St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions
Kiltegan Fathers

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Leader(s)

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Society of Apostolic Life - Men Founded: 1932 Official Web Site: http://www.spms.org/ Official Web Site: http://www.kilteganfathers.org/ Mailing Address: 49 Othaya Road, P.O. Box 25269, 00603 Lavington, Nairobi, Kenya Telephone: (20)43.43.189

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Past and Present Leaders

• Patrick Joseph Whitney, S.P.S. † (17 Mar 1932 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1932	Founded		St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions
9 December 1958	Decretum Laudis		St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Houses	Source
1963		380		ap1964
1966	294	470	5	ap1967
1967	294	470	5	ap1968
1971	335	495	5	ap1972
1974	376	467	9	ap1975
1976	383	443	9	ap1977
1977	389	403	9	ap1978
1981	396	449	9	ap1982
1986	384	439	15	ap1987
1990	378	414		ap1991
1991	376	412	12	ap1992
1995	377	407	13	ap1996
2000	341	379		ap2001
2001	336	383		ap2002
2002	333	382	18	ap2003
2004	338	403	17	ap2005
2010	302	378	26	ap2011
2011	299	365	26	ap2012
2012	293	361	26	ap2013
2013	294	356	26	ap2014
2014	291	362	23	ap2015
2017	270	344	22	ap2018
2020	250	340	22	ap2021
2022	231	320	23	ap2023

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Affiliated Members, Living

• Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. (Member: 1 Oct 1971; Deacon: 7 Jun 1973; Priest: 18 May 1975 to 6 Dec 1995)
• Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S. (Member: 1 Oct 1969; Priest: 9 Jun 1973 to 24 Dec 2008)
• Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S. (Priest: 4 Jun 1972 to 3 Apr 1998)
• Thomas Vincent Greenan, S.P.S. (Priest: 22 Apr 1962 to 17 Mar 1991)
• John Magee, S.P.S. (Member: 17 Sep 1958; Priest: 17 Mar 1962 to 17 Feb 1987)
• John Alphonsus Ryan, S.P.S. (Priest: 18 Jun 1978 to 26 Apr 2016)

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Affiliated Members, Deceased

• William Dunne, S.P.S. † (Priest: 18 Dec 1944 to 19 Oct 1956)
• Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. † (Priest: 9 Apr 1950 to 20 Nov 1975)
• Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. † (Member: 24 Jul 1933; Priest: 18 Mar 1937 to 29 Jan 1954)
• John Christopher Mahon, S.P.S. † (Priest: 28 Mar 1948 to 16 Jan 1968)
• Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. † (Priest: 1932 to 10 Nov 1939)
• James Moynagh, S.P.S. † (Priest: 1932 to 12 Jun 1947)
• Patrick Joseph Whitney, S.P.S. † (Superior General: 17 Mar 1932)

Source(s)

Annuario Pontificio, Year 2018, Page 1,438 Annuario Pontificio, Year 2021, Page 1,413 Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 1,447

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