Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Picpus Fathers

(Institute of Consecrated Life - Men)

Congregatio Sacrorum Cordium Iesu et Mariae necnon adorationis perpetuae Ss. Sacramenti altaris

Leader(s)

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life - Men
Founded: 1800
Clerical Religious Congregation
Official Web Site: https://www.ssccpicpus.com
United States Province: https://www.sscc-usa.org
Mailing Address: Via Rivarone, 85, 00166 Roma, Italia
Telephone: 06.66.17.931

Past and Present Leaders

Pierre-Dominique-Marcellin Bonamie, SS.CC. † (4 May 1837 Appointed - 26 Jul 1853 Ceased)
Henry Systermans, SS.CC. † (8 Sep 1958 Appointed - 1970 Resigned)
Leonard Carrieri, SS.CC. † ( 1960 Appointed - 1966 Resigned)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1800	Founded		Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
10 January 1817	Approbation		Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Statistics

Year Religious Priests Male Religious Houses Source

1954 1,700 ap1955

1959 1,899 ap1960

1963 2,029 ap1964

1966 1,473 2,135 152 ap1967

1967 1,473 2,135 152 ap1968

1971 1,459 1,881 264 ap1972

1974 1,444 1,778 324 ap1975

1976 1,371 1,661 220 ap1977

1977 1,371 1,661 220 ap1978

1981 1,218 1,468 330 ap1982

1986 1,144 1,395 245 ap1987

1988 1,063 1,342 ap1991

1991 1,054 1,335 311 ap1992

1995 944 1,257 243 ap1996

2000 840 1,055 ap2001

2001 849 1,062 ap2002

2002 830 1,042 247 ap2003

2004 792 999 215 ap2005

2009 715 891 218 ap2010

2010 677 833 218 ap2011

2011 660 816 178 ap2012

2012 659 808 188 ap2013

2013 646 780 187 ap2014

2014 635 769 173 ap2015

2017 596 718 169 ap2018

2020 528 692 156 ap2021

2022 481 640 158 ap2023

2024 466 597 146 ap2025

Affiliated Members, Living

Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC. (Member: 23 Aug 1992; Priest: 4 Feb 2000 to 4 Aug 2010)
Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC. (Priest: 27 Jun 1964 to 29 Mar 1985)
Jean-Pierre Edmond Cottanceau, SS.CC. (Member: 11 Sep 1971; Priest: 10 May 1980 to 28 Aug 2015)
David Israel De la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC. (Member: 27 Mar 1995; Priest: 3 Aug 2001 to 18 Oct 2019)
Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC. (Priest: 23 Sep 1961 to 28 Jun 1996)
