Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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A list of Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary by occupations & 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
• 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.

• The United States, known as the Patroness of the United States under her title of the Immaculate Conception
• Mount Athos, known as the Garden of the Mother of God
• Blessed Virgin Mary (no specific title) - Acadians, Alezio, Italy, Cajuns, Catemaco Veracruz, Mexico, Exeter College, Kea Island, Greece, Merizo, Guam, Pergamino, Argentina, Petit Goave, Haiti, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Savona, Italy, Skiathos, Greece, Zacatecas, Mexico,
• Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore - Italy
• Immaculate Conception - Argentina, Brazil, Corsica, Equatorial Guinea, Korea, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Tanzania, Tunisia, USA, Zaire
• Feast of the Immaculate Conception - soldiers of the USA
• The Holy Mountain of Our Lady - Greece
• Immaculate Heart of Mary - Angola, Congo, Georgia, Zaire, Panama
• Immaculate Mary - Colorado (US)
• Madonna del Ghisallo - cyclists
• Madonna of Saint Luke - Italy
• Mary of La Antigua - Panama
• Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted - Luxembourg
• Mary of the Hurons - Canada
• Mary of Nazareth - Iowa (US)
• Mary the Virgin Mother - South Carolina(US)
• Mary, Our Lady of Arabia - Arabia
• Mary, Our Lady of Divine Providence - Puerto Rico
• Mary, Queen of Africa - Africa, Uganda
• Mary, Queen of Angels - Kansas
• Mary, Queen of Bavaria - Bavaria (Germany)
• Mary, Queen of Ireland - Ireland
• Mary, Queen of Peace - North Dakota (US), Milwaukee, Wisconsin (US)Oceania
• Mary, Queen of Poland - Poland
• Mary, Star of the Sea - Hawaii (US), Acadia
• The Most Pure Heart of Mary - Central Africa, Ecuador
• Mother of God - Kentucky (US)
• Nativity of the Blessed Virgin - fish dealers, silk workers
• Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris - France
• Notre Dame of Chartres - France
• Notre Dame of Easton - Connecticut (US)
• University of Notre Dame - Indiana (US)
• Order of the Visitation of Our Lady at Annecy - France Peru
• Our Immaculate Queen - Washington, D.C. (US)
• Our Lady Aparecida (who appeared) - Brazil
• Our Lady of Africa - Algeria
• Our Lady of Altötting - Germany
• Our Lady of the Americas - Wisconsin (US)
• Our Lady of the Angels - Costa Rica
• Our Lady of the Annunciation - Texas (US)
• Our Lady of the Assumption - France, India, Jamaica, Paraguay, Slovakia, South Africa, Malta, Acadians of Canada
• Our Lady of Bandel - India
• Our Lady of Bandra - India
• Our Lady of Banneaux - Belgium
• Our Lady of Beauraing - Belgium
• Our Lady of Calvary - Missouri (US)
• Our Lady of the Cape - Canada
• Our Lady of Capucdana - Bolivia
• Our Lady of China - China
• Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre - Cuba
• Our Lady of Chiquinquirá - Colombia
• Our Lady of Rosario of Chiquinquirá (Also called "La Chinita") - Zulia - Venezuela
• Our Lady of Consolation - Ohio (US)
• Our Lady of Coromoto - Venezuela
• Our Lady of Częstochowa - Poland (the Black Madonna)
• Our Lady of Europe - Gibraltar
• Our Lady of Fatima - New Jersey, Portugal
• Our Lady of Good Counsel - Albania
• Our Lady of Good Health - Vailankanni, India.
• Our Lady of Good Help - Washington
• Our Lady of Grace - Vermont, Zabbar
• Our Lady of Guadalupe - The Americas, Central America, Mexico, New Mexico
• Our Lady of the Gulf - Alabama
• Our Lady Help of Christians - Australia, New York, New Zealand
• Our Lady of the Hermits - Switzerland
• Our Lady of High Grace - Dominican Republic
• Our Lady of the Highways - Arizona
• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary - Colombia, Guatemala, North Carolina
• Our Lady of the Holy Souls - Arkansas
• Our Lady of Hungary - Hungary
• Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of El Viejo - Nicaragua
• Our Lady of the Incarnation - Massachusetts
• Our Lady of Japan - Japan
• Our Lady of Kevelaer - Germany
• Our Lady of Knock - Ireland
• Our Lady of the Kodiak and the Islands - Alaska
• Our Lady of Lebanon - Lebanon
• Our Lady of La Leche - Florida
• Our Lady of La Vang - Vietnam
• Our Lady of Las Vegas - Nevada
• Our Lady of LaSallette - France
• Our Lady of Limerick - Idaho, Ireland
• Our Lady of Loreto - Italy
• Our Lady of Lourdes - France, Tennessee
• Our Lady of Luján - Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
• Our Lady of Madhu - Sri Lanka
• Our Lady of Manaoag - Philippines
• Our Lady of Mariazell - Austria
• Our Lady of Mercy - Barcelona, Peru, Delaware, Merlo
• Our Lady of Meritxell - Andorra
• Our Lady of the Milk and Happy Delivery - USA
• Our Lady of the Miracles of Caacupé - Paraguay
• Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal - France, Pennsylvania
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Bolivia, Chile, Rhode Island
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Aylesford - England
• Our Lady of Nazareth - Brazil
• Our Lady of Peace - El Salvador, Maine
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Italy, New Hampshire
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
• Our Lady of Perpetual Hope - Haiti
• Our Lady of Pilar of Zaragoza - Spain, Manila & Zamboanga(Philippines)
• Our Lady of the Pines - Montana
• Our Lady of Poondy - India
• Our Lady of Pompeii - Italy
• Our Lady of Pontmain - France
• Our Lady of the Prairie - South Dakota
• Our Lady of the Presentation - Nebraska
• Our Lady of Providence - Indiana
• Our Lady of Prompt Succor - Louisiana
• Our Lady of Quinche - Ecuador
• Our Lady of Ransom - Spain
• Our Lady of Safe Travel (Virgin of Antipolo) - Philippines
• Our Lady of Shongweni - South Africa
• Our Lady of the Snows - Italy, Utah
• Our Lady of Sorrows - Mississippi, Slovakia
• Our Lady of Suyapa - Honduras
• Our Lady of Tears - Italy
• Our Lady of the Thirty-Three - Uruguay
• Our Lady of the Turumba - Philippines
• Our Lady of the Universe - Illinois
• Our Lady of the Valley - Wyoming
• Our Lady of Victory - USA, West Virginia
• Our Lady of Walsingham - England
• Our Lady of the Wayside - California (cf. Madonna della Strada)
• Our Lady of the Woods - Oregon
• Our Lady, Gate of Heaven - Michigan
• Our Lady, Mother of the Church - Minnesota
• Our Lady, Queen of All Saints - Oklahoma
• Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles - Virginia
• Our Lady, Queen of Nations - Congo, Zaire
• Our Lady, Queen of Nigeria - Nigeria
• Virgin of Guadalupe - Extremadura, Spain
• Virgin of Montserrat - Catalonia
• Virgin de la Candelaria (Candlemas) - Canary Islands; Bolivia
• Virgin of Copacabana - Bolivia
• Virgin of Regla - Cuba; Chipiona, Spain
• Virgin of Sheshan - China