Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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This article is a list of the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary by occupations, activities, dioceses, and other geographic locations.

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The Blessed Virgie taken as a patroness of any good activity; , she is cited as the patroness of all humanity. However, certain occupations and activities are more closely associated with her protection.

Dioceses claiming Mary as patroness

Other places

A large number of countries, places and groups claim the Blessed Virgin Mary as a patroness, though usually under a specific title or apparition while only a select few retains its patronage by Pontifical decree from Rome.

Albania

• Our Lady of Good Counsel - Albania

Algeria

• Our Lady of Africa - Algeria

Andorra

• Our Lady of Meritxell - Andorra

Angola

• Immaculate Heart of Mary - Angola

Argentina

• Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Pergamino, Argentina
• Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception - Argentina
• Our Lady of Luján - Luján, Argentina
• Black Virgin of Oropa - Lomas del Mirador, Argentina

Australia

• Our Lady Help of Christians - Australia
• Our Lady of the Southern Cross
  • Parish of Collingwood - Clifton Hill, Victoria
  • Parish of Inglewood, Queensland

Austria

• Our Lady of Mariazell - Austria

Belgium

• Our Lady of Banneux - Belgium
• Our Lady of Beauraing - Belgium
• Catholic University of Leuven

Bolivia

• Our Lady of Capucdana - Bolivia
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Bolivia
• Virgin de la Candelaria (Candlemas) - Bolivia
• Virgin of Copacabana - Bolivia

Brazil

• Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception - Brazil
• Our Lady Aparecida - Brazil
• Our Lady of Nazareth - Brazil

Canada

• Mary of the Hurons - Canada
• Our Lady of the Cape - Canada
• Our Lady of the Assumption of Mary - Acadians of Canada
• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary - Vancouver, British Columbia

Chile

• Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Chile

China

• Our Lady of China (also known as Our Lady of Donglü)
• Our Lady of Sheshan (formerly Zose)

Colombia

• Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá - Colombia
• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary - Colombia
• Our Lady of Candelaria - Medellin

Congo

• Immaculate Heart of Mary - Republic of the Congo
• Our Lady, Queen of Nations - Republic of the Congo

Costa Rica

• Our Lady of the Angels - Costa Rica

Cuba

• Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre (La Caridad del Cobre) - Cuba
• Our Lady of Regla, Patronage of Afro Cubans, Municipio de Regla, Havana - Cuba

Dominican Republic

• Our Lady of High Grace (La Virgen de La Altagracia) - Dominican Republic
• Blessed Virgin Mary (La Virgen Maria) - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Virgen De Las Mercedes (Virgin Mercedes)

Ecuador

• The Most Pure Heart of Mary - Ecuador
• National Shrine of Our Lady of the Presentation of El Quinche - Ecuador
• Our Lady of Mercy - Ecuador army

Egypt

• Our Lady of Zeitoun - Zeitoun, Egypt

El Salvador

• Our Lady of Peace - El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

• Immaculate Conception - Equatorial Guinea

France

• Immaculate Conception - Corsica, France
• Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris - France
• Notre Dame de Chartres - France
• Our Lady of Lourdes - France
• Our Lady of La Salette - France
• Order of the Visitation of Our Lady at Annecy - France
• Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal - France
• Our Lady of Pontmain - France
• Our Lady of the Assumption - France

Germany

• Mary, Queen of Bavaria - Bavaria (Germany)
• Our Lady of Altötting - Altötting, Germany
• Our Lady of Kevelaer - Kevelaer, Germany

Greece

• Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Kea Island, Greece
• Mount Athos, known as the Garden of the Mother of God and The Holy Mountain of Our Lady
• Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Skiathos, Greece
• Our Lady of Great Grace or Evangelistria (Our Lady of Good Tidings) - Tinos, Greece

Guam

• Blessed Virgin Mary (Santa Maria Kamalen) – Statue miraculously appeared in the village of Merizo, Guam but is now sitting in the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica

