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:
[edit] 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 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
- restauranteurs
- 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)
[edit] Dioceses claiming Mary as patron
- Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles for the Maronites
- Albany, New York
- Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines (Immaculate Conception)
- Austin, Texas
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Bismarck, North Dakota
- Burlington, Vermont
- Camden, New Jersey
- Cologne, Germany (Immaculate Conception)
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Crookston, Minnesota
- Denver, Colorado
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Dodge City, Kansas
- Duluth, Minnesota
- Evansville, Indiana
- Fargo, North Dakota
- Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana
- Gallup, New Mexico
- Gaylord, Michigan
- Grand Island, Nebraska
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania
- Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Lafayette, Indiana
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Miami, Florida
- Monterey, California
- Montreal, Quebec (dioecesis Marianopolitanis)
- Nashville, Tennessee
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- New Ulm, Minnesota
- Ogdensburg, New York
- Pearland, Texas
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Portland, Maine
- Portland, Oregon
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Pueblo, Colorado
- Reno, Nevada
- Rockford, Illinois
- Sacramento, California
- Salina, Kansas
- Savannah, Georgia
- Seattle, Washington
- Shreveport, Louisiana
- Sioux City, Iowa
- Spokane, Washington
- Steubenville, Ohio
- Syracuse, New York
- Tyler, Texas
- Venice, Florida
- Wichita, Kansas
- Zabbar, Malta
- Diveevo, Russia
[edit] 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.
[edit] Albania
- Our Lady of Good Counsel - Albania
[edit] Algeria
- Our Lady of Africa - Algeria
[edit] Andorra
- Our Lady of Meritxell - Andorra
[edit] Angola
[edit] Argentina
- Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Pergamino, Argentina
- Immaculate Conception - Argentina
- Our Lady of Luján - Argentina
- Our Lady of Luján - Argentina
[edit] Australia
- Our Lady Help of Christians - Australia
[edit] Austria
[edit] Belgium
[edit] Bolivia
- Our Lady of Capucdana - Bolivia
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Bolivia
- Virgin de la Candelaria (Candlemas) - Bolivia
- Virgin of Copacabana - Bolivia
[edit] Brazil
[edit] Canada
- Mary of the Hurons - Canada
- Our Lady of the Cape - Canada
- Our Lady of the Assumption - Acadians of Canada
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary - Vancouver, British Columbia
[edit] Chile
[edit] China
- Our Lady of China - China
- Virgin of Sheshan - China
[edit] Colombia
- Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá - Colombia
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary - Colombia
[edit] Congo
- Immaculate Heart of Mary - Congo
- Our Lady, Queen of Nations - Congo
[edit] Costa Rica
- Our Lady of the Angels - Costa Rica
[edit] Cuba
- Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre (La Caridad del Cobre) - Cuba
[edit] Domincan Republic
- Our Lady of High Grace (La Virgen de La Altagracia) - Dominican Republic
- Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Virgen De Las Mercedes (Virgin Mercedes).
[edit] Ecuador
[edit] El Salvador
- Our Lady of Peace - El Salvador
- Our Lady of Peace - El Salvador
[edit] Equatorial Guinea
[edit] France
- Immaculate Conception - Corsica, France
- Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris - France
- Notre Dame of 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
[edit] Germany
- Mary, Queen of Bavaria - Bavaria (Germany)
- Our Lady of Altötting - Germany
- Our Lady of Kevelaer - Germany
[edit] Greece
- Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Kea Island, Greece
- Mount Athos, known as the Garden of the Mother of God
- Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Skiathos, Greece
- The Holy Mountain of Our Lady - Greece
[edit] 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.
[edit] Guatemala
[edit] Haiti
- Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Petit Goâve, Haiti
- Our Lady of Perpetual Hope - Haiti
[edit] Honduras
[edit] Hungary
- Our Lady of Hungary - Hungary
[edit] India
- Our Lady of Bandel - India
- Our Lady of Bandra - India
- Our Lady of Good Health - Vailankanni, India
- Our Lady of Poondy - India
- Our Lady of the Assumption - India
[edit] 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 - Italy
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Italy
- Our Lady of Pompeii - Italy
- Our Lady of the Snows - Italy
- Our Lady of Tears - Italy
[edit] Ireland
[edit] Korea
[edit] Kuwait
- Our Lady of Arabia - Ahmadi, Kuwait
[edit] Jamaica
- Our Lady of the Assumption - Jamaica
[edit] Japan
- Our Lady of Japan - Japan
[edit] 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 Zahle, 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 Tower, Deir el Ahmar, Lebanon
- Our Lady of the Waterfall, a Marian shrine in Jezzine, Lebanon
- Our Lady of the Wind, Enfeh, Lebanon
[edit] Luxembourg
- Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted - Luxembourg
[edit] Malta
- Our Lady of the Assumption - Malta
[edit] 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
[edit] New Zealand
- Our Lady Help of Christians - New Zealand
- The Virgin Mary - New Zealand
[edit] Nicaragua
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of El Viejo - Nicaragua
[edit] Nigeria
- Our Lady, Queen of Nigeria - Nigeria
[edit] Panama
- Immaculate Conception - Panama
- Immaculate Heart of Mary - Panama
- Mary of La Antigua - Panama
[edit] Paraguay
- Our Lady of Luján- Paraguay
- Our Lady of the Miracles of Caacupé - Paraguay
- Our Lady of the Assumption - Paraguay
[edit] Peru
[edit] Philippines
- Immaculate Conception - Principal patroness of the Philippines
- Immaculate Conception - Baclayon, Bohol
- Immaculate Conception de Dinagat Surigao del Norte
- Immaculate Conception de Caysasay
- Our Lady of Guadalupe - Secondary patroness of the Philippines
- Our Lady of Guadalupe de Cebu
- Our Lady of Guadalupe - Loboc, Bohol
- Assumption of Mary - Dauis, Bohol
- Assumption of Mary - Maasin City, Southern Leyte
- Our Lady (of the Most Holy Rosary) of Manaoag - Philippines
- Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary (La Naval de Manila)
- Our Lady of Rule (Virgen Maria de (la) Regla) - Lapu-Lapu City (Opon), Cebu
- Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (Virgin of Antipolo) - Philippines
- Our Lady of Seven Dolors of Turumba - Philippines
- Our Lady of the Pillar of Zaragoza - Cavite & Zamboanga, Philippines
- Our Lady of Peñafrancia (Ina ng Peñafrancia)- Patroness of Bicolandia
- Our Mother of Perpetual Help - Every church in the Philippines observes the novena-devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help on Wednesday masses.
- Our Lady of Remedies - Malate, Manila; Hindang, Leyte
- 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
- Our Lady of Fatima - feasts of Our Lady of Fatima is observed in many churches in the Philippines
- Our Lady of Lourdes - many churches in the Philippines have Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes as their titular patroness
- Our Lady of Divine Grace - Simala, Sibonga, Cebu
- Our Lady of Apo Baket of Namacpacan
- Our Lady of Charity (Apo Caridad)
- Our Lady of the Barangays (Virgen sang Barangay)
- Our Lady of Prompt Succour
- Our Lady of Good Events - Parañaque City
- Our Lady of the Candles
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Our Lady of Guidance
- Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture
- La Medalla Milagrosa
- Our Lady of La Salette
- Madonna di Loreto
- Our Lady of the Abandoned
- Our Lady of Montserrat
- Our Lady, the Divine Shepherdess
- Our Lady of Solitude of Porto Vaga
- Our Lady of the Gate
- Our Lady of Salambao
- Our Lady of Salvation
- Maria, Yna ng EDSA (Our Lady of Peace at EDSA)
- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
- Mary, Queen of the Visayas
[edit] 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
[edit] Portugal
- Immaculate Conception - Portugal
- Our Lady of Fatima - Portugal
[edit] Puerto Rico
- Mary, Our Lady of Divine Providence - Puerto Rico
[edit] Slovakia
- Our Lady of Sorrows - Slovakia
- Our Lady of the Assumption - Slovakia
[edit] 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 de la Candelaria (Candlemas) – Canary Islands, Spain
- Virgin of Regla – Chipiona, Spain
- Virgin 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 - Covadonga, Spain
[edit] South Africa
- Our Lady of Shongweni - South Africa
- Our Lady of the Assumption - South Africa
[edit] Switzerland
- Our Lady of the Hermits - Switzerland
[edit] Tanzania
[edit] Uganda
- Mary, Queen of Africa - Uganda
[edit] United Kingdom
- Our Lady of Europe - Gibraltar, UK
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Aylesford - England, UK
- Our Lady of Walsingham - England, UK
[edit] 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 - Washington, USA
- Our Lady of Grace - Vermont, USA
- Our Lady of the Gulf - Alabama, USA
- Our Lady of the Highways - Arizona, 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 and the Islands - Alaska, USA
- Our Lady of Lebanon - Lewisville, Texas, USA
- Our Lady of La Leche - Florida, 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 - Nevada, USA
- Our Lady of Peace - 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 Church - Minnesota, USA
- Our Lady, Queen of All Saints - Oklahoma, USA
- Our Lady, Queen of the 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
[edit] Uruguay
[edit] Venezuela
- Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (Also called "La Chinita") - Zulia - Venezuela
- Our Lady of Coromoto - Venezuela
[edit] Vietnam
[edit] Zaire
- Immaculate Conception - Zaire
- Immaculate Heart of Mary - Zaire
- Our Lady, Queen of Nations - Zaire

