Congregation of the Mission

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Bishop(s) Theo van Ruyven, C.M., Priest

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Society of Apostolic Life Founded: 17 April 1625 Web Site: http://www.famvin.org/cm/ Mailing Address: Via dei Capasso, 30, 00164 Roma, Italia Telephone: 06.666.37.30 Fax: 06.666.38.31

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Past and Present Ordinaries

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
17 April 1625	Founded		Congregation of the Mission
12 January 1633	Approbation		Congregation of the Mission

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1959		5,510		ap1960
1990	3,317	3,682		ap1991
2000	3,203	4,114		ap2001
2001	3,174	4,105		ap2002
2002	3,160	4,002	552	ap2003
2004	3,120	4,063	548	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M. (Priest: 24 Jul 1960 to 19 Feb 1972)
• Ladislau Biernaski, C.M. (Priest: 6 Jul 1963 to 19 Apr 1979)
• Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, C.M. (Member: 25 Jul 1949; Priest: 13 Aug 1958 to 15 May 1987)
• Georges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M. (Member: 25 Dec 1966; Priest: 9 Feb 1968 to 24 Sep 2005)
• Luca Brandolini, C.M. (Member: 18 Oct 1955; Priest: 24 Apr 1960 to 29 Oct 1987)
• Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal, C.M. (Priest: 24 May 1969 to 22 Apr 1988)
• Beniamino Depalma, C.M. (Priest: 3 Apr 1965 to 7 Dec 1990)
• Jesus Armamento Dosado, C.M. (Priest: 28 May 1966 to 31 Oct 1977)
• Jorge García Isaza, C.M. (Priest: 14 Feb 1954 to 17 Feb 2000)
• Stéphanos II (Andraos) Ghattas, C.M. (Priest: 25 Mar 1944 to 8 May 1967)
• Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. (Priest: 26 Jun 1956 to 22 Mar 1983)
• Germano Grachane, C.M. (Priest: 24 May 1970 to 22 Jan 1990)
• Izidoro Kosinski, C.M. (Priest: 21 Dec 1957 to 8 May 1981)
• Leovigildo López Fitoria, C.M. (Priest: 11 Jul 1954 to 7 Jul 1972)
• Albin Malysiak, C.M. (Priest: 1 May 1941 to 14 Jan 1970)
• José Carlos Melo, C.M. (Priest: 31 Jul 1955 to 10 Jul 1991)
• Cristoforo Palmieri, C.M. (Priest: 18 Mar 1967)
• Benjamin Marc Ramaroson, C.M. (Member: 15 Oct 1980; Priest: 15 Aug 1984 to 26 Nov 2005)
• Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz, C.M. (Priest: 29 Jun 1950 to 25 Nov 1988)
• Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M. (Priest: 12 Jul 1959 to 13 Jul 1974)
• Franc Rodé, C.M. (Priest: 29 Jun 1960 to 5 Mar 1997)
• Milan Šašik, C.M. (Priest: 6 Jun 1976 to 12 Nov 2002)
• Pawel Socha, C.M. (Priest: 22 May 1958 to 20 Nov 1973)
• Luis Felipe Solé Fa, C.M. (Priest: 29 Dec 1973 to 18 Mar 2005)
• Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M. (Priest: 4 Jul 1976)
• Anton Stres, C.M. (Priest: 20 Apr 1968 to 13 May 2000)
• Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M. (Priest: 14 Apr 1963 to 24 Jan 1974)
• Theo van Ruyven, C.M. (Priest: 19 Mar 1964)
• Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. (Priest: 29 Jun 1955 to 27 Jun 1975)
• Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco, C.M. (Priest: 29 Jun 1959 to 26 Sep 1968)
• Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M. (Priest: 22 Oct 1950 to 5 Dec 1980)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. † (Priest: 4 Nov 1945 to 7 Oct 1965)
• Thaddeus Amat y Brusi, C.M. † (Priest: 23 Dec 1837 to 29 Jul 1853)
• Perfecto Amézquita y Gutiérrez, C.M. † (Priest: 29 Apr 1860 to 7 Jun 1886)
• Valentino Ampuero, C.M. †
• Jean-Baptiste Anouilh, C.M. †
• Emanuele Antonio Arboleda, C.M. †