Guatemala

• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary - Guatemala

Haiti

• Our Lady of the Assumption - Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haïtien, Les Cayes - Petit Goâve, Haiti
• Our Lady of Perpetual Succor - Haiti

Honduras

• Our Lady of Suyapa - Suyapa, Honduras

Hungary

• Our Grand Lady of Hungary - Hungary

India

• Our Lady of Bandel - Bandel, India
• Our Lady of Bandra - Bandra, India
• Our Lady of Good Health - Vailankanni, India
• Our Lady of Poondy - Poondy, India^[3]
• Our Lady of the Assumption - India
• Our Lady of the Rosary- Mangalore, India
• Our Lady of Good Health - Bangalore, India
• Our Lady of Snow Kallikulam - Tamil Nadu, India
• Our Lady of Vallarpadam - Kerala, India

Italy

• Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore - Italy
• Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Alezio, Italy
• Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Savona, Italy
• Madonna del Ghisallo - Italy
• Madonna of Saint Luke - Italy
• Our Lady of Loreto - Loreto, Italy
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Rome, Italy
• Our Lady of Pompeii - Naples, Italy
• Our Lady of the Snows - Italy
• Our Lady of Tears - Italy

Ireland

• Mary, Queen of Ireland - Ireland
• Our Lady of Limerick - Limerick, Ireland
• Our Lady of Knock - Knock, Ireland

Korea

• Immaculate Conception - Korea

Kuwait

• Our Lady of Arabia - Ahmadi, Kuwait

Jamaica

• Our Lady of the Assumption - Jamaica

Japan

• Our Lady of Japan - Japan
• Our Lady of Akita - Japan
• Our Lady of Onna - Japan

Lebanon

• Armenian Sisters of Immaculate Conception - Lebanon
• Our Lady of Bechouat, a Marian sanctuary in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon
• Our Lady of Ain Ebel, Ain Ebel, Lebanon
• Our Lady of the Assumption - Lebanon
• Our Lady of Bekaa, a Marian shrine located in Zahlé, Lebanon
• Our Lady of Deliverance, Byblos, Lebanon
• Our Lady of the Gate, Byblos, Lebanon
• Our Lady of Lebanon, a Marian shrine in Harissa, Lebanon
• Our Lady of Light, Centre Ville, Beirut, Lebanon
• Our Lady of Mantara, a Marian shrine in Maghdouché, Lebanon
• Our Lady of Nourieh, a Marian shrine and monastery atopTheoprosopon in Hamat, Lebanon
• Our Lady of the Seas, Batroun, Lebanon
• Our Lady of the Tower, Deir el Ahmar, Lebanon
• Our Lady of the Waterfall, a Marian shrine in Jezzine, Lebanon
• Our Lady of the Wind, Enfeh, Lebanon

Luxembourg

• Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted - Luxembourg

Malta

• Our Lady of the Assumption - Malta
• Our Lady of Ta' Pinu

Mexico

• Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Catemaco, Veracruz
• Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
• Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Zacatecas, Zac.
• Our Lady of Guadalupe - Mexico City
• Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos - San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco

Netherlands

• Our Lady of the Enclosed Garden

New Zealand

• Our Lady Help of Christians - New Zealand
• The Virgin Mary - New Zealand

Nicaragua

• Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of El Viejo - Nicaragua
• Our Lady of mercy - Leon, Nicaragua
• assumption of mary - Granada, Nicaragua

Nigeria

• Our Lady, Queen of Nigeria - Nigeria
• Our Lady, Queen of Fatima

Panama

• Immaculate Conception - Panama
• Immaculate Heart of Mary - Panama
• Mary of La Antigua - Panama

Paraguay

• Our Lady of Luján - Paraguay
• Our Lady of the Miracles of Caacupé - Paraguay
• Our Lady of the Assumption - Paraguay

Peru

• Order of the Visitation of Our Lady at Annecy - Peru
• Our Lady of Mercy - Peru

Philippines

• Immaculate Conception - Principal patroness of the Philippines
• Immaculate Conception - Baclayon, Bohol
• Immaculate Conception de Dinagat Surigao del Norte
• Immaculate Conception de Caysasay Taal, Batangas
• Immaculate Conception - Naic, Cavite, Dasmariñas City, Cavite
• Immaculate Conception- Cubao, Quezon City
• Notre-Dame de Tapao - Puerto Princesa, Palawan
• Our Lady of Guadalupe - Secondary patroness of the Philippines. Also patroness of Makati City, Cebu City, Loboc, Bohol, and Pagsanjan, Laguna
• Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga- Cavite City
• Nuestra Señora de Candelaria - Silang, Cavite
• Assumption of Mary - Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur
• Assumption of Mary - Dauis, Bohol
• Assumption of Mary - Maasin City, Southern Leyte
• Assumption of Mary - Maragondon, Cavite
• Our Lady of Arabia - Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga City, Basilan, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur and Cotabato City
• Our Lady of Manaoag - Manaoag, Pangasinan, Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan
• Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary (La Naval de Manila)
• Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary- Binondo, Manila
• Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, (Nuestra Señora Virgen del Santissimo Rosario, Reina de Caracol), Rosario "Salinas", Cavite
• Our Lady of Rule (Virgen Maria de (la) Regla) - Lapu-Lapu City (Opon), Cebu
• Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (Virgin of Antipolo) - Antipolo City, Rizal
• Our Lady of Sorrows of Turumba - Pakil, Laguna
• Our Lady of the Pillar - Imus City, Cavite and Zamboanga City
• Our Lady of Peñafrancia (Ina ng Peñafrancia)- Bicol Region
• Our Mother of Perpetual Help - Baclaran, Parañaque City (Every church in the Philippines observes the novena-devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help on Wednesday masses.)
• Our Lady of Remedies - Pampanga, Malate, Manila
• Our Lady of Light Parish Church - Cainta, Rizal; Loon, Bohol
• Our Lady of Mercy (Birhen sa Kaluoy) - Calape, Bohol, Novaliches, Quezon City
• Our Lady of the Visitation of Piat - Piat, Cagayan, Cagayan Valley
• Our Lady of Penafrancia de Manila- Paco, Manila
• Our Lady of Fatima - Valenzuela City, Binakayan, Kawit, Cavite (feasts of Our Lady of Fatima is observed in many churches in the Philippines)
• Our Lady of Lourdes - Tagaytay City, Cavite (many churches in the Philippines have Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes as their titular patroness)
• Our Lady of Divine Grace
• Our Lady of Eucharistic Adoration (Our Lady of Simala)
• Our Lady of Apo Baket of Namacpacan
• Our Lady of Bekaa
• Our Lady of Candelaria - Paco, Manila, Jaro, Iloilo City, Silang, Cavite
• Our Lady of Charity (Apo Caridad)
• Our Lady of China - Binondo, Manila, Iloilo City, Cebu City
• Our Lady of Covadonga - Sampaloc, Manila, La Trinidad, Benguet
• Our Lady of the Barangay - Virgen Sang Barangay
• Our Lady of Providence - Siquijor, Siquijor
• Our Lady of Prompt Succour
• Our Lady of Good Success (Nuestra Senora del Buen Suceso) - Parañaque City, Diocese of Parañaque
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel- Quiapo, Manila, New Manila, Quezon City, (Barosoain Church) Malolos City, Bulacan
• Our Lady of Guidance- Ermita, Manila
• Our Lady of Hope - Quezon City
• Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture- (San Agustin Church) Intramuros, Manila
• Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal- Ermita, Manila, Posadas Village, Muntinlupa City
• Our Lady of La Salette- Silang, Cavite
• Our Lady of La Vang - Puerto Princesa, Palawan
• Our Lady of Lebanon - Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga City, Basilan, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur and Cotabato City
• Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces - Lipa City, Batangas
• Our Lady of Loreto- Sampaloc, Manila
• Our Lady of the Abandoned - Santa Ana, Manila, Marikina City, Muntinlupa City
• Our Lady of Atonement- Baguio City
• Our Lady of Akita - Manila, Quezon City, Baguio City
• Our Lady of America - Baguio City, La Trinidad, Benguet
• Our Lady of Aranzazu - San Mateo, Rizal
• Our Lady of Montserrat - Our Lady of Montserrat Abbey (Manila), Mendiola, Manila
• Our Lady of Naju - Manila, Quezon City, Makati City, Tagaytay City
• Our Lady, the Divine Shepherdess
• Our Lady of Immaculate Conception- Malolos City, Bulacan
• Our Lady of She-Shan - Binondo, Manila, Iloilo City, Cebu City
• Our Lady of the Snows
• Our Lady of the Gate- Daraga, Albay
• Our Lady of Good Health (Ina ng Mabuting Kalusugan) - Paco, Manila
• Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Salambao- Obando, Bulacan
• Our Lady of Salvation- Albay, La Loma, Quezon City
• Mary Queen of Peace- EDSA Shrine
• Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
• Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos
• Our Lady, Star of the Sea
• Immaculate Heart of Mary
• Mary, Queen of the Visayas
• Our Lady Ina ng Poong Bato
• Our Lady of the Annunciation
• Our Lady of the Nativity- Borongan City, Eastern Samar
• Our Lady of the Valley (Birhen ng Lambak)
• Our Lady of Victory (Birhen ng Tagumpay)
• Our Lady of Zo-Se - Binondo, Manila, Cebu City

