Congregation of the Holy Spirit
Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans)

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Alexandre-Hippolyte-Xavier Monnet, C.S.Sp. † (2 Mar 1848 Appointed - 1 Dec 1849 Died)
• Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. † (24 May 1896 Appointed - 18 Jun 1926 Retired)
• Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. † (26 Jul 1926 Appointed - 26 Jul 1950 Resigned)
• Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. † (27 Jul 1962 Appointed - 29 Oct 1968 Resigned)

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1959		5,200		ap1960
1966	3,603	5,147	931	ap1967
1971	3,566	4,578	998	ap1972
1976	3,285	4,134	1,022	ap1977
1981	3,049	3,863	965	ap1982
1986	2,833	3,604	814	ap1987
1990	2,686	3,390		ap1991
1991	2,659	3,366	885	ap1992
2000	2,261	3,006		ap2001
2001	2,220	3,005		ap2002
2002	2,191	3,052	743	ap2003
2004	2,185	2,985	708	ap2005
2009	2,187	2,936	722	ap2010
2011	2,177	2,952	691	ap2012

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 3 Jul 1955 to 31 May 1976)
• Dominique Bonnet, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 29 Jun 1966 to 8 Nov 1996)
• Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. (Member: 2 Feb 1978; Priest: 9 Dec 1978 to 27 May 1998)
• Michael J. Cleary, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 29 Jun 1952 to 24 Jan 1981)
• Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 14 Aug 1966 to 31 Jul 1980)
• Robert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp. (Member: 1968; Priest: 6 Jul 1969 to 25 Feb 2006)
• Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 16 Dec 1962 to 21 Apr 1975)
• Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 3 Aug 1968 to 2 Apr 1990)
• Matteo Farrelly, C.S.Sp.
• Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 30 Sep 1962 to 17 Feb 2000)
• Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 3 Jul 1955 to 6 Sep 1996)
• Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 10 Jul 1955 to 23 Apr 1995)
• Jean Charles Émile Gardin, C.S.Sp. (Member: 1969; Priest: 29 Jun 1969 to 30 Oct 2000)
• Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp. (Member: 14 Dec 1968; Priest: 6 Jul 1969 to 19 Jun 2009)
• Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp. (Member: 3 Nov 1967; Priest: 14 Jul 1968 to 8 Jul 2011)
• Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 8 Dec 1951 to 7 Aug 1979)
• Rogatus Kimaryo, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 30 May 1987 to 30 Apr 2010)
• Joseph Koerber, C.S.Sp. (Member: 10 Dec 1970; Priest: 24 Jun 1972 to 19 Mar 2003)
• Peter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp. (Member: 1961; Priest: 21 Jul 1966 to 18 Dec 2004)
• Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 26 Feb 1984 to 15 Oct 1999)
• Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. (Member: 8 Sep 1986; Priest: 11 Jul 1993 to 16 Feb 2011)
• Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 22 May 1971 to 26 Jul 2000)
• Yves Maria Monot, C.S.Sp. (Member: 8 Sep 1963; Priest: 9 Jul 1972 to 22 Apr 2006)
• Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, C.S.Sp. (Member: 1988; Priest: 26 Jul 1992 to 31 Mar 2007)
• Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. (Member: 8 Sep 1993; Priest: 9 Aug 1998 to 14 May 2012)
• Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 27 Jul 1958 to 17 May 1966)
• John C. O’Riordan, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 29 Jun 1952 to 4 Jun 1984)
• Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 2 Aug 1970 to 21 Jan 1991)
• Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 14 May 1967 to 27 May 1998)
• Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 18 Oct 1981 to 15 Dec 1995)
• Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 21 Sep 1957 to 3 Dec 1984)
• Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 4 Jun 1983 to 30 Nov 1996)
• Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp. (Priest: 17 Aug 1969 to 24 Apr 2001)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Aug 1926 to 6 Apr 1956)
• Jean Martin Adam, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 1872 to 16 Feb 1897)
• Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1928 to 10 Jul 1947)
• Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 4 Nov 1884 to 17 Feb 1897)
• Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 19 Dec 1908 to 7 Apr 1932)
• Philippe-Prosper Augouard, C.S.Sp. † (Member: 1874; Priest: 10 Jun 1876 to 14 Oct 1890)
• Miguel Alfredo Barat, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 4 Jun 1887 to 16 Aug 1910)
• Magloire-Désiré Barthet, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 24 Aug 1862 to 30 Jul 1889)
• Jean Batiot, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 31 Jul 1927 to 13 Feb 1947)
• Julien-François Becquet, C.S.Sp. †
• Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 29 Sep 1938 to 12 Mar 1950)
• Jean-René Bessieux, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 13 Jun 1829 to 20 Jun 1848)
• Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1912 to 27 Jan 1936)
• Martin Bodewes, C.S.Sp. †
• Robert Marie Jean Victor de Boissonneaux de Chevigny, C.S.Sp. † (Member: 29 Sep 1940; Priest: 3 Oct 1948 to 21 Dec 1973)
• Pierre Bonneau, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 21 Dec 1929 to 12 Dec 1946)
