to mark this anniversary and help highlight the scale and scope of a legacy that transcends our borders and connects with diverse audiences through faith, culture and heritage,” she said.
For his part, the dean of Toledo Cathedral, Juan Pedro Sánchez Gamero, highlighted the strong collaboration between the two institutions, expressing his gratitude for “Unicaja’s involvement in this 8th Centenary, which is so important for the Cathedral, as well as in the Jubilee Year that we are about to begin”.
Jubilee Year of Toledo Cathedral
The 8th Centenary of Toledo’s Gothic Cathedral, Primatial of Spain, has been declared an event of exceptional public interest, due to its special significance, by Royal Decree-Law 8/2025 of 8 July.
The commemoration includes a wide-ranging programme of cultural and heritage events, aimed at all audiences, featuring exhibitions, concerts, cultural and scientific gatherings, religious celebrations, as well as conservation and restoration work on the historical and artistic heritage.
Following the conclusion of one of its major cultural highlights, the ‘Primada’ exhibition, which has attracted over 50,000 visitors, the grand religious commemoration will begin this Sunday, 25 October, with the opening of the Jubilee Year.
The ceremony, which will take place at 6.00 pm, will mark the start of the Cathedral’s first Holy Year, which will run until 25 October 2027. The Archbishop of Toledo and Primatial of Spain, Francisco Cerro Chaves, will preside over the opening rites of the Jubilee Year and the solemn Eucharistic celebration, on a day that will be one of the highlights of the commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the present Gothic cathedral.
From then on, the Cathedral will host twelve months of celebrations, pilgrimages and gatherings, which will continue until 25 October 2027. With this jubilee period, alongside numerous religious and cultural events, jubilee days dedicated to the various aspects of diocesan life will be held.
The celebrations will help attract visitors to Toledo who are interested in events of historical, artistic and spiritual significance, as well as strengthening the city’s cultural and religious profile both within and outside Spain.
