West African Marian Advocations

Marian devotion

Tour by the communities of Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, GuineaBisáu, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cape Verde, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Mauritania.

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

• From the Oracle of Arochukwu to the Rosary: Mary among the Igbo
• The Monastery of Awhum and the Virgin Mother of Divine Grace
• The Rosary of Cidade Velha: the first Marian bridge in Africa
• The Marian Shrine of Amanposo
• The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro
• The Basilica of Our Lady of the Seven Dolores of Navrongo
• The Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima of Kano
• The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation of Ibadan
• The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Banjul
• The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Perpetual Relief of Niamey
• The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dakar Victories
• The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes of Bobo- Dioulasso
• The Cathedral of Santa Maria Asunta of Owerri
• The Cathedral of Santa Maria de Freetown
• The Cathedral of Santa Maria of Monrovia
• The Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Bamako
• The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Lomé
• The Grotto of Our Lady of Arigbo, the Lourdes of Benin
• The Catholic Mission of Boké and the Virgin Mary in Guinea
• The Small Catholic Community of Mauritania and Our Lady of Nuakchot
• Mary Holy Mother of Africa of Ijebu Ode
• Our Lady of Kumasi and Marian faith in the heart of Ashanti
• Our Lady of the Liberation of Popenguin
• Our Lady of the Ziguinchor Mission
• Our Lady of Peace of Yopougon: the apparitions of 1988
• Our Lady Mother of the Mercy of Elele
• Oke Maria: Mount of Mary in Nigeria

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.