Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary

By Wikipedia,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronage_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary

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

Virgin Mary - Diego Velazquez

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.

Virgin Mary, venerated as the patron saint of bicyclists, near Leintz-Gatzaga in the Basque Country

• 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

• Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles
• 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
• Charlotte, North Carolina
• Cologne, Germany (Immaculate Conception)
• Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Crookston, Minnesota
• Denver, Colorado
• Des Moines, Iowa
• Dodge City, Kansas
• Duluth, Minnesota
• Essen, Germany (Good Council)
• 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
• Raleigh, North Carolina
• Reno, Nevada
• Rockford, Illinois
• Sacramento, California
• Salina, Kansas
• Savannah, Georgia
• Seattle, Washington
• Shreveport, Louisiana
• Sioux City, Iowa
• Spokane, Washington
• Steubenville, Ohio
• Syracuse, New York
• Toowoomba, Queensland
• Tyler, Texas
• Venice, Florida
• Wimberley, Texas
• Wichita, Kansas
• Zabbar, Malta
• Diveevo, Russia

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.

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 Banneaux - Belgium
Our Lady of Beauraing - 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 - China
Our Lady of Zo-Se - China
Virgin of Sheshan - China

Colombia

Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá - Colombia
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary - 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

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 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
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

Statue of Our Lady of Lebanon or Notre Dame du Liban.

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

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

Our Lady of Lourdes in Tagaytay, Philippines

Immaculate Conception - Principal patroness of the Philippines
Immaculate Conception - Baclayon, Bohol
Immaculate Conception de Dinagat Surigao del Norte
Immaculate Conception de Caysasay
Immaculate Conception - Naic, Cavite
Notre-Dame de Tapao - Puerto Princesa, Palawan
Our Lady of Guadalupe - Secondary patroness of the Philippines
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Cebu - Cebu
Our Lady of Guadalupe - Loboc, Bohol
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, (Nuestra Señora Virgen del Santissimo Rosario, Reina de Caracol), Rosario "Salinas", Cavite

The original image of Nuestra Señora Virgen del Santissimo Rosario, Reina de Caracol, Patroness of 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) - Philippines
Our Lady of Seven Dolors of Turumba - 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 - Archdiocese of San Fernando, Pampanga
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 Graces-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 Bekaa
Our Lady of Candelaria - Tondo, Manila, Iloilo City
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 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 Hope - Quezon City
Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture
La Medalla Milagrosa
Our Lady of La Salette
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
Our Lady of Lipa - Lipa, Batangas
Madonna di Loreto
Our Lady of the Abandoned
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 She-Shan - Binondo, Manila, Iloilo City, Cebu City
Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga- Province of Cavite, Cavite City
Our Lady of the Snows
Our Lady of the Gate
Our Lady of Good Health (Ina ng Mabuting Kalusugan) - Paco, Manila
Our Lady of Good Help (Ina ng Mabuting Saklolo)
Our Lady of Good Success - Parañaque City
Our Lady of Salambao
Our Lady of Salvation
Maria, Ina ng EDSA (Our Lady of Peace at EDSA)
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

Immaculate Conception - Portugal
Our Lady of Fátima - Portugal

Puerto Rico

Virgen de la Providencia in the Cathedral of San Juan

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 Westminster

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 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

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 places

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronage_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary

Published in May 2012.

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