--- title: "Sacred Heart of Jesus 2026: when and where it's a public holiday — festivos.io" description: "Sacred Heart of Jesus is a local holiday in 7 municipalities, accounting for 18,977 residents in the 2025 register. In 2026 it falls on 12 June." source: "https://festivos.io/en/holiday/sagrado-corazon-de-jesus" --- # Sacred Heart of Jesus The Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is a movable Catholic feast: the Friday after the second Sunday following Pentecost — historically the Friday after the octave of Corpus Christi. In 2026 it falls on 12 June. - **Level:** Local holiday - **Date 2026:** Friday 12 June - **Municipalities:** 7 - **Residents · 2025 register:** 18,977 - **Where most:** Castilla y León (3) ## Sacred Heart of Jesus in the working calendar In 2026, the dataset records Sacred Heart of Jesus as a local holiday in 7 municipalities, accounting for 18,977 residents in the 2025 register. The most common date is 12 June 2026. 2 municipalities set it on another date. This comparison uses only the official working calendars incorporated into the dataset for each year. ## Demographics of the covered population Age, citizenship, birthplace and average-age structure from the 2025 Annual Population Census. | Demographic profile | % | | --- | --- | | Women / men | 49.9% / 50.1% | | Aged 0–14 | 14.9% | | Aged 15–64 | 68.2% | | Aged 65+ | 17% | | Foreign citizenship | 7.6% | | Born outside Spain | 10.6% | | Weighted mean age | 42.8 years | ### How it differs from its surroundings Comparison with Spain and with the aggregate of the 4 regions where it is observed. All five comparisons are population-weighted and use only the 2025 Annual Census. A positive sign means the covered population has a higher value than the benchmark. | Demographic profile | Covered population | Compared with Spain | Compared with its 4 regions | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Aged 0–14 | 14.9% | +2 pp | +1.7 pp | | Aged 65+ | 17% | -3.7 pp | -4 pp | | Foreign citizenship | 7.6% | -6.5 pp | -3.1 pp | | Born outside Spain | 10.6% | -8.7 pp | -3.1 pp | | Weighted mean age | 42.8 years | -1.8 years | -1.9 years | The largest difference from Spain is in “Born outside Spain”: -8.7 pp. Sex comes from the 2025 municipal register; all other metrics come from the 2025 Annual Census. Each percentage uses the total from its own statistical operation. [INE municipal tables 68535 and 68541](). ## What is Sacred Heart of Jesus Devotion to the Heart of Jesus has medieval roots, but it was decisively shaped by the visions of St Margaret Mary Alacoque at Paray-le-Monial (1673–1675). In 1856 Pope Pius IX extended the feast to the whole Roman Rite; later popes raised its rank. After the twentieth-century liturgical reforms it remains a solemnity — the highest feast class — in the General Roman Calendar. Because the date tracks Easter, it can fall anywhere from 29 May to 2 July. Civil calendars therefore never show a fixed day, though June is still the month most associated with Sacred Heart devotion (First Fridays, acts of consecration, parish processions where the title is local). On Spain’s labour calendar the label appears only as a local holiday in a few municipalities. It is not a national public holiday: each town chooses whether to make it a non-working day, and each municipal page keeps the official bulletin source. _Sacred Heart of Jesus, symbol of Christ’s love._ ## Dates of Sacred Heart of Jesus In 2026 it falls on Friday 12 June in most municipalities. 2 move it to another date (when it lands on a weekend or by local agreement). | Year | Main date | Municipalities | | --- | --- | --- | | 2025 | Monday, 23 June | 1 | | 2026 | Friday, 12 June | 7 | ## Official sources Official documents linked by the 2026 records. Dates can vary by territory; each municipality page preserves its specific source. Population: official municipal-register figures at 1 January 2025. [INE](). [INE municipal tables 68535 and 68541](). - [Gobierno de Aragón — Calendario laboral (Aragón Open Data)]() - [Junta de Andalucía — Calendario de fiestas locales (datos abiertos)]() - [Junta de Castilla y León — Fiestas locales (datos abiertos)]() - [Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha — Calendario de fiestas locales (DOCM/datos abiertos)]() ## 7 municipalities celebrate Sacred Heart of Jesus Its local holiday in 2026, by region. Each municipality links to its annual record and the available official source. Together, they account for 18,977 residents in the INE municipal register at 1 January 2025. **Castilla y León** (3): Carbajosa de la Sagrada, Puente de Domingo Flórez, Tiemblo, El **Andalucía** (2): Bosque, El, Guarromán **Aragón** (1): Bulbuente **Castilla-La Mancha** (1): Valhermoso de la Fuente ## About Sacred Heart of Jesus ### When is Sacred Heart of Jesus in 2026? In 2026, Sacred Heart of Jesus is mainly celebrated on 12 June 2026 (Friday). Some municipalities move it to another date on the working calendar. ### In how many municipalities is Sacred Heart of Jesus a holiday? It's a local holiday in 7 municipalities in 2026, accounting for 18,977 residents in the 2025 register; mostly in Castilla y León (3 municipalities). ### Is Sacred Heart of Jesus a national holiday? No. Sacred Heart of Jesus is a local-level holiday: it's only a non-working day in the municipalities that set it as their local festival; each keeps its official source. ## Other holidays - Saint Isidore the Laborer (1052 municipalities) - San Roque (340 municipalities) - San Sebastián (260 municipalities) - San Blas (259 municipalities) - San Pedro (251 municipalities) - San Bartolomé (243 municipalities) - San Miguel (236 municipalities) - Exaltación de la Santa Cruz (209 municipalities) Per-municipality data with its official source (regional gazette). Every date is verifiable on the municipality page. Data from festivos.io — CC BY 4.0. --- Data: festivos.io — CC BY 4.0. Official source: State Official Gazette (BOE) and regional gazettes (Law 37/2007).