East African Marian Advocations

Marian devotion

Index of shrines, cathedrals and devotions from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and South Sudan.

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.

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• Bagamoyo: the first Catholic mission in East Africa
• Biete Maryam: Mary's House in Lalibela
• The Monastery of Libano Debre and the Ethiopian Marian devotion
• The Rosary of the Seven Dolores of Mary: the devotion of Kibeho
• The Sanctuary of the Martyrs of Munyonyo
• The Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Kibeho Dolores
• The National Mariano Sanctuary of Subukia
• Uganda Martyrs Basilica in Namugongo
• La Catedral de Kidane Mehret de Asmara
• The Cathedral of the Holy Family in Nairobi and Marian devotion in Kenya
• The Cathedral of Mary Queen of Gitega and the Catholic faith in Burundi
• Mogadishu Cathedral: the Catholic Faith in Somalia
• The Cathedral of St. Teresa of Juba and the Catholic faith in South Sudan
• The Catholic Church of Djibouti and Marian devotion in the Horn of Africa
• The Catholic presence in Zanzibar: the Cathedral of San José
• The churches of Entoto and Marian devotion in the highlands of Ethiopia
• Nyakijoga: la «Lourdes de Tanzania»
• Ura Kidane Mehret: la iglesia mariana de la península de Zege

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.