# Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary

A patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a form of spiritual protection attributed to Mary, mother of Jesus, in favor of some occupations, activities, religious orders, congregations, dioceses, and geographic locations.

## Occupations and activities

The Blessed Virgin is cited as the patroness of all humanity. However, certain occupations and activities are more closely associated with her protection.
* Bicyclists - Madonna del Ghisallo
* Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God
* Carmelites and Discalced Carmelites - Our Lady of Mount Carmel
* 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
* Pilots/Aviators - Our Lady of Loreto

## 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)
* Bismarck, North Dakota
* Burlington, Vermont- the Immaculate Conception
* Camden, New Jersey
* Cebu, Philippines - Our Lady of Guadalupe
* 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
* Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana - the Immaculate Conception
* Gallup, New Mexico
* Gaylord, Michigan
* Grand Island, Nebraska
* Greensburg, Pennsylvania - Our Lady of the Assumption
* Guadalajara, Jalisco
* Halifax, Nova Scotia
* Honolulu, Hawaii - Our Lady of Peace
* Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Immaculate Conception
* Huế, Vietnam - Our Lady of La Vang
* Imus, Philippines - Our Lady of the Pillar
* Issele-Uku, Nigeria - Our Lady of Perpetual Help
* Jefferson City, Missouri - Immaculate Heart of Mary
* Lancaster, England - Our Lady of Lourdes
* Malaga, Spain - Our Lady of the Victory
* Malang, Indonesia - Our Lady of Mount Carmel
* 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
* 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
* Salina, Kansas - Our Lady of Perpetual Help
* San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Islands - Virgin of Los Remedios
* Santander, Spain - Our Lady of Aparecida
* Savannah, Georgia
* Seattle, Washington
* Shreveport, Louisiana
* Sioux City, Iowa
* Spokane, Washington
* Steubenville, Ohio - Immaculate Heart of Mary
* Sydney, Australia - Our Lady Help of Christians
* Syracuse, New York
* Toowoomba, Queensland - Mary of the Southern Cross
* Tyler, Texas
* Venice, Florida - Our Lady of Mercy
* Wichita, Kansas
* Zamboanga, Philippines - Our Lady of the Pillar
* Territorial Prelature of Marawi - Our Lady Help of Christians

## 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
* Cameroon - Immaculate heart of Mary
* Ethiopia - Mother of light
* Uganda - Mary, Queen of Africa

### Asia

* Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia - Our Lady of Arabia
** Kuwait - Our Lady of Arabia
* China - Mary Help of Christians
* India - Our Lady of the Assumption
* Korea - Immaculate Conception
** Andong - Immaculate Conception
** Busan - Our Lady of Rosary
** Incheon - Our Lady, Star of the Sea
** Seoul - Immaculate Conception
** Suwon - Our Lady of Peace
** Daegeon - Our Lady of Lourdes
** Daegu - Our Lady of Lourdes
** Jeju - Immaculate Conception
* Lebanon - Our Lady of Lebanon
* Philippines - Immaculate Conception - Principal patroness of the Philippines
** Baguio - Our Lady of Atonement
** Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur - Our Lady of the Assumption
** Manaoag, Pangasinan - Our Lady of Manaoag
** Bicol Region - Our Lady of Peñafrancia (Ina ng Peñafrancia)
** Cavite province - Our Lady of Porta Vaga
*** Imus City and the Diocese - Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Imus
*** Silang - Our Lady of Candelaria
*** Dasmariñas - Immaculate Conception
** 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
** Vietnam - Our Lady of La Vang
** Quezon City - Our Lady of Hope
** Western Visayas - Our Lady of the Candles
** Cebu Province and the Archdiocese - Our Lady of Guadalupe
** Zamboanga City - Our Lady of the Pillar
* Syria - Our Lady of Damascus

### The Americas

* Our Lady of Guadalupe

#### Caribbean

* Jamaica - Our Lady of the Blue Mountains and Our Lady of the Assumption.
* Cuba - Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre (Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre)
* Dominican Republic - Our Lady of Altagracia
* Haiti - Our Lady of Perpetual Help
* Puerto Rico - Our Lady of Divine Providence

#### Central America

* Costa Rica - Our Lady of the Angels
* El Salvador - Our Lady of Peace (Nuestra Seňora de la Paz)
* Guatemala - Our Lady of the Rosary -
* Honduras - Our Lady of Suyapa
* Nicaragua - Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of El Viejo
* Panama - Our Lady of La Antigua

#### North America

* Mexico - Our Lady of Guadalupe
** Jalisco - Our Lady of Expectation (Our Lady of Zapopan)
* United States - Patroness of the United States under her title of the Immaculate Conception
** Louisiana - Our Lady of Prompt Succor
** Mississippi - Our Lady of Sorrows
** Guam - Santa Marian Kamalen
* Canada - Notre-Dame-du-Cap

#### South America

* Argentina - Our Lady of Luján
* Bolivia - Virgin of Copacabana
* Brazil - Our Lady of Aparecida
* Chile - Our Lady of Carmel of the Maipú
* Colombia - Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá
* Ecuador - Our Lady of the Presentation of El Quinche
* Paraguay - Our Lady of the Miracles of Caacupé
* Peru - Our Lady of Mercy
* Uruguay - The Virgin of the Thirty Three (La Virgen de los Treinta y Tres)
* Venezuela - Our Lady of Coromoto
** Zulia - Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá

### 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
* Croatia - Mother of Goodness
* England - Our Lady of Walsingham (England has also been referred to as the Dowry of Mary)
* 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
** Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily - Our Lady of Prompt Succor
** 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
* Poland - The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland (also as Our Lady of Częstochowa or Bogurodzica)
* Portugal - Our Lady of Fátima
* Republic of Macedonia
** Skopje - Mother of God
* Russia - Our Lady of Kazan
* 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
** 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

### Outer space

* Moon - Mary is the patroness of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando, which Bishop William Donald Borders claimed included the moon because of a technicality in the 1917 Code of Canon Law.

## Religious groups

* Benedictines
* Carmelites and Discalced Carmelites - Our Lady of Mount Carmel
* Congregation of Holy Cross - Our Lady of Sorrows
** Sisters of the Holy Cross - Immaculate Heart of Mary
* Congregation of the Holy Ghost - Immaculate Heart of Mary
* 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
* Missionary Sisters of Saint Peter Claver Our Lady of Good Counsel
* Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
* Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy - Our Lady of Ransom
* Servite Order - Our Lady of Sorrows
* Jesuits - Madonna Della Strada
* Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement - Mother Thrice Admirable
* Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Bethlehem (Bethlehemite)