• Jorge Mario Avila del Aguila, C.M. † (Priest: 7 Nov 1948 to 3 Dec 1982)
• Teofilo Emilio de Backere, C.M. † (Priest: 5 Jun 1909 to 6 Jun 1928)
• Jean-Henri Baldus, C.M. † (Priest: Mar 1834 to 2 Mar 1844)
• Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. † (Priest: 16 Aug 1903 to 12 Feb 1938)
• Bartolomeo Bechis, C.M. †
• Louis Bel, C.M. † (Priest: 1847 to 11 Jul 1865)
• Lorenzo Biancheri, C.M. †
• Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M. † (Priest: 24 Feb 1894 to 16 Dec 1921)
• Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers, C.M. † (Priest: 19 Mar 1964 to 17 Dec 1977)
• Augusto Bonetti, C.M. †
• Bernardo Botero Alvarez, C.M. † (Priest: 23 Jun 1918 to 5 Jul 1944)
• Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. † (Priest: 19 Dec 1931 to 7 May 1949)
• Géraud Bray, C.M. † (Priest: 21 May 1852 to 15 Mar 1870)
• Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M. † (Priest: 25 Jan 1948 to 15 Mar 1966)
• Jules Bruguière (Brughiero), C.M. †
• Annibale Bugnini, C.M. † (Priest: 26 Jul 1936 to 6 Jan 1972)
• Samuel Silverio Buitrago Trujillo, C.M. † (Priest: 22 Dec 1956 to 11 Oct 1968)
• Henri-Joseph Bulté, C.M. †
• Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M. † (Priest: 5 Apr 1924 to 24 Mar 1953)
• João Batista Cavati, C.M. † (Priest: 20 Mar 1920 to 30 Jul 1938)
• Joseph Ceuzisce (Chow Chi-shih), C.M. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1919 to 26 Mar 1931)
• José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M. † (Priest: 18 Oct 1953 to 21 May 1980)
• Giobbe (Job) Chen Chi-ming, C.M. † (Priest: 6 Jan 1916 to 5 Jan 1939)
• Camille-Antoine Chilouet, C.M. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1925 to 24 Dec 1957)
• Nicola Ciceri, C.M. † (Priest: 15 Jun 1878 to 3 Jul 1907)
• Jean-Louis Clerc-Renaud, C.M. † (Priest: 17 Dec 1892 to 19 Aug 1912)
• Buenaventura Codina Augerolas, C.M. †
• Jules-Auguste Coqset, C.M. † (Priest: 8 Jun 1871 to 29 Jun 1887)
• Gennaro Costagliola, C.M. †
• Jean-Jacques Crouzet, C.M. † (Priest: 7 Jun 1873 to 1 Aug 1886)
• Luís Gonzaga da Cunha Marelim, C.M. † (Priest: 11 Jun 1927 to 19 Jul 1941)
• Andrea d'Agostino, C.M. †
• Florent Daguin, C.M. † (Priest: 21 Dec 1839 to 2 Mar 1847)
• François-Xavier Danicourt, C.M. † (Priest: 24 Sep 1831 to 22 Dec 1850)
• Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. † (Priest: 8 Dec 1945 to 13 Feb 1960)
• Joaquim da Souza Saraiva, C.M. † (Priest: 22 Dec 1787 to 20 Aug 1804)
• André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. † (Priest: 3 Jul 1910 to 14 Dec 1926)
• Louis-Gabriel Delaplace, C.M. † (Priest: 11 Jun 1843 to 27 Feb 1852)
• Leo Raymond De Neckère, C.M. † (Priest: 13 Oct 1822 to 4 Aug 1829)
• Joseph Emmanuel Descuffi, C.M. † (Priest: 25 Jul 1907 to 3 Dec 1937)
• Jean-Joseph-Georges Deymier, C.M. † (Priest: 14 Jul 1912 to 18 Feb 1937)
• Leonardus Dobbelaar, C.M. † (Priest: 20 Jun 1969 to 10 Jun 1994)
• Michael (Miguel) Domenec, C.M. † (Priest: 30 Jun 1839 to 28 Sep 1860)
• Antônio José dos Santos, C.M. † (Priest: 9 Jun 1900 to 13 Dec 1918)
• Paul-Marie Dumond, C.M. † (Priest: 10 Aug 1888 to 27 Apr 1912)
• Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. † (Priest: 8 Mar 1895 to 30 Jun 1928)
• Luigi Dusio, C.M. † (Priest: 21 Dec 1946 to 13 Apr 1967)
• Abraham Elias, C.M. †
• Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues, C.M. † (Priest: 30 May 1896 to 19 Feb 1910)
• Louis-Elisée Fatiguet, C.M. † (Priest: 17 Dec 1881 to 24 Feb 1911)
• Paul-Albert Faveau, C.M. † (Priest: 15 Aug 1886 to 10 May 1910)
• Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier, C.M. † (Priest: 18 Oct 1861 to 12 Nov 1897)
• Benedetto Fenaja, C.M. † (Priest: 10 Mar 1759 to 22 Dec 1800)
• Paul-Léon Ferrant, C.M. † (Member: 8 Dec 1880; Priest: 7 Jun 1884 to 27 Jun 1898)
• Antônio Ferreira Viçoso, C.M. † (Priest: 7 Mar 1818 to 12 Jan 1844)
• Pio de Freitas Silveira, C.M. † (Priest: 13 Jun 1908 to 25 Jan 1929)
• Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M. † (Priest: 20 Sep 1924 to 4 Mar 1953)
• Filippo Gallo, C.M. †
• Aloisio Gandolfi, C.M. †
• Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. † (Priest: 11 Feb 1962 to 21 Jul 1977)
• José García Villas, C.M. † (Priest: 11 Mar 1933 to 6 Jul 1963)
• Ernest François Geurts, C.M. † (Priest: 1 May 1887 to 14 Dec 1899)
• Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M. † (Member: 11 Nov 1952; Priest: 15 Sep 1957 to 28 Oct 1985)
• Laurence Gillooly, C.M. † (Priest: 6 Dec 1847 to 29 Feb 1856)
• Ferdinando Girardi, C.M. †
• Joseph Sarsfield Glass, C.M. † (Priest: 15 Aug 1897 to 1 Jun 1915)
• Giovanni Francesco Gnidovec, C.M. † (Priest: 1896 to 29 Oct 1924)
• Cláudio José Gonçalves Ponce de Leon, C.M. † (Priest: 15 Jun 1867 to 13 May 1881)
• Charles-Albert Gounot, C.M. † (Priest: 25 May 1907 to 14 Aug 1937)
• Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez, C.M. † (Priest: 29 Aug 1915 to 2 Jul 1929)
• Edmond-François Guierry, C.M. † (Priest: 14 Jun 1851 to 22 Sep 1864)
• Giovanni Giuseppe Guillén y Salazar, C.M. †
• John Herrijgers, C.M. †
• Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. † (Priest: 18 Dec 1937 to 7 Jan 1958)
• Agustín Hombach, C.M. † (Priest: 24 Feb 1907 to 3 Feb 1923)
• Joseph Hu Jo-shan, C.M. † (Priest: 5 Jun 1905 to 30 Jul 1926)
• St. Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis, C.M. † (Priest: 12 Jun 1824 to 6 Jul 1847)
• Frans Janssen, C.M. † (Priest: 23 Jul 1939 to 21 May 1959)
• Stanislas-François Jarlin, C.M. † (Priest: 20 Jan 1889 to 28 Dec 1899)
• Michal Franciszek Karpowicz, C.M. † (Member: 29 Jul 1761; Priest: 1767 to 28 Mar 1799)
• Felice de Kempeneer, C.M. †
• Jan Antonius Klooster, C.M. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1936 to 19 Feb 1953)
• Inácio Krause, C.M. † (Priest: 22 Jun 1919 to 13 Jan 1944)
• Humberto Lara Mejía, C.M. † (Priest: 8 Nov 1942 to 19 Jul 1957)
• Bernard-Vincent Laribe, C.M. †
• Emilio Larquère, C.M. † (Priest: 23 Jun 1895 to Jan 1916)
• Charles-François Lasne, C.M. † (Priest: 30 May 1896 to 15 Feb 1911)
• Pierre Lavaissière, C.M. † (Priest: 1838 to 27 Mar 1846)
• Eugenio Lebouille, C.M. † (Priest: 28 May 1904 to 16 Jul 1928)
• Emilio Francisco Lisson Chaves, C.M. † (Member: 18 Mar 1892 to 16 Mar 1909)
• Jan Kanty Lorek, C.M. † (Priest: 2 Jul 1911 to 26 Apr 1936)
• James Lynch, C.M. † (Priest: 18 Jun 1833 to 31 Aug 1866)
• John Joseph Lynch, C.M. † (Priest: 10 Jun 1843 to 26 Aug 1859)
• Neale MacCabe, C.M. †
• Luigi Margarita, C.M. †
• Alcide Marina, C.M. † (Priest: 18 Dec 1909 to 7 Mar 1936)
• Graziano Martínez, C.M. †
• Jerónimo José de Mata, C.M. † (Priest: 19 Dec 1829 to 17 Jun 1844)
• Carlos de Jesús Mejía y Laguana, C.M. † (Priest: 8 Nov 1874 to 15 Sep 1902)
• Gaetano Mignani, C.M. † (Priest: 19 Mar 1905 to 18 Jul 1928)
• Paul Bergan Misner, C.M. † (Priest: 23 Feb 1919 to 10 Dec 1934)
• Lazzaro Mladenoff, C.M. †
• Paul Leon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. † (Priest: 25 May 1907 to 18 Dec 1924)
• José Affonso de Moraes Torres, C.M. † (Priest: 1 Mar 1828 to 22 Jan 1844)
• Joseph-Martial Mouly, C.M. † (Member: 19 Oct 1827; Priest: 2 Apr 1831 to 23 Aug 1840)
• Francesco Antonio Nanni, C.M. † (Priest: 5 Jun 1773 to 26 Jun 1805)
• José Lázaro Neves, C.M. † (Priest: 19 Dec 1926 to 30 Aug 1948)
• Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M. † (Priest: 15 Feb 1914 to 10 Feb 1938)
• Jean Marie (John Mary) Odin, C.M. † (Priest: 4 May 1823 to 16 Jul 1841)
• Michael O'Farrell, C.M. † (Priest: 3 Mar 1887 to 16 Jun 1920)
• John A. O'Shea, C.M. † (Priest: 30 May 1914 to 15 Dec 1927)
• Teotimo C. Pacis, C.M. † (Priest: 20 Mar 1943 to 18 Nov 1966)
• Salvatore Pane, C.M. †
• Emilio Parodi, C.M. †
• Federico Pérez Silva, C.M. † (Priest: 19 Dec 1925 to 20 Sep 1946)
• Cayetano Pires Pireira, C.M. † (Priest: 15 Mar 1794 to 20 Aug 1804)
• Giuseppe Potier, C.M. † (Priest: 4 Jun 1899 to 7 May 1924)
• William Charles Quinn, C.M. † (Priest: 11 Oct 1931 to 28 May 1940)
• François-Alexis Rameaux, C.M. † (Priest: 1826 to 11 Dec 1838)
• Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. †
• Nicolaus Rodrigues Pereira de Borja, C.M. † (Priest: 1817 to 19 Jun 1843)
• Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M. † (Priest: 22 Nov 1882 to 21 Mar 1912)
• Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (Priest: 10 Feb 1811 to 13 Aug 1822)
• Adrien-François Rouger, C.M. †
• Richard Ryan, C.M. † (Priest: 25 May 1907 to 30 Jan 1923)
• Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan, C.M. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1849 to 3 Mar 1868)
• Giuseppe Agostino Salomoni, C.M. †
• Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M. † (Priest: 27 Sep 1914 to 11 Nov 1932)
• Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Sarthou, C.M. †
• Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. † (Priest: 18 Dec 1907 to 15 Apr 1924)
• Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, C.M. † (Priest: 27 May 1899 to 3 Dec 1920)
• Pietro Schumacher, C.M. †
• Antonio Sévat, C.M. † (Priest: 24 May 1904 to 2 Jul 1928)
• Edward T. Sheehan, C.M. † (Priest: 7 Jun 1916 to 10 Feb 1929)
• Stephanos I Sidarouss, C.M. † (Priest: 22 Jul 1939 to 9 Aug 1947)
• Leone Sieben, C.M. † (Priest: 14 Jul 1912 to 27 Jun 1931)
• Francisco de Paula Silva, C.M. † (Priest: 24 Jan 1892 to 18 Apr 1907)
• Jacques-Emile Sontag, C.M. †
• Melchiorre Souen, C.M. † (Priest: 24 Jan 1897 to 15 Apr 1924)
• Fernando de Souza Monteiro, C.M. † (Priest: 22 Mar 1890 to 21 Aug 1901)
• Vincent Spaccapietra, C.M. †
• Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M. †
• Fernando Taddei, C.M. † (Priest: 1 Nov 1890 to 22 Apr 1927)
• François-Ferdinand Tagliabue, C.M. † (Priest: 17 Jun 1848 to 24 Sep 1868)
• Giovanni Vincenzo Tasso, C.M. †
• Alphonsus Tchao, C.M. †
• John Timon, C.M. † (Priest: 23 Sep 1826 to 12 Apr 1840)
• Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M. † (Priest: 10 Jul 1921 to 10 Mar 1949)
• Agustín de Jesús Torres y Hernandez, C.M. † (Priest: 11 Jun 1842 to 19 Nov 1881)
• Jean-Marcel Touvier, C.M. † (Priest: 2 Jun 1855 to 27 Sep 1869)
• Pietro Paolo Trucchi, C.M. †
• Giovanni Battista Uamzemi (Wang Tseng-yi), C.M. †
• Jacob Vadakevetil, C.M. †
• Enrique Alejandro Vallejo Bernal, C.M. †
• Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. † (Priest: 6 Sep 1931 to 21 Jun 1946)
• Cornélio Veerman, C.M. † (Priest: 21 Jul 1935)
• Michele Verhoeks, C.M. † (Priest: 27 Apr 1919 to 16 Oct 1941)
• Casimir Vic, C.M. †
• Jean de Vienne de Hautefeuille, C.M. † (Priest: 9 Jun 1900 to 10 Aug 1915)
• André Windels, C.M. †
• Carlos Alberto Wollgarten, C.M. †
• Abel Zayia (Zaya), C.M. † (Priest: 2 Jul 1896 to 6 Dec 1939)