A series of articles on Roman Catholic Mariology
General articles Overview of Mariology • Veneration of the Blessed Virgin • History of Mariology • Mariology of the saints • Mariology of the popes • Encyclicals & Apostolic Letters • Marian Movements & Societies
Devotions Rosary • Scapular • Immaculate Heart • Seven Joys • Seven Sorrows • First Saturdays • Acts of Reparation
Dogmas and Doctrines Mother of God • Perpetual virginity • Immaculate Conception • Assumption • Mother of the Church • Mediatrix • Co-Redemptrix
Expressions of devotion Art • Music • Architecture
Key Marian apparitions (approved or worthy of belief) Guadalupe • Miraculous Medal • La Salette • Lourdes • Pontmain • Laus • Banneux • Beauraing • Fátima • Akita

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

Contents 1 Occupations and activities 2 Dioceses claiming Mary as patron 3 Other places 3.1 Albania 3.2 Algeria 3.3 Andorra 3.4 Angola 3.5 Argentina 3.6 Australia 3.7 Austria 3.8 Belgium 3.9 Bolivia 3.10 Brazil 3.11 Canada 3.12 Chile 3.13 China 3.14 Colombia 3.15 Congo 3.16 Costa Rica 3.17 Cuba 3.18 Dominican Republic 3.19 Ecuador 3.20 El Salvador 3.21 Equatorial Guinea 3.22 France 3.23 Germany 3.24 Greece 3.25 Guam 3.26 Guatemala 3.27 Haiti 3.28 Honduras 3.29 Hungary 3.30 India 3.31 Italy 3.32 Ireland 3.33 Korea 3.34 Kuwait 3.35 Jamaica 3.36 Japan 3.37 Lebanon 3.38 Luxembourg 3.39 Malta 3.40 Mexico 3.41 New Zealand 3.42 Nicaragua 3.43 Nigeria 3.44 Panama 3.45 Paraguay 3.46 Peru 3.47 Philippines 3.48 Poland 3.49 Portugal 3.50 Puerto Rico 3.51 Slovakia 3.52 Spain 3.53 South Africa 3.54 Switzerland 3.55 Tanzania 3.56 Uganda 3.57 United Kingdom 3.58 United States of America 3.59 Uruguay 3.60 Venezuela 3.61 Vietnam 3.62 Zaire 4 See also

[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,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)

[edit] Dioceses claiming Mary as patron

• Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles for the Maronites
• Albany, New York (Immaculate Conception)
• 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
• Islands of Malta, Malta(Assumption of our Lady-Santa Marija)
• 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
• Wimberley, Texas
• 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

• Immaculate Heart of Mary - 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

• Our Lady of Mariazell - Austria

[edit] Belgium

• Our Lady of Banneaux - Belgium
• Our Lady of Beauraing - 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

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

• Our Lady of Mount Carmel - 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
• Our Lady of Regla, Patronage of Afro Cubans, Municipio de Regla Havana, Cuba

[edit] Dominican 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

• 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]

[edit] El Salvador

• Our Lady of Peace - El Salvador
• Our Lady of Peace - El Salvador

[edit] Equatorial Guinea

• Immaculate Conception - 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 and The Holy Mountain of Our Lady
• Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Skiathos, 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

• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary - Guatemala

[edit] Haiti

• Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Petit Goâve, Haiti
• Our Lady of Perpetual Hope - Haiti

[edit] Honduras

• Our Lady of Suyapa - 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
• Our Lady of the Rosary- Mangalore, India
• Our Lady of Good Health - Bangalore, India
• Our Lady of Snow Kallikulam - Tamil Nadu, 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

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

[edit] Korea

• Immaculate Conception - Korea

[edit] Kuwait

• Our Lady of Arabia - Ahmadi, Kuwait

[edit] Jamaica

• Our Lady of the Assumption - Jamaica

[edit] Japan

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

[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

• Order of the Visitation of Our Lady at Annecy - Peru
• Our Lady of Mercy - 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 Penafrancia de Manila-Paco,Manila
• Our Lady, Mary Mediatrix of All Grace-1948,Lipa-Novice Teresita Castillo
• 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
• Our Lady of Eucharistic Adoration (Our Lady of Simala)
• Our Lady of Apo Baket of Namacpacan
• Our Lady of Charity (Apo Caridad)
• Our Lady of the Barangay - Virgen Sang Barangay
• Our Lady of Prompt Succour
• Our Lady of Good Events (Nuestra Senora del Buen Suceso - 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, Ina ng EDSA (Our Lady of Peace at EDSA)
• Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
• Mary, Queen of the Visayas
• Our Lady Ina ng Poong Bato
• Our Lady of the Annunciation

[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 Fátima - 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 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 – Tenerife, 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 - 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

• Immaculate Conception - Tanzania

[edit] Uganda

• Mary, Queen of Africa - Uganda

[edit] 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

[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 - 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 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

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

[edit] Venezuela

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

[edit] Vietnam

• Our Lady of La Vang - Vietnam
• Our Lady of Tà Pao - Vietnam

[edit] Zaire

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

[edit] See also

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