America and the Caribbean to Our Lady of Guadalupe "asking her for health and an end to the pandemic." Ecuador -"the Most Holy Heart of Mary" (1892) United States In 1792, Bishop Carroll of Baltimore, consecrated the United States to Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception. In 1846, bishops attending the Sixth Provincial Council in Baltimore chose Mary under that title as the country's patroness. Like the Canadian bishops, on 1 May 2020, Archbishop José Horacio Gómez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, led a "Renewal of the Consecration of the United States of America to the Blessed Virgin Mary" under the title "Mary, Mother of the Church" at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles. That same day, a rite of consecration was similarly held by Archbishop Gregory at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Archbishop Gomez also sent a letter to the U.S. bishops inviting them to join in the consecration. Among those joining in the consecration to Mary, Mother of the Church was Bishop Glen Provost of the Diocese of Lake Charles, and Bishop Lawrence T. Persicoof the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie. On 6 May 2018, Bishop Gregory Parkes of the Diocese of Saint Petersburg renewed a dedication of the diocese to the Immaculate Heart of Mary previously done by Bishop Thomas Larkin on Friday, 13 May 1983 "in response to a request from the Holy Father, John Paul II." Separately, Pope Pius XII gave the title "Empress of the Americas" to the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe on October 12, 1945, which naturally includes the United States of America. Pope Pius XII both in Spanish as well as in English clearly stated that she is Empress of the Americas, (for reference please read further) not just for Latin Americans or for any particular nation but for all people in the South and North American continents. Consecration of Russia and Our Lady of Fatima Pope Pius XII, Paul VI, Pope John Paul II, and Pope Francis have consecrated Russia to the Immaculate Heart. Dioceses consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Holy See Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter (15 October 2017, Bp. Steven J. Lopes) North-America United States Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri (25 March 2010, Bp. James Vann Johnston) Diocese of Winona, Minnesota (8 September 2011, Bp. John M.