Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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A list of Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary by occupations and activities, dioceses, and other places:

1 Occupations and activities
2 Dioceses claiming Mary as patroness
3 Other places
4 See also
5 References

Occupations and activities

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

airplane crews and pilots (esp. Belgian, Spanish, Italian and French)
Andorran security forces
Argentine Army, Navy and military chaplains
bicyclists
blood donors
boatmen (boat operators)
Bolivian Navy builders
Carmelites
Chilean Army and Navy
Cistercians
clothworkers
coffee house keepers and owners
construction workers
cooks
coopers
those who partake in Crusades
distillers
drapers
Ecuadorian Army
enlightenment
fishermen
fish dealers (Assumption of the Blessed Virgin)
goldsmiths
harness makers (Assumption of the Blessed Virgin)
Jesuits
lamp makers
mothers
motorcyclists
navigators
needle and pin makers
news sellers
nuns
oblate vocations
potters
restaurateurs
ribbon makers
sailors
silk workers
silversmiths
Spanish architects and police officers
tapestry workers
Teutonic Knights
travellers
tilemakers
upholsterers
Army personnel
Venezuelan National Guard
virgins
yachtsmen (yacht operators)

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.

Belgium

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)- China
Mary Help of Christians (also known as Our Lady of Sheshan/Zose)- China

Colombia

Congo

Immaculate Heart of Mary - Congo
Our Lady, Queen of Nations - 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

Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Petit Goâve, Haiti
Our Lady of Perpetual Hope - 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^[1]
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 - Italy
Our Lady of Pompeii - 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 the Garden Enclosed

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

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, Makati City, Loboc, Bohol, Pagsanjan, Laguna, Cebu City
Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga- Cavite City
Assumption of Mary - Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur
Assumption of Mary - Dauis, Bohol
Assumption of Mary - Maasin City, Southern Leyte
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 the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag - Philippines
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 - Cainta, Rizal; Loon, Bohol
Our Lady of Mercy (Birhen sa Kaluoy) - Calape, Bohol
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
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 Montserrat
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
Mary, Queen of the Visayas
Our Lady Ina ng Poong Bato
Our Lady of the Annunciation
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
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

Portugal

Puerto Rico

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

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 of America

Immaculate Conception - USA
Immaculate Heart of Mary - Georgia, USA
Immaculate Mary - Colorado, USA
Feast of the Immaculate Conception - Soldiers of the USA
Patroness of the United States under her title of the Immaculate Conception
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, U.S.A.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, USA
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

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