• Benoit-Marius Bonnefoux, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 9 Nov 1884 to 19 Sep 1904)
• Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 26 Aug 1928 to 31 May 1950)
• Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 16 Jun 1929 to 11 Dec 1952)
• Joachim-Pierre Buléon, C.S.Sp. † (Member: 1881; Priest: 1884 to 6 Jun 1899)
• Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 17 Jun 1928 to 26 Jan 1957)
• Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 19 Dec 1903 to 29 Nov 1932)
• Clément Cailleau, C.S.Sp. † (Member: 1947; Priest: 1 Oct 1950 to 13 Aug 1970)
• Emilio Callewaert, C.S.Sp. †
• Giovanni Calloch, C.S.Sp. †
• Pascal Campana, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1881 to 26 Dec 1901)
• Giovanni Cardona, C.S.Sp. † (Member: 15 Sep 1898; Priest: 28 Oct 1903 to 4 May 1926)
• Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 15 Jun 1867 to 8 Jun 1886)
• François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 23 Sep 1922 to 10 Dec 1934)
• François-Xavier Corbet (Corbey), C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 26 Aug 1860 to 5 Jul 1898)
• Pietro Cotel, C.S.Sp. †
• Jean B. Coudray, C.S.Sp. †
• Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 29 Sep 1938 to 9 Apr 1948)
• Jean-Pierre Dalmond, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 1826 to Dec 1841)
• Jean Eugène Gabriel David, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1938 to 22 Feb 1954)
• Leone Delaval, C.S.Sp. †
• Auguste Delisle, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 17 Jun 1934 to 27 May 1955)
• Louis-Jean-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 20 Dec 1890 to 2 Jan 1907)
• Pompeu de Sá Leão y Seabra, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 4 Oct 1931 to 20 Dec 1962)
• Prosper Paul Dodds, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 23 Jul 1939 to 13 Jun 1947)
• François-Marie Duboin, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 10 Feb 1851 to 20 Jun 1876)
• Jean-Claude Duret, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Jun 1850)
• Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 3 Jun 1949 to 1 Mar 1963)
• Giustino Fabre, C.S.Sp. †
• Jean-Baptiste Victor Fauret, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1926 to 13 Feb 1947)
• Joseph Faye, C.S.Sp. † (Member: 26 Oct 1927; Priest: 25 Oct 1931)
• Auguste Julien Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 5 Mar 1898 to 17 Jul 1914)
• Henri Friteau, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 24 Sep 1910 to 22 Mar 1922)
• Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 12 Jul 1936 to 12 Apr 1957)
• Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 9 Aug 1925 to 13 Jan 1943)
• Pierre-Louis Genoud, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 1 Nov 1885 to 31 May 1912)
• Girard, C.S.Sp. †
• Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 30 Nov 1896 to 13 Jan 1915)
• Henry Aloysius Gogarty, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1913 to 23 Dec 1923)
• Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1918 to 28 Jan 1941)
• Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1900 to 10 Jan 1933)
• René Graffin, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1925 to 14 Dec 1931)
• Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1912 to 2 Dec 1937)
• Leopold Grimard, C.S.Sp. †
• Auguste François Louis Grimault, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 5 Nov 1905 to 24 Jan 1927)
• Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 10 Aug 1941 to 15 Dec 1949)
• Firmin-Jules Guichard, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1910 to 12 Jun 1922)
• Georges Joseph Haezaert, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1912 to 18 Jun 1935)
• James Hagan, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1928 to 20 Mar 1948)
• José Hascher, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1920 to 22 Mar 1947)
• Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 24 Sep 1921 to 24 Jan 1927)
• John Heffernan, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1912 to 15 Mar 1932)
• Guglielmo Herting, C.S.Sp. †
• Bernhard Gerhard Hilhorst, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 27 Aug 1922 to 26 Feb 1934)
• Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 4 Mar 1882 to 13 Feb 1909)
• Alfred Louis Keiling, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 30 Nov 1893 to 16 Nov 1909)
• Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Apr 1935 to 12 Mar 1950)
• Ambrose Kelly, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 17 Jun 1928 to 18 May 1937)
• Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 4 Mar 1944 to 12 Jan 1960)
• Giuseppe Kirsten, C.S.Sp. †
• Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1903 to 8 Apr 1935)
• Aloyse Kobès, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 1847 to 22 Sep 1848)
• François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp. † (Member: 1876; Priest: 22 May 1880 to 27 Feb 1901)
• Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 17 Apr 1897 to 22 Mar 1917)
• Raymond-Marie-Joseph de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1934 to 14 May 1959)
• Joseph Landreau, C.S.Sp. †
• Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 25 Jul 1933 to 18 Apr 1952)
• Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 23 Aug 1868 to 23 Nov 1883)
• Pierre-Marie Le Berre, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 21 Sep 1844 to 7 Sep 1877)
• James Leen, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 11 Jul 1920 to 15 Jul 1925)
• Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 1931 to 12 Jun 1947; Superior General: 27 Jul 1962 to 29 Oct 1968)
• Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 21 Sep 1901 to 22 Apr 1920; Superior General: 26 Jul 1926 to 26 Jul 1950)
• Léon-Alexander Lejeune, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 1884 to 23 May 1900)
• Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 27 Oct 1901 to 14 Jun 1932)
• Maurizio Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. †
• Luigi Lempereur, C.S.Sp. †
• Paul-Louis-Joseph Lequien, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 1 Jan 1898 to 15 Mar 1915)
• Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 27 Oct 1901 to 22 Apr 1920)
• Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 10 Aug 1876 to 3 Jun 1892; Superior General: 24 May 1896 to 18 Jun 1926)
• Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Jul 1929 to 13 Mar 1947)
• Agostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 17 Jun 1934 to 27 Dec 1952)
• André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 29 Sep 1938 to 14 Jul 1965)
• Joseph Lutz, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 23 Dec 1876 to 1889)
• Antoine Marie Maanicus, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 16 Jul 1950 to 10 Feb 1964)
• Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 4 Oct 1953 to 19 Jun 1981)
• Joseph Félix François Malleret, C.S.Sp. †
• Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1925 to 12 Jan 1945)
• Raimondo Enrico Martín, C.S.Sp. †
• Louis Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 27 Aug 1899 to 10 Dec 1912)
• François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 15 Feb 1948 to 17 May 1966)
• John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1925 to 11 Jul 1946)
• John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1924 to 6 Nov 1940)
• Giovanni Meehan, C.S.Sp. †
• Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 26 Aug 1939 to 8 May 1955)
• MIchael Joseph Moloney, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 20 Jun 1937 to 1951)
• Alexandre-Hippolyte-Xavier Monnet, C.S.Sp. † (Superior General: 2 Mar 1848 to 1 Dec 1849)
• Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1909 to 28 Jan 1941)
• François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 26 Jun 1949 to 1 Mar 1973)
• Marie-Joseph-Aloys Munsch, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1894 to 13 Sep 1910)
• John Baptist Tuohill Murphy, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 1877 to 8 Jul 1916)
• Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 7 Apr 1946 to 11 Jan 1968)
• John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 1 Nov 1885 to 1 Sep 1913)
• Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 2 Apr 1949 to 26 Jan 1973)
• Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 29 Jul 1945 to 19 Feb 1959)
• John Joseph O’Gorman, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 15 Aug 1890 to 14 Sep 1903)
• Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 27 Jul 1947 to 16 May 1961)
• Giuseppe Oster, C.S.Sp. †
• Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 3 Jul 1955 to 29 Nov 1967)
• Mathurin Picarda, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 13 Mar 1872 to 19 Jul 1887)
• Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 18 Oct 1899 to 26 Mar 1923)
• François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. † (Member: 1854; Priest: 18 Jun 1859 to 23 Nov 1883)
• Heinrich Ritter, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1904 to 6 Sep 1935)
• Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 4 Nov 1939 to 21 Jun 1966)
• Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 4 Oct 1959 to 19 Dec 1974)
• Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † (Member: 10 Apr 1898; Priest: 22 Apr 1900 to 22 Apr 1920)
• Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1908 to 18 Dec 1925)
• Raymond-Maria Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 7 Oct 1951 to 10 Mar 1962)
• Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 18 Jul 1937 to 16 Mar 1949)
• Jean-Benoît Truffet, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 19 Jul 1835 to 17 Nov 1846)
• Herman Jan van Elswijk, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 25 Jul 1933 to 18 Jul 1954)
• Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 20 Jul 1947 to 16 Apr 1962)
• Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1925 to 24 Oct 1941)
• Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 31 Mar 1929 to 21 Jun 1951)
• François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1899 to 25 Jul 1906)
• Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 4 Jul 1937 to 12 Feb 1948)
• Bartholomew Stanislaus Wilson, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1913 to 4 Jan 1924)
• Henry J. Winkelmolen, C.S.Sp. †
• Edmond-Marie-Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. † (Priest: 22 Jul 1928 to 8 Jul 1941)