Poland

• Our Lady, Queen of Poland – Poland
• Our Lady of Częstochowa (the Black Madonna) – Poland
• Our Lady of Ostra Brama
• Mother of the Church

Portugal

• Immaculate Conception - Portugal
• Our Lady of Fátima - Portugal

Puerto Rico

• Mary, Our Lady of Divine Providence - Puerto Rico
  • Our Lady of Divine Providence

Republic of Macedonia

• Mother of God - Skopje^[4]

Romania

• Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus - Braşov

Slovakia

• Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Staré, Slovakia
• Our Lady of Sorrows - Slovakia
• Our Lady of the Assumption - Slovakia

Spain

• Our Lady of Begoña - Bilbao, Spain
• Our Lady of Mercy – Barcelona, Spain
• Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar – Zaragoza, Spain
• Our Lady of Ransom – Spain
• Virgin of the Remedy - Alicante, Spain
• Virgin of Candelaria – Canary Islands, Spain
• Virgin of Regla – Chipiona, Spain
• Our Lady of Guadalupe – Extremadura, Spain
• Virgin of Montserrat – Catalonia, Spain
• Virgin of the Rosary – Cádiz, Spain
• Virgen de la Almudena – Madrid, Spain
• Our Lady of Covadonga - Asturias, Spain

South Africa

• Our Lady of Shongweni - Shongweni, South Africa
• Our Lady of the Assumption - Principal Patroness of South Africa
• Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt. - Diocese of Port Elizabeth and Arch-diocese of Cape Town
• Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. - Tzaneen
• Our Lady of the Assumption - Umtata, De Aa
• Immaculate Heart of Mary. - Outshoorn, Bethlehem
• Immaculate Conception of our Lady. - Arch-diocese of Durban, Arch-diocese of Johannesburg

Sri Lanka

• Our Lady of Lanka - Sri Lanka

Switzerland

• Our Lady of the Hermits - Switzerland

Tanzania

• Immaculate Conception - Tanzania

Uganda

• Mary, Queen of Africa - Uganda

Ukraine

• Theotokos of Buchyn - Ukraine
• Theotokos of Vyshgorod

United Kingdom

• Our Lady of Europe - Gibraltar, UK
• Our Lady of Ipswich - England, UK
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Aylesford - England, UK
• Our Lady of Walsingham - England, UK
• Our Lady of Westminster - England, UK
• Our Lady of Willesden - England, UK
• Our Lady of Doncaster - England, UK
• Our Lady of Cardigan - Wales, UK

United States

• Patroness of the United States under her title of the Immaculate Conception^[5]
• Immaculate Heart of Mary - Georgia, USA
• Immaculate Mary - Colorado, USA
• Feast of the Immaculate Conception - Soldiers of the USA
• Mary of Nazareth - Iowa, USA
• Mary, Queen of Angels - Kansas, USA
• Mary the Virgin Mother - South Carolina, USA
• Mary, Queen of Peace - North Dakota, USA
• Mary, Queen of Peace - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
• Mary, Star of the Sea - Hawaii, USA
• Mother of God - Kentucky, USA
• Notre Dame of Easton - Connecticut, USA
• University of Notre Dame - Indiana, USA
• Our Immaculate Queen - Washington, D.C., USA
• Our Lady of America - USA; Rome City, Indiana: first canonically-approved apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the USA. Happened in the Our Lady Mother of Mercy Chapel on the campus of Sylvan Springs
• Our Lady of the Annunciation - Texas, USA
• Our Lady of Calvary - Missouri, USA
• Our Lady of Consolation - Basilica and National Shrine in Carey, Ohio, USA
• Our Lady of Good Help - Wisconsin, USA
• Our Lady of divine grace - Vermont, USA
• Our Lady of the Gulf - Alabama, USA
• Our Lady of the Highways - Arizona, USA
• Our Lady of the Desert - Apple Valley, California USA
• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, North Carolina, USA
• Our Lady of the Holy Souls - Arkansas, USA
• Our Lady of the Incarnation - Massachusetts, USA
• Our Lady of the Kodiak - Kodiak and the Islands Alaska, USA
• Our Lady of Lebanon - Lewisville, Texas, USA
• Our Lady of La Leche - Florida, USA
• http://ourladyofreglamiami.org National Shrine Our Lady of Regla. Santuario Nacional Ermita de Regla. Virgen de Regla, Patrona de la Pequena Habana Miami, Fl. USA.
• Our Lady of Mercy - Delaware,
• Our Lady of the Milk and Happy Delivery, USA
• Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Pennsylvania, USA
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Rhode Island, USA
• Our Lady of Peace - Maine, USA
• Our Lady Help of Christians - New York, USA
• Our Lady of Las Vegas - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• Our Lady of Peace - Hawaii, USA Maine, USA
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help - New Hampshire, USA
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
• Our Lady of the Pines - Montana, United States
• Our Lady of the Prairie - South Dakota, USA
• Our Lady of the Presentation - Nebraska, USA
• Our Lady of Providence - Indiana, USA
• Our Lady of Prompt Succor - Louisiana, USA
• Our Lady of the Snows - Utah, USA
• Our Lady of Sorrows - Mississippi, USA
• Our Lady of the Universe - Illinois, USA
• Our Lady of the Valley - Wyoming, USA
• Our Lady of Victory - West Virginia, USA
• Our Lady of the Wayside - California (cf. Madonna della Strada)
• Our Lady of the Woods - Oregon, USA
• Our Lady, Gate of Heaven - Michigan, USA
• Our Lady, Mother of the Christian Church Church - Minnesota, USA
• Our Lady, Queen of All Saints - Oklahoma, USA
• Our Lady, Queen of the Twelve apostles - Virginia, USA
• Our Lady, Queen of the Angels - As per its name, Los Angeles, California
• La Conquistadora (Our Lady the Conqueror), New Mexico, USA

Uruguay

• Our Lady of Luján - Uruguay
• Our Lady of the Thirty-Three - Uruguay

Venezuela

• Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (Also called "La Chinita") - Zulia - Venezuela
• Our Lady of Coromoto - Venezuela

Vietnam

• Our Lady of La Vang - Quảng Trị
• Notre-Dame de Tapao - Bình Thuận

Zaire

• Immaculate Conception - Zaire
• Immaculate Heart of Mary - Zaire
• Our Lady, Queen of Nations - Zaire

See also

• Patron saints of ailments, illness and dangers
• Patron saints of occupations and activities
• Patron saints of places
• Titles of Mary

References