St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
Mill Hill Missionaries

(Society of Apostolic Life - Men)

Societas Missionariorum S. Ioseph de Mill Hill

Leader(s)

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Society of Apostolic Life - Men
Founded: 19 March 1866
Official Web Site: http://www.millhillmissionaries.com/
Mailing Address: 6, Colby Gardens, Maidenhead SL6 7VX, Portsmouth, Great Britain
Telephone: (01628)673.178

Past and Present Leaders

Johannes Biermans, M.H.M. † (Aug 1924 Appointed - 1934 Resigned)
Gerald Thomas Mahon, M.H.M. † ( 1963 Appointed - 24 Apr 1970 Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England)
Henricus Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M. † (3 Aug 1982 Appointed - Aug 1988 Resigned)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
19 March 1866	Founded		St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
28 January 1897	Decretum Laudis		St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
1908	Approbation		St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill

Statistics

Year Religious Priests Male Religious Houses Source

1954 1,017 ap1955

1959 1,136 ap1960

1963 1,175 ap1964

1966 1,207 ap1967

1967 1,204 ap1968

1971 989 1,150 ap1972

1974 970 1,117 26 ap1975

1976 941 1,080 28 ap1977

1977 921 995 28 ap1978

1981 853 968 27 ap1982

1986 756 869 24 ap1987

1990 681 831 ap1991

1991 668 798 27 ap1992

1995 611 702 32 ap1996

2000 485 656 ap2001

2001 457 626 ap2002

2002 481 651 33 ap2003

2004 447 625 32 ap2005

2009 380 557 25 ap2010

2010 372 472 30 ap2011

2011 374 651 26 ap2012

2012 363 659 27 ap2013

2013 357 571 28 ap2014

2014 357 562 31 ap2015

2017 321 603 30 ap2018

2020 312 574 26 ap2021

2022 287 542 26 ap2023

2024 317 481 27 ap2025

Affiliated Members, Living

Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M. (Priest: 29 Jun 1968 to 23 Nov 2002)

Affiliated Members, Deceased

John Aelen, M.H.M. †
Anton Agreiter, M.H.M. † (Priest: 13 Jul 1958 to 15 Oct 2003)
Johannes Biermans, M.H.M. † (Priest: 25 Jul 1896 to 24 Apr 1912; Superior General: Aug 1924 to 1934)
Vincent Billington, M.H.M. † (Priest: 20 Jul 1930 to 13 May 1948)
John Boerkamp, M.H.M. † (Priest: 12 Jul 1936 to 10 Jul 1963)
William Joseph Anthony Bouter, M.H.M. † (Priest: 17 Jul 1921 to 28 May 1929)
Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. † (Priest: 23 Sep 1899 to 11 Jul 1933)
Ignatius Brouwer, M.H.M. † (Priest: 18 Nov 1877 to 1887)
James Buis, M.H.M. † (Priest: 17 Jul 1927 to 14 Feb 1952)
John William Campling, M.H.M. † (Priest: 1 May 1903 to 13 May 1925)
Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M. † (Member: 1951; Priest: 13 Jul 1952 to 9 Jul 1964)
Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. † (Priest: 17 Jul 1927 to 16 Jan 1964)
Henricus Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M. † (Priest: 14 Jul 1946 to 12 Apr 1962; Superior General: 3 Aug 1982 to Aug 1988)
Edmund Dunn, M.H.M. † (Priest: 18 Dec 1880 to 4 May 1897)
James Fitzpatrick † (Member: Sep 1899; Subdeacon: 28 Apr 1901; Deacon: 21 Sep 1901; Priest: 20 Sep 1902 to 21 Apr 1923)
Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1944 to 5 Apr 1960)
John Francis Greif, M.H.M. † (Priest: 16 Jul 1922 to 10 May 1951)
Frederick Hall, M.H.M. † (Priest: 21 Jul 1929 to 9 Apr 1948)
Henry Hanlon, M.H.M. † (Priest: 21 Sep 1889 to 17 Jul 1894)
John Hart, M.H.M. † (Priest: 17 Jul 1932 to 13 Jun 1947)
Nicholas Hettinga, M.H.M. † (Priest: 9 Jul 1933 to 10 Jul 1947)
Aloysius Hopfgartner, M.H.M. † (Priest: 1901 to 8 Nov 1935)
James Ireland, M.H.M. † (Priest: 15 Jul 1923 to 28 Mar 1952)
Thomas Jackson, M.H.M. † (Priest: 28 Sep 1879 to 1881)
Gerald Thomas Mahon, M.H.M. † (Priest: 14 Jul 1946; Superior General: 1963 to 24 Apr 1970)
Theophilus Mayer, M.H.M. † (Priest: 3 Dec 1876 to 31 Jul 1894)
Joseph Patrick O’Donohoe, M.H.M. † (Priest: 6 Jan 1918 to 1930)
Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. † (Priest: 9 Jul 1938 to 4 Jun 1962)
John Reesinck, M.H.M. † (Priest: 19 Sep 1908 to 29 Mar 1938)
Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. † (Priest: 11 Jul 1948 to 9 Feb 1967)
Peter Rogan, M.H.M. † (Priest: 25 Jul 1909 to 15 Mar 1939)
George Shanks, M.H.M. † (Priest: 17 Sep 1933 to 30 May 1952)
Daniel Martin Spraggon, M.H.M. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1945 to 7 May 1973)
Nicolas Stam, M.H.M. †
Herman Gerard Te Riele, M.H.M. † (Priest: 19 Mar 1930 to 29 May 1962)
Richard Turner, M.H.M. † (Priest: 29 Apr 1912 to Aug 1920)
Willem van Kester, M.H.M. †
Jan Vos, M.H.M. † (Priest: 17 Jul 1927 to 14 Feb 1952)
August Wachter, M.H.M. † (Priest: 6 Dec 1903 to 26 Jul 1927)
Dominic Wagenaar, M.H.M. † (Priest: 25 Feb 1889 to 1901)
John A. Wall, M.H.M. † (Priest: 20 Sep 1902 to 12 Aug 1938)
Gérard Wantenaar, M.H.M. † (Member: 1908; Priest: 25 Jul 1909 to 8 Jan 1948)
Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. † (Member: 5 May 1954; Priest: 10 Jul 1955 to 13 Jul 1967)
Robert J. Winkley, M.H.M. † (Member: 1884; Priest: 21 Sep 1889 to 24 Oct 1916)

Source(s)

Annuario Pontificio, Year 2018, Page 1,434
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2021, Page 1,409
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 1,443
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2025, Page 1,673

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