Overview
- The statue was inaugurated on November 13 as part of the Jubilee of Hope 2025, with a mass, blessing and concerts that drew a large crowd.
- Local authorities present it as the world’s largest statue dedicated to Our Lady of Fátima and note it stands taller than Rio’s Christ the Redeemer, which is 38 meters.
- Officials and media most often cite a height of 54 meters, though some reports list figures near 50–51 meters.
- Sculptor Ranilson Viana led the project, replacing a 45-meter figure installed in 2014 and building on a local devotion that dates to the arrival of a pilgrim image in 1953.
- Constructed in modular sections with a polyurethane core and fiberglass-resin exterior, the work took about 17 months and a team of more than 30 to produce and assemble, and authorities promote it as a driver of pilgrimages and local commerce.