Congregation of Marian Fathers

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Bishop(s)

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life Founded: 1673 Clerical Religious Congregation Mailing Address: Via Corsica, 1, 00198 Roma, Italia Telephone: 06.85.37.031 Fax: 06.85.37.03.22

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Bl. Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius, M.I.C. † (14 Jul 1911 Appointed - 23 Oct 1918 Appointed, Bishop of Vilnius)
• Francis-Peter Bucys, M.I.C. † (27 Jul 1927 Appointed - 21 Jul 1933 Resigned)
• Ceslao Sipovic, M.I.C. † (2 Jul 1963 Appointed - 28 Jul 1969 Resigned)

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1673	Founded		Congregation of Marian Fathers
1699	Approbation		Congregation of Marian Fathers

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1990	239	436		ap1991
2000	356	548		ap2001
2001	358	542		ap2002
2002	356	539	60	ap2003
2004	353	510	60	ap2005

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C. (Priest: 28 May 1980 to 13 Apr 1991)
• Juozas Žemaitis, M.I.C. (Priest: 25 Sep 1949)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Fabiano Abrantowicz, M.I.C. † (Priest: 9 Nov 1908 to 31 May 1928)
• Franz Brazys, M.I.C. † (Priest: 19 Dec 1942 to 22 Dec 1964)
• Francis-Peter Bucys, M.I.C. † (Priest: 25 Mar 1899; Superior General: 27 Jul 1927 to 21 Jul 1933)
• Andrea Cikoto, M.I.C. †
• Pranciðkus Karevièius (Karewicz), M.I.C. † (Priest: 17 May 1886 to 27 Feb 1914)
• Andrei Apollon Katkoff, M.I.C. † (Priest: 30 Jul 1944 to 14 Nov 1958)
• Bl. Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius, M.I.C. † (Priest: 20 Nov 1898; Superior General: 14 Jul 1911 to 23 Oct 1918)
• Jan Olszanski, M.I.C. † (Priest: 15 Nov 1942 to 16 Jan 1991)
• Liudas Povilonis, M.I.C. †
• Ceslao Sipovic, M.I.C. † (Priest: 16 Jun 1940 to 2 Jul 1960; Superior General: 2 Jul 1963 to 28 Jul 1969)
• Vincentas Sladkevicius, M.I.C. † (Priest: 25 Mar 1944 to 14 Nov 1957)