Order of the Pious Schools
Piarists

(Institute of Consecrated Life - Men)

Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum

Leader(s)

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life - Men
Founded: 1617
Order of Clerics Regular
Official Web Site: http://www.scolopi.org/
Mailing Address: Piazza de' Massimi, 4, 00186 Roma, Italia
Telephone: 06.68.40.741

Past and Present Leaders

José de Calasanz (Jaime) Sasanovas Manent, Sch. P. † (26 Jul 1868 Appointed - Aug 1884 Resigned)
Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. † ( 1900 Appointed - 1904 Resigned)
Vincent Tomek, Sch. P. † (3 Sep 1947 Appointed - 1967 Resigned)
Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P. (4 Jul 2009 Elected - 29 Mar 2025 Appointed, Bishop of Huesca)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1617	Founded		Order of the Pious Schools

Statistics

Year Religious Priests Male Religious Houses Source

1954 2,300 ap1955

1959 2,358 ap1960

1963 2,521 ap1964

1966 1,647 2,501 203 ap1967

1967 1,658 2,429 204 ap1968

1971 1,563 2,063 190 ap1972

1974 1,462 1,861 177 ap1975

1976 1,436 1,800 188 ap1977

1977 1,407 1,769 182 ap1978

1981 1,344 1,683 193 ap1982

1986 1,256 1,584 207 ap1987

1990 1,230 1,542 ap1991

1991 1,226 1,540 218 ap1992

1995 1,151 1,447 229 ap1996

2000 1,073 1,492 ap2001

2001 1,067 1,476 ap2002

2002 1,059 1,466 235 ap2003

2004 1,033 1,430 210 ap2005

2009 1,008 1,388 219 ap2010

2010 1,003 1,372 225 ap2011

2011 995 1,356 215 ap2012

2012 986 1,327 213 ap2013

2013 978 1,318 209 ap2014

2014 989 1,330 216 ap2015

2017 977 1,341 216 ap2018

2020 946 1,345 213 ap2021

2022 931 1,337 218 ap2023

Affiliated Members, Living

Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P. (Member: 24 Aug 1975; Deacon: 24 Oct 1981; Priest: 23 Jun 1982 to 29 Mar 2025; Superior General: 4 Jul 2009 to 29 Mar 2025)
Moisés Carlos Atisha Contreras (Member: 11 Mar 1994; Deacon: 25 Mar 1994; Priest: 14 Dec 1994 to 8 Jun 2001)
Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, Sch. P. (Member: 2 Aug 1993; Priest: 27 Dec 1997 to 27 Dec 2018)
Félix Lázaro Martinez, Sch. P. (Priest: 9 Apr 1961 to 20 Mar 2002)

Affiliated Members, Deceased

Vicente Alonso y Salgado, Sch. P. †
Josephus Antonius Bajtay, Sch. P. † (Deacon: 28 Dec 1740; Priest: 15 Jan 1741 to 6 Apr 1761)
Giovanni Battista Bruni, Sch. P. † (Member: Nov 1732; Priest: 22 Jun 1738 to 5 Aug 1765)
Frédéric Cao Sanna, Sch. P. †
José de Calasanz (Jaime) Sasanovas Manent, Sch. P. † (Procurator General: 26 Jul 1868 to Aug 1884)
Francesco Andrea Correa, Sch. P. † (Priest: 22 Dec 1703 to 9 Dec 1726)
Vilmos Dékány, Sch. P. † (Priest: 14 Jun 1953 to 23 Dec 1988)
Giuseppe Agostino Delbecchi, Sch. P. † (Priest: 3 May 1721 to 17 May 1751)
Giovanni Gaetano del Muscio, Sch. P. † (Priest: 25 Mar 1769 to 26 Mar 1792)
József Fengler, Sch. P. † (Deacon: 18 Sep 1756; Priest: 16 Jan 1757 to 10 Mar 1788)
Ludwik Stanisław Górski, Sch. P. † (Member: 15 Aug 1743; Deacon: 19 Dec 1749; Priest: 26 Dec 1749 to 17 Sep 1781)
Adolphus Groll (a S. Georgio), Sch. P. †
Laszlo Anthony Iranyi, Sch. P. † (Priest: 13 Mar 1948 to 20 May 1983)
Adam Stanisław Krasiński, Sch. P. † (Deacon: 28 Mar 1836; Priest: 23 May 1836 to 27 Sep 1858)
Carlo Maria Lenzi, Sch. P. † (Priest: 19 Feb 1785 to 25 May 1818)
Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. † (Member: 1871; Deacon: 18 Jul 1875; Priest: 17 Mar 1877 to 16 Jan 1893; Superior General: 1900 to 1904)
Salvatore Maria Nisio, Sch. P. † (Priest: 8 Apr 1848 to 17 Sep 1875)
Giovanni Antonio Francisco de Nobili, Sch. P. † (Priest: 10 Feb 1737 to 7 Sep 1772)
Giovanni Oberti, Sch. P. † (Priest: 25 Feb 1888 to 16 Dec 1901)
Józef Michał Ignacy Franciszek Olędzki, Sch. P. † (Deacon: 31 Jul 1757; Priest: 10 Aug 1757 to 24 Jan 1763)
Paolo Girolamo Orengo, Sch. P. † (Priest: 26 Nov 1758 to 24 Sep 1804)
Thomas Angelus Passante, Sch. P. † (Priest: 19 Apr 1676 to 29 Jan 1725)
Domenico Pes, Sch. P. † (Priest: 5 Aug 1781 to 29 Mar 1819)
Lorenzo Ramón Lahoz de San Blas, Sch. P. †
Giovanni Battista Rosani, Sch. P. † (Priest: 25 Aug 1810 to 22 Jan 1844)
Giulio Sabbatini, Sch. P. † (Priest: 19 Mar 1706 to 20 Mar 1726)
Basilio Tomás Sancho y Hernando (de Santas Justa y Rufina), Sch. P. †
Konštantín Schuster † (Member: 1831; Deacon: 25 Jul 1840; Priest: 2 Aug 1840)
Felipe Scío (de San Miguel), Sch. P. † (Priest: 1762 to 18 Dec 1795)
Melchor Serrano Lázaro, Sch. P. †
Michal Mateusz Stadnicki, O.S.B.M. † (Member: 16 Jul 1763; Priest: 26 May 1771)
Michele (Rafaele) Todde Valeri, Sch. P. † (Member: 21 Jan 1808; Priest: 23 Jan 1814 to 14 Apr 1848)
Vincent Tomek, Sch. P. † (Member: 28 Aug 1909; Superior General: 3 Sep 1947 to 1967)
Celestino (Raffaele) Zini, Sch. P. † (Priest: 27 Aug 1848 to 11 Feb 1889)

Source(s)

Annuario Pontificio, Year 2018, Page 1,392
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2021, Page 1,366
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 1,400

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