Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
Dehonians

(Institute of Consecrated Life - Men)

Congregatio Sacerdotum a Sacro Corde Iesu

Leader(s)

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life - Men
Founded: 28 June 1878
Clerical Religious Congregation
Official Web Site: https://www.dehoniani.org
Mailing Address: Via del Casale S. Pio V, 20, 00165 Roma, Italia
Telephone: 06.66.05.60
Fax: 06.66.05.63.17

Past and Present Leaders

Joseph Laurent Philippe, S.C.I. † (20 Jan 1926 Appointed - 24 Oct 1935 Resigned)
Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I. † (15 Jul 1959 Appointed - 6 Jun 1967 Resigned)
Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I. (24 May 1991 Appointed - 27 May 2003 Ceased)
José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I. (27 May 2003 Appointed - 25 May 2015 Resigned)
Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I. (25 May 2015 Appointed - 6 Apr 2018 Appointed, Bishop of Hildesheim)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
28 June 1878	Founded		Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
25 February 1888	Decretum Laudis		Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
4 July 1906	Approbation		Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart

Statistics

Year Religious Priests Male Religious Houses Source

1954 2,600 ap1955

1959 2,997 ap1960

1963 3,300 ap1964

1966 1,951 3,425 385 ap1967

1967 1,981 3,424 396 ap1968

1971 2,023 3,046 414 ap1972

1974 1,989 2,826 432 ap1975

1976 1,955 2,736 424 ap1977

1977 1,937 2,705 462 ap1978

1981 1,913 2,713 461 ap1982

1986 1,875 2,646 466 ap1987

1990 1,823 2,550 ap1991

1991 1,808 2,493 412 ap1992

1995 1,736 2,412 394 ap1996

2000 1,684 2,389 ap2001

2001 1,679 2,394 ap2002

2002 1,666 2,393 404 ap2003

2004 1,637 2,319 414 ap2005

2009 1,601 2,286 400 ap2010

2010 1,620 2,282 416 ap2011

2011 1,633 2,268 419 ap2012

2012 1,677 2,333 419 ap2013

2013 1,694 2,291 417 ap2014

2014 1,683 2,295 455 ap2015

2017 1,582 2,171 460 ap2018

2020 1,605 2,218 460 ap2021

2022 1,567 2,173 416 ap2023

Affiliated Members, Living

Vilson Basso, S.C.I. (Member: 25 Feb 1985; Priest: 28 Dec 1985 to 19 Mar 2010)
Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I. (Member: 29 Sep 1964; Priest: 17 Dec 1966 to 19 Feb 2005; Superior General: 24 May 1991 to 27 May 2003)
José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega, S.C.I. (Priest: 28 Dec 1980 to 30 Oct 2000)
Vital Chitolina, S.C.I. (Member: 25 Feb 1984; Priest: 16 Dec 1984 to 23 Dec 1997)
Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I. (Member: 29 Sep 1978; Priest: 23 Jun 1984 to 29 Jun 2012)
Gaetano Di Pierro, S.C.I. (Priest: 29 Jun 1975 to 24 Apr 2001)
André Vital Félix da Silva, S.C.I. (Member: 25 Feb 1986; Deacon: 12 Aug 1990; Priest: 2 Jan 1991 to 10 May 2017)
Elio Giovanni Greselin, S.C.I. (Member: 29 Sep 1956; Priest: 23 Jun 1965 to 30 Dec 2008)
Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I. (Member: 2 Feb 1972; Priest: 17 Dec 1977 to 11 Jun 2003)
Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I. (Priest: 8 Dec 1973 to 24 Oct 1997)
Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I. (Member: 28 Jan 1982; Priest: 25 Apr 1987 to 6 May 2013)
Adam Leszek Musiałek, S.C.I. (Member: 11 Sep 1977; Priest: 9 Jun 1983 to 17 Jul 2009)
Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I. (Member: 29 Sep 1969; Priest: 12 Jun 1977 to 30 Jun 2000)
José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I. (Member: 29 Sep 1972; Priest: 9 Aug 1981 to 24 Aug 2015; Superior General: 27 May 2003 to 25 May 2015)
Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I. (Priest: 21 Sep 1966 to 23 Jan 1992)
Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. (Member: 2 Feb 1964; Priest: 7 Dec 1969 to 16 Feb 1985)
Carmo João Rhoden, S.C.I. (Priest: 17 Dec 1966 to 22 May 1996)
Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo, S.C.I. (Member: 11 Oct 1970; Priest: 28 May 1977 to 16 Jun 2009)
Ronilton Souza de Araújo, S.C.I. (Member: 25 Feb 1995; Deacon: 24 Feb 2002; Priest: 7 Dec 2002 to 19 Jul 2023)
Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I. (Priest: 14 Dec 1972 to 17 Nov 1993)
Antônio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I. (Priest: 11 Dec 1971 to 29 Mar 2000)
José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I. (Member: 2 Feb 1962; Priest: 28 Jun 1964 to 11 May 1991)
Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I. (Member: 29 Sep 1982; Priest: 31 May 1987; Superior General: 25 May 2015 to 6 Apr 2018)
Józef Wróbel, S.C.I. (Member: 28 Dec 1974; Priest: 12 Jun 1980 to 30 Nov 2000)

