Marian apparitions
In order of date. Each page opens with Our Lady as she is honoured at that place, and gives the approval status, the messages and how the Church sees it. No Catholic is obliged to believe a private revelation (CCC 67).
How the Church judges apparitionsA guide · CCC 66 to 67, the 1978 and 2024 normsOur Lady of KuravilangadIndia · date disputed · local tradition, no formal judgmentOur Lady of GuadalupeMexico · 1531 · approved by Holy See acts; seer canonised 2002Our Lady of VailankanniIndia · 16th and 17th century traditions · tradition, no formal judgment of an apparitionOur Lady of LausFrance · 1664 to 1718 · approved by the bishop of Gap 2008Our Lady of the Rue du Bac and the Miraculous MedalFrance · 1830 · inquiry 1836; feast granted by Leo XIII 1894Our Lady of La SaletteFrance · 1846 · approved by the bishop 1851Our Lady of LourdesFrance · 1858 · approved 1862Our Lady of PontmainFrance · 1871 · approved by the bishop 1872Our Lady of KnockIreland · 1879 · witnesses found trustworthy; international shrine 2021Our Lady of FatimaPortugal · 1917 · approved 1930; two seers canonised 2017Our Lady of BeauraingBelgium · 1932 to 1933 · approved 1949Our Lady of BanneuxBelgium · 1933 · approved by the Bishop of Liège 1949Our Lady of AkitaJapan · 1973 · local bishop's letter 1984, no published judgment of the Holy SeeOur Lady of KibehoRwanda · 1981 to 1989 · approved by the Bishop of Gikongoro 2001, three seersMedjugorjeBosnia and Herzegovina · from 1981 · nihil obstat 2024, not a declaration of supernatural origin