Central African Marian Advocations

Marian devotion

This index brings together the fact sheets of Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, the Central African Republic and Sao Tome and Principe.

How to use this index

Each link leads to a specific tab, with its own location, sources and causations. The index retains local rites and contexts without reducing African or Asian Christian history to a single cultural expression.

Sheets available

• The Rosary in the heart of the Congo: a devotion that unites families
• The Rosary in Sao Tome and Principe: prayer of the islands
• The Marian Shrine of Bansi in Kasai
• The Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace of Santo Tomé
• The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Bangui
• The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Victories of Yaoundé
• The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Remedies of Luanda
• The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Congo of Kinshasa
• The Cathedral of Santa Isabel de Malabo
• The Cathedral of Santa Maria de Libreville
• The Cathedral of Santa Maria de Pointe-Noire
• The Immaculate Conception in Gabon: the advocation of missionaries
• Loango and Linzolo: the Marian cradle of the Congo
• Mamã Muxima: The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Conception in the Heart of Angola
• Marienberg: Mount of Mary in Cameroon
• Our Lady of Africa in Equatorial Guinea
• Our Lady of Assumption in Chad
• Our Lady of Peace in Angola: the Virgin who accompanied independence
• Our Lady of Peace in the Central African Republic
• Our Lady of the Apostles in Cameroon
• Our Lady of Yamena: Our Lady in the Sahel

Criterio editorial

This content distinguishes data published by dioceses and Catholic institutions from local traditions. It does not attribute apparitions, miracles, patronings or titles that the source cited does not confirm. The diversity of names always leads to the one Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ.

Prayer

Holy Mary, Mother of the Church, accompanies the peoples of this region, strengthens the families, comforts those who suffer and always confesses us to your Son Jesus Christ. Amen.