Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (Society of Apostolic Life) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Society of Apostolic Life
Founded: 1868
Official Web Site: http://www.mafroma.org/
Mailing Address: C.P. 9078, 00100 Roma-Aurelio; Via Aurelia, 269, 00165 Roma, Italia
Telephone: 06.393.63.41
Fax: 06.39.36.34.79

Past and Present Ordinaries

Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. † (26 Nov 1892 Appointed - 11 Nov 1922 Died)
Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. † (22 Apr 1936 Appointed - 30 Apr 1947 Died)
Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr. † (5 May 1947 Appointed - 10 Jun 1957 Resigned)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1868	Founded		Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
15 February 1908	Approbation		Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

Year Religious Priests Male Religious Parishes Source

1959 3,396 ap1960

1990 2,240 2,610 ap1991

2000 1,787 2,115 ap2001

2001 1,731 2,068 ap2002

2002 1,693 2,013 353 ap2003

2004 1,586 1,902 316 ap2005

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1959		3,396		ap1960
1990	2,240	2,610		ap1991
2000	1,787	2,115		ap2001
2001	1,731	2,068		ap2002
2002	1,693	2,013	353	ap2003
2004	1,586	1,902	316	ap2005

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist. (Priest: 21 May 1972 to 7 Sep 1982)
Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. (Priest: 3 Feb 1961 to 16 Dec 1991)
Robert Marie Gay, M. Afr. (Priest: 30 Jan 1954 to 11 Jan 1996)
Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. (Priest: 2 Jun 1973 to 10 Jul 1995)
Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr. (Priest: 3 Feb 1958 to 6 May 1972)
Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. (Member: 1 Dec 1992; Priest: 1 Aug 1993 to 25 Apr 2007)
Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr. (Member: 18 Jun 1966; Priest: 29 Jun 1968 to 26 Oct 2004)
Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. (Priest: 29 Jun 1963 to 14 Feb 1998)
Francisco João Silota, M. Afr. (Priest: 11 Aug 1974 to 18 Jan 1988)
Albert Privet Thévenot, M. Afr. (Member: 7 Aug 1975; Priest: 2 Aug 1980 to 26 May 2008)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Hippolyte Louis Bazin, M. Afr. † (Priest: 23 Sep 1879 to 27 Jul 1901)
Gérard Bertrand, M. Afr. † (Priest: 11 Jun 1938 to 10 Jun 1948)
Georges Biard, M. Afr. † (Priest: 1 Feb 1950 to 29 Sep 1964)
Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. † (Priest: 28 Jun 1908 to 22 Apr 1920; Superior General: 22 Apr 1936 to 30 Apr 1947)
Joseph Blomjous, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1934 to 11 Apr 1946)
Joseph-Marie-Eugène Bretault, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1929 to 24 Oct 1947)
Léonce Bridoux, M. Afr. † (Priest: 24 Oct 1874 to 15 Jun 1888)
Cornelius Bronsveld, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1930 to 31 May 1950)
Louis Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1924 to 9 Jan 1947)
Michel Callens, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 May 1943 to 9 Jan 1965)
Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1935 to 12 Apr 1957)
Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier, M. Afr. † (Priest: 22 May 1869 to 14 Jan 1887)
Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr. † (Priest: 31 Mar 1900 to 10 Apr 1922)
Richard Cleire, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1926 to 14 Dec 1944)
Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. † (Priest: 10 Jun 1939 to 7 Mar 1947)
Etienne-Marie-Félix Courtois, M. Afr. † (Priest: 11 Jun 1938 to 6 Jul 1963)
Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. † (Priest: 20 Jun 1921 to 3 Feb 1950)
Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. † (Priest: 28 Jun 1908 to 12 Jan 1943)
Max Theodor Franz Donders, M. Afr. †
André-Joseph-Prosper Dupont, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1928 to 8 Jul 1941)
Joseph-Marie-Stanislas Dupont, M. Afr. † (Priest: 21 Dec 1878 to 12 Feb 1897)
Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. † (Priest: 1 Feb 1950 to 12 Dec 1989)
Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1926 to 11 Jul 1946; Superior General: 5 May 1947 to 10 Jun 1957)
Cesario Giovanni Ippolito Esquerre, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1911 to 11 Jan 1928)
Joseph Fady, M. Afr. † (Priest: 28 Jun 1925 to 10 Jul 1951)
Jean Forbes, M. Afr. † (Priest: 6 Oct 1888 to 17 Nov 1917)
Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. † (Priest: 28 Mar 1936 to 11 Dec 1958)
Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr. † (Priest: 1 Apr 1956 to 28 Mar 1980)
Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. † (Priest: 15 Jul 1922 to 17 Jan 1952)
François Gerboin, M. Afr. † (Priest: 10 Oct 1872 to 28 Jan 1897)
Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr. † (Priest: 22 Sep 1892 to 26 Apr 1922)
Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. † (Priest: 16 Jul 1923 to 23 Dec 1936)
Agostino Guérin, M. Afr. †
Mathurin Guillemé, M. Afr. † (Priest: 22 Sep 1883 to 24 Feb 1911)
Antonin Guillermain, M. Afr. † (Priest: 24 Sep 1887 to 22 Jan 1895)
Ludovico Haag, M. Afr. †
Augustin Prosper Hacquard, M. Afr. † (Priest: 8 Sep 1884 to 19 Jan 1898)
Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. † (Priest: 15 Sep 1878 to 4 Dec 1889)
James Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1935 to 29 Jul 1946)
Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. † (Priest: 5 Apr 1930 to 21 May 1938)
Arthur Hughes, M. Afr. † (Priest: 28 Jun 1927 to 3 Mar 1945)
Burkhard Huwiler, M. Afr. † (Priest: 2 Jul 1893 to 18 Mar 1929)
Augustin-Léopold Huys, M. Afr. † (Priest: 21 Sep 1895 to 16 Mar 1909)
Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. † (Priest: 19 Jun 1943 to 3 Jan 1958)
Joseph Ansgarius Julien, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1912 to 10 Dec 1934)
Joseph Kiwánuka, M. Afr. † (Priest: 26 May 1929 to 25 May 1939)
François-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1913 to 28 May 1934)
Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1936 to 13 Dec 1951)
Renato Landru, M. Afr. †
Louis-de-Gonzague Langevin, M. Afr. † (Priest: 2 Feb 1950 to 9 Aug 1974)
Etienne-Benoît Larue, M. Afr. † (Priest: 28 May 1891 to 28 Jan 1913)
Adolphe Lechaptois, M. Afr. † (Priest: 6 Oct 1878 to 19 Jun 1891)
Pierre Louis Leclerc, M. Afr. † (Priest: 6 Oct 1932 to 25 Dec 1949)
Alexis Lemaître, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1888 to 24 Feb 1911)
Henri Léonard, M. Afr. † (Priest: 2 Jul 1895 to 26 Jun 1912)
Jean-Marie Lesourd, M. Afr. † (Priest: 28 Jun 1927 to 18 Oct 1951)
Edoardo Luigi Antonio Leys, M. Afr. † (Priest: 27 Jun 1914 to 19 Dec 1929)
Léon-Antoine-Augustin-Siméon Livinhac, M. Afr. † (Priest: 12 Oct 1873 to 15 Jun 1883; Official: 28 Oct 1889; Superior General: 26 Nov 1892 to 11 Nov 1922)
Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. † (Priest: 14 Apr 1945 to 4 May 1951)
André Makarakiza, M. Afr. † (Priest: 16 Aug 1951 to 21 Aug 1961)
Fernand Martin, M. Afr. † (Priest: 1920 to 17 Dec 1937)
Joseph Martin, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1926 to 14 Jul 1949)
Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen (Matthysen), M. Afr. † (Priest: 8 Sep 1915 to 11 Dec 1933)
Owen McCoy, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1933 to 1 Apr 1949)
Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. † (Priest: 2 Feb 1928 to 21 Jun 1948)
Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1911 to 29 Nov 1928)
Paul-Marie Molin, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1911 to 2 Jul 1928)
Oscar Morin, M. Afr. † (Priest: 28 Jun 1905 to 26 Feb 1934)
Urbain Etienne Morlion, M. Afr. † (Priest: 2 Feb 1922 to 11 Jul 1939)
Gustave-Jean-Marie Nouet, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1902 to 8 Apr 1919)
Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1935 to 11 Dec 1956)
Anton Oomen, M. Afr. † (Priest: 23 Mar 1901 to 18 Mar 1929)
René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr. † (Priest: 28 Jun 1928 to 3 Jan 1961)
Marcello Paternôt, M. Afr. †
Didier Pérouse de Montclos, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1936 to 6 Jul 1963)
André Perraudin, M. Afr. † (Priest: 25 Mar 1939 to 19 Dec 1955)
Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot, M. Afr. † (Priest: 1 Feb 1949 to 10 Apr 1962)
Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, M. Afr. † (Priest: 1 Feb 1950 to 11 Jan 1968)
Victor Roelens, M. Afr. † (Priest: 8 Sep 1884 to 30 Mar 1895)
Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. † (Priest: 2 Feb 1920 to 28 May 1934)
Marcello Saint-Denis, M. Afr. †
Emile-Fernand Sauvant, M. Afr. † (Priest: 2 Jul 1895 to 8 Jul 1921)
Emile-Joseph Socquet, M. Afr. † (Priest: 2 Jun 1928 to 8 Jan 1948)
Henri Streicher, M. Afr. † (Priest: 23 Sep 1887 to 1 Feb 1897)
Joseph Francis Marie Sweens, M. Afr. † (Priest: 8 Jun 1882 to 1 Jan 1910)
Denis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. † (Priest: 6 May 1944 to 15 Mar 1966)
Laurent Tétrault, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1929 to 13 Nov 1947)
Joanny Thévenoud, M. Afr. † (Priest: 28 Jun 1903 to 8 Jul 1921)
Anatole-Joseph Toulotte, M. Afr. † (Priest: 24 Oct 1874 to 4 Jun 1891)
William Joseph Trudel, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1920 to 25 Apr 1933)
Joost (Joseph) Van den Biesen, M. Afr. † (Priest: 3 Jun 1939 to 12 Feb 1948)
Anthony van Oorschoot, M. Afr. † (Priest: 16 Jul 1923 to 17 Oct 1947)
John van Sambeek, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1911 to 19 Nov 1936)
Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1938 to 7 Nov 1955)
Francis Raymond Walsh, M. Afr. † (Priest: 9 Sep 1931 to 20 Jun 1951)
Paul Zoungrana, M. Afr. † (Priest: 2 May 1942 to 5 Apr 1960)

Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

(Society of Apostolic Life)