According to a press release issued by the Association of Templars of Jumilla, it has received official notification of the appointment of its chairman as "Watchman custodian 'of the Virgin.
In the press release states that "Antonio Cano Gómez, Secretary of the City of Jumilla, with Notification No.. 2833 dated April 27, 2011 addressed to the President and Grand Master of the Templars Association of Jumilla, Josep Tomás i Galea, informs that the proposal of Councillor Celebrations Ildefonso Jimenez Alonso, the Local Government Board met in work session, unanimously took the agreement to name the image watchman lying Custodian of Our Lady of the Assumption, patron saint of Jumilla, in the course of the Templar Guard IX to Our Lady. "
Templar Guard will take place from zero to six hours on the last Sunday of July, or in his absence the day they wish to, in the chapel of St. Augustine (XVI century) the municipality Jumillano, start of the run-up parties employer, an event created in 2002 and organized by the Templars Jumillano to entertain the Mother of God in fulfillment of the Chapter Acts of the Council of the town of Jumilla, original documents dating from 1614, 1615 and 1616.
The religious event is part of the annual program of the Eighth Crusade Templar Cultural Bailiwick of Jumilla, a compendium of religious and festive activities created and organized by the municipality milites Christi.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla