Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Appearance
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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.
Occupations and activities
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The Blessed Virgin is cited as the patroness of all humanity. However, certain occupations and activities are more closely associated with her protection.
- Benedictines
- Bicyclists - Madonna del Ghisallo
- Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God
- Cistercians
- Fishmongers (Assumption of the Blessed Virgin)
- Overseas Filipino Workers - Our Lady of Guidance
- harness makers (Assumption of the Blessed Virgin)
- Seafarers - Our Lady, Star of the Sea
- Spanish Civil Guard - Our Lady of the Pillar
- Teutonic Knights[1]
Dioceses claiming Mary as patroness
- Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles
- Albany, New York (Immaculate Conception)
- Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Antipolo, Philippines (Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage)
- Austin, Texas
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Apostleship of the Sea, Baltimore - Stella Maris (Our Lady Star of the Sea)[2]
- Bismarck, North Dakota
- Burlington, Vermont- the Immaculate Conception[3]
- Camden, New Jersey
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Cologne, Germany (Immaculate Conception)
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Crookston, Minnesota
- Denver, Colorado
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Dodge City, Kansas
- Duluth, Minnesota
- Essen, Germany (Our Lady of Good Counsel)
- Evansville, Indiana
- Fargo, North Dakota - the Immaculate Conception[4]
- Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana - the Immaculate Conception[5]
- Gallup, New Mexico[6]
- Gaylord, Michigan
- Grand Island, Nebraska[7]
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania - Our Lady of the Assumption[8]
- Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Honolulu, Hawaii - Our Lady of Peace[9]
- Imus, Philippines - Our Lady of the Pillar
- Issele-Uku, Nigeria - Our Lady of Perpetual Help
- Jefferson City, Missouri - Immaculate Heart of Mary[10]
- Malaga, Spain - [[Our Lady of the Victory]]
- Manila, Philippines (Immaculate Conception)
- Miami, Florida
- Middlesbrough, England - Our Lady of Perpetual Help
- Monterey, California
- Montreal, Canada (dioecesis Marianopolitanis)
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Archdiocese of Caceres, Naga, Camarines Sur (Our Lady of Peñafrancia)
- New Orleans, Louisiana - Our Lady of Prompt Succor
- New Ulm, Minnesota
- Ogdensburg, New York
- Orange County, California - Our Lady of Guadalupe[11]
- Parañaque, Philippines (Our Lady of the Good Success)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Portland, Maine
- Portland, Oregon
- Providence, Rhode Island (Our Lady of Providence)
- Pueblo, Colorado
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Reno, Nevada
- Rockford, Illinois
- Sacramento, California - Our Lady of Guadalupe[12]
- Salina, Kansas - Our Lady of Perpetual Help[13]
- San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Islands - Virgin of Los Remedios
- Santander, Spain - La Virgen de la Bien Aparecida
- Savannah, Georgia
- Seattle, Washington
- Shreveport, Louisiana
- Sioux City, Iowa
- Spokane, Washington
- Steubenville, Ohio - Immaculate Heart of Mary[14]
- Sydney, Australia - Our Lady Help of Christians
- Syracuse, New York
- Toowoomba, Queensland - Mary of the Southern Cross[15]
- Tyler, Texas
- Venice, Florida - Our Lady of Mercy[16]
- Wichita, Kansas
- Zamboanga, Philippines - Our Lady of the Pillar
- Territorial Prelature of Marawi - Our Lady Help of Christians[17]
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.
