Missionaries of the Company of Mary
Montfort Missionaries

(Institute of Consecrated Life - Men)

Societas Mariae Montfortana

Leader(s)

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life - Men
Founded: 1705
Clerical Religious Congregation
Official Web Site: https://www.monfortani.it
Mailing Address: Viale dei Monfortani, 65, 00135 Roma, Italia
Telephone: 06.30.50.203
Fax: 06.30.11.908

Past and Present Leaders

Cornelis Heiligers, S.M.M. † ( 1958 Appointed - 1969 Ceased)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1705	Founded		Missionaries of the Company of Mary
20 May 1825	Decretum Laudis		Missionaries of the Company of Mary

Statistics

Year Religious Priests Male Religious Houses Source

1954 1,563 ap1955

1959 1,722 ap1960

1963 1,750 ap1964

1966 1,289 1,985 258 ap1967

1967 1,289 1,985 258 ap1968

1971 1,258 1,683 175 ap1972

1974 1,228 1,616 139 ap1975

1976 1,179 1,504 153 ap1977

1977 1,146 1,502 128 ap1978

1981 1,056 1,392 190 ap1982

1986 973 1,263 201 ap1987

1990 916 1,220 ap1991

1991 911 1,231 186 ap1992

1995 822 1,122 189 ap1996

2000 738 1,049 ap2001

2001 729 1,037 ap2002

2002 721 1,005 181 ap2003

2004 710 1,001 139 ap2005

2009 672 940 153 ap2010

2010 661 931 152 ap2011

2011 660 903 156 ap2012

2012 643 892 150 ap2013

2013 635 881 148 ap2014

2014 640 884 153 ap2015

2017 606 846 156 ap2018

2020 579 852 165 ap2021

2022 569 809 160 ap2023

Affiliated Members, Living

Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. (Member: 1972; Priest: 16 Jul 1977 to 10 Nov 2012)
Gilles Côté, S.M.M. (Member: 15 Aug 1965; Priest: 19 Dec 1970 to 3 Feb 1995)
Corrado Maggioni, S.M.M. (Priest: 20 Mar 1982)
Rozario Menezes, S.M.M. (Member: 31 May 1992; Priest: 4 Nov 1999 to 10 Oct 2018)
Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M. (Priest: 3 Aug 1996 to 19 Dec 2003)
Pier Luigi Nava, S.M.M. (Member: 28 Apr 1978; Priest: 17 Mar 1979)
Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M. (Member: 8 Sep 1959; Priest: 13 Mar 1965 to 3 Apr 2007)
Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M. (Member: 6 Oct 1990; Priest: 23 Mar 1991 to 27 Oct 2018)
Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, S.M.M. (Member: 31 Jan 1980; Priest: 7 Jun 1980 to 19 Dec 2015)
Jean-Charles Wismick, S.M.M. (Member: 8 Sep 1990; Priest: 15 Jan 1995 to 31 May 2024)

Affiliated Members, Deceased

Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. † (Priest: 13 Mar 1954 to 3 Oct 1969)
Rémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. † (Priest: 11 Jun 1933 to 8 Apr 1953)
Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M. † (Priest: 15 Jul 1900 to 9 May 1910)
Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. † (Priest: 14 Jun 1924 to 7 Jan 1939)
Frantz Colímon, S.M.M. † (Priest: 11 Feb 1962 to 18 Sep 1978)
Pierre-Alexandre Coupperie, S.M.M. † (Member: 1810 to 2 May 1820)
Petrus Joseph Alfons Cuypers, S.M.M. † (Member: 15 Aug 1922; Priest: 2 Jun 1928 to 22 Jan 1963)
Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. † (Member: 1947; Priest: 13 Mar 1954 to 17 Oct 1961)
Hendrik Hubert Frehen, S.M.M. † (Priest: 18 Dec 1943 to 18 Oct 1968)
Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. † (Priest: 25 Jul 1942 to 4 Dec 1961)
François Gayot, S.M.M. † (Priest: 7 Feb 1954 to 22 Nov 1974)
Albert-Marie Guiot, S.M.M. † (Priest: 14 Jun 1924 to 14 Jan 1936)
Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M. † (Priest: 8 Dec 1884 to 3 Apr 1908)
Johánnes Gunnarsson, S.M.M. † (Priest: 14 Jun 1924 to 23 Feb 1942)
Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. † (Priest: 12 Mar 1938 to 15 May 1952)
Cornelis Heiligers, S.M.M. † (Member: 1928; Priest: 16 Mar 1935; Superior General: 1958 to 1969)
Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. † (Priest: 19 Mar 1945 to 10 Jan 1952)
Paul-Marie Le Bihain, S.M.M. † (Priest: 4 Oct 1896 to 9 Oct 1928)
Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M. † (Priest: 1 Jan 1918 to 25 May 1939)
Paul Marchand, S.M.M. † (Priest: 17 Mar 1962 to 31 May 1993)
Martin Meulenberg, S.M.M. †
Luciano Nervi, S.M.M. † (Priest: 25 Feb 1961 to 20 Nov 2004)
Lucreciano Onofre González, S.M.M. † (Priest: 22 Aug 1948 to 28 Mar 1969)
Carl-Édouard Peters, S.M.M. † (Priest: 7 Mar 1936 to 17 Oct 1966)
Emiliano Pied, S.M.M. † (Priest: 12 Mar 1932 to 31 Jul 1956)
Auguste Prézeau, S.M.M. † (Priest: 1896 to 3 Dec 1903)
Jules-Joseph Puset, S.M.M. † (Priest: 7 Mar 1936 to 14 Nov 1957)
José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. † (Priest: 19 Aug 1962 to 22 Dec 1999)
José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. † (Priest: 9 Aug 1959)
John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. † (Priest: 1 Dec 1929 to 25 Dec 1949)
Lambertus van Kessel, S.M.M. † (Priest: 12 Feb 1939 to 16 May 1961)
Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M. † (Priest: 20 Feb 1937 to 22 Mar 1965)

Source(s)

Annuario Pontificio, Year 2018, Page 1,394
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2021, Page 1,369
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 1,402

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