Affiliated Members, Deceased

Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. † (Priest: 20 Jul 1947 to 17 Dec 1973)
Paul Bouque, S.C.I. † (Priest: 26 Jul 1925 to 28 May 1934)
Johannes Michiel Buckx, S.C.I. † (Priest: 9 Jun 1906 to 23 May 1923)
Willem Petrus Bartholomaeus Cobben, S.C.I. † (Priest: 19 Apr 1924 to 19 Dec 1933)
Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. † (Member: 2 Feb 1956; Priest: 18 Dec 1957 to 18 Feb 1998)
Franz Wolfgang Demont, S.C.I. † (Priest: 25 Apr 1905 to 27 Jan 1936)
Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I. † (Priest: 20 May 1944 to 13 Apr 1967; Superior General: 15 Jul 1959 to 6 Jun 1967)
Aloysius Joseph Dettmer, S.C.I. † (Priest: 20 May 1944 to 24 Mar 1953)
José Antônio do Couto, S.C.I. † (Priest: 1 Jul 1956 to 5 Jun 1974)
Pierre Erdozainey-Etchart, S.C.I. † (Member: 1904; Priest: 1910 to 18 Jun 1930)
Gabriel Émile Grison, S.C.I. † (Priest: 1886 to 4 Aug 1904)
Andreas Suwiyata Henrisoesanta, S.C.I. † (Priest: 2 Jul 1961 to 29 Aug 1975)
Albert Hermelink Gentiaras, S.C.I. † (Priest: 19 Jul 1925 to 19 Jul 1961)
Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. † (Priest: 12 Jul 1931 to 7 May 1958)
Gerhard (Thomas) Lennartz, S.C.I. † (Member: 25 Sep 1901; Priest: 1906 to 29 Apr 1914)
Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. † (Priest: 11 Jul 1937 to 13 Mar 1947)
Henri Martin Mekkelholt, S.C.I. † (Priest: 18 Jul 1926 to 11 Jul 1939)
Stanisław Kazimierz Nagy, S.C.I. † (Priest: 8 Jul 1945 to 7 Oct 2003)
Henricus Norbertus (Harrie) van Oort, S.C.I. †
Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1961 to 22 Jan 1983)
Marcelino Palentini, S.C.I. † (Priest: 27 Jun 1970 to 11 Jul 1995)
Joseph Laurent Philippe, S.C.I. † (Priest: 28 May 1904 to 25 Apr 1935; Superior General: 20 Jan 1926 to 24 Oct 1935)
Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. † (Priest: 30 Nov 1936 to 11 Jul 1959)
Joseph Donatien Plissonneau, S.C.I. † (Member: 23 Sep 1903; Priest: 21 May 1910 to 7 Feb 1920)
Jacques Reelick, S.C.I. † (Member: 1891; Priest: 1898 to 10 Jun 1931)
Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. † (Priest: 3 Jul 1960 to 11 Feb 1981)
Henricus Leo Smeets, S.C.I. †
Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. † (Priest: 11 Sep 1949 to 3 Jan 1961)
António de Sousa Braga, S.C.I. † (Priest: 17 May 1970 to 9 Apr 1996)
Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1959 to 17 Mar 1983)
Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. † (Priest: 13 Jul 1924 to 1 Feb 1934)
Paul Verschuren, S.C.I. † (Priest: 19 Mar 1950 to 21 Apr 1964)
Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. † (Priest: 11 Jul 1937 to 10 Mar 1949)

Source(s)

Annuario Pontificio, Year 2018, Page 1,402
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2021, Page 1,376
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 1,410

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