Africa
- Algeria - Our Lady of Africa
- Angola - Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Uganda - Mary, Queen of Africa[18]
Asia
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- Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia - Our Lady of Arabia
- Kuwait - Our Lady of Arabia
- China - Mary Help of Christians[19]
- Lebanon - Our Lady of Lebanon
- Philippines - Immaculate Conception - Principal patroness of the Philippines
- Baguio - Our Lady of Atonement
- Bicol Region - Our Lady of Peñafrancia (Ina ng Peñafrancia)
- Cavite province - Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga
- Imus - Our Lady of the Pillar
- Silang - Our Lady of La Salette
- Loboc, Bohol - Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura
- Manila - Our Lady of Guidance
- Santa Ana - Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados de Manila (Our Lady of the Abandoned)
- Obando, Bulacan - Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Salambao
- Pampanga - Virgen de los Remedios de Pampanga (Our Lady of Remedies)
- Parañaque - (Nuestra Senora del Buen Suceso)
- Piat, Cagayan - Our Lady of Piat
- Puerto Princesa - Our Lady of La Vang
- Quezon City - Our Lady of Hope
- Western Visayas - Our Lady of the Candles
- Zamboanga City - Our Lady of the Pillar
- Syria - Our Lady of Damascus[18]
The Americas
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Caribbean
- Costa Rica - Our Lady of the Angels[18]
- Cuba - Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre (Nuestra Senora de la Caridad del Cobre)[20]
- Dominican Republic - Our Lady of Altagracia[21]
- Haiti - Our Lady of Perpetual Help[22]
- Puerto Rico - Our Lady of Divine Providence[21]
Central America
- El Salvador - Our Lady of Peace (Nuestra Seňora de la Paz)[18]
- Honduras - Our Lady of Suyapa[21]
- Nicaragua - Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of El Viejo[21]
- Panama - The Immaculate Conception[21]
North America
- Mexico - Our Lady of Guadalupe[21]
- Jalisco - Our Lady of Expectation (Our Lady of Zapopan)[23]
- United States - Patroness of the United States under her title of the Immaculate Conception[24]
- Louisiana - Our Lady of Prompt Succor[25]
- Mississippi - Our Lady of Sorrows
- Guam - Santa Marian Kamalen
- Canada - Notre-Dame-du-Cap[18]
South America
- Argentina - Our Lady of Luján
- Bolivia - Virgin of Copacabana[18]
- Brazil - Our Lady of Aparecida[18]
- Chile - Our Lady of Carmel of the Maipú[21]
- Colombia - Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá[26]
- Ecuador - Our Lady of the Presentation of El Quinche
- Guatemala - Our Lady of the Rosary - [21]
- Paraguay - Our Lady of the Miracles of Caacupé[21]
- Peru - Our Lady of Mercy[27]
- Uruguay - The Virgin of the Thirty Three (La Virgen de los Treinta y Tres)[21]
- Venezuela - Our Lady of Coromoto[21]
Australia / Oceania
- Our Lady Help of Christians
- New Zealand - Our Lady of the Assumption
- Samoa - Our Lady Star of the Sea
Europe
- Albania - Our Lady of Good Counsel
- Andorra - Our Lady of Meritxell
- Austria - Our Lady of Mariazell
- Belgium - Our Lady of Beauraing[18]
- Croatia - Mother of Goodness[18]
- England - Our Lady of Walsingham[18]
- Germany
- Bavaria - Our Lady of Altötting
- Greece
- Tinos - Our Lady of Great Grace or Evangelistria (Our Lady of Good Tidings)
- Ireland - Our Lady of Knock
- Italy
- Rome - Salus Populi Romani
- Lithuania - Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn
- Luxembourg - Our Lady, Comforter of the Afflicted
- Malta - Blessed Virgin of Ta' Pinu
- Netherlands - Our Lady, Star of the Sea[18]
- Poland - Our Lady of Częstochowa (the Black Madonna)[18]
- Portugal - Our Lady of Fátima[18]
- Republic of Macedonia
- Russia - Our Lady of Kazan
- Skopje - Mother of God[28]
- Slovakia - Our Lady of Sorrows
- Spain - Our Lady of the Pillar
- Almoradí - Our Lady of Perpetual Help
- Asturias - Our Lady of Covadonga
- Barcelona - Our Lady of Ransom
- Biscay - Our Lady of Begoña
- Catalonia - Virgin of Montserrat
- Canary Islands - Virgin of Candelaria[18]
- Extremadura - Our Lady of Guadalupe (Extremadura)
- Trujillo, Cáceres - Virgen de la Victoria (Our Lady of Victory)
- Switzerland - Our Lady of the Hermits
- United Kingdom
- Gibraltar - Our Lady of Europe
Religious groups
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- Carmelites - Our Lady of Mount Carmel[29]
- Congregation of Holy Cross - Our Lady of Sorrows
- Congregation of the Holy Ghost - Immaculate Heart of Mary[30]
- Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary - Our Lady of Peace
- Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Immaculate Heart of Mary[31]
- Missionary Sisters of Saint Peter Claver Our Lady of Good Counsel[32]
- Order of Preachers (Dominicans)[33]
- Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy - Our Lady of Ransom
- Servite Order - Our Lady of Sorrows
- Jesuits - Madonna Della Strada[34]
- Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement - Mother Thrice Admirable
See also
- Our Lady of the Thirty-Three
- Patron saints of ailments, illness and dangers
- Patron saints of occupations and activities
- Patron saints of places
- Titles of Mary
References
- ^ "The Patron Saints of the Teutonic Order", The Order of the Teutonic Knights of St. Mary's Hospital in Jerusalem - 1190-2017
- ^ AOS-Baltimore
- ^ De Goesbriand, Louis. Catholic Memoirs of Vermont and New Hampshire, Press of R. S. Styles, 1886, p. 154
- ^ "Coat of Arms", Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo
- ^ "Diocesan Crest", Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend
- ^ Patron Saints of the Diocese of Gallup
- ^ Coat of Arms, Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island
- ^ "At a Glance", Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg
- ^ "Diocesan symbols", Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
- ^ Roman Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City
- ^ Kandil, Caitlin Yoshiko. "Want to see the Catholic Church's future? Go to Mass in the fast-growing Diocese of Orange", The Daily Pilot, October 5, 2017
- ^ "Our Patron Saints", Diocese of Sacramento
- ^ "Salina Arms", Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina
- ^ "Diocesan Coat of Arms", Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville
- ^ "Mary of the Southern Cross: Patron of the Toowoomba Diocese", Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba]
- ^ "Our diocesan crest", Roman Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida
- ^ Viray, Patricia Lourdes. "Bishop: Maute burned Marawi cathedral, abducted priest", Philstar, May 24, 2017]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Roten S.M., Johann. "Patronage of Nations", International Marian Research Institute, University of Dayton
- ^ "Mary Help of Christians", Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco
- ^ "Honoring Cuba's Patron Saint", The New York Times, September 9, 2012
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Latin American Titles of Mary", International Marian Research Institute, University of Dayton
- ^ "French-Creole Mass", Roman Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach
- ^ Del, Fray Luis. "Breve Historia de Nuestra Señora de Zapopan", Refugio de Palacio Basave
- ^ Habig, Marion A. "Land of Mary Immaculate", Ecclesiastical Review, June 1954
- ^ Cormack, Margaret Jean (2007-01-01). Saints and Their Cults in the Atlantic World. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781570036309.
- ^ Morales, Blanca. "Colombians, their virgin and soccer", Archdiocese of Miami, July 15, 2010
- ^ "Peru: Our Lady of Mercy", Latin American Titles of Mary, International Marian Research Institute, University of Dayton
- ^ А., Е. (5 February 2009). "Пресвета Богородица прогласена за заштитничка на Скопје" Cyrillic [Blessed Virgin Mary declared as the patron of Skopje]. Вечер (in Macedonian).
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- ^ Holweck, Frederick. "Feast of the Most Pure Heart of Mary." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 10 March 2015
- ^ "Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary", CMSWR
- ^ "The Story of Our Lady of Good Counsel - Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver of North America". www.clavermissionarysisters.org.
- ^ "Patronage of the BVM", Dominican Friars
- ^ O'Malley, John W., (1999) The Jesuits University of Toronto Press ISBN 978-0-8020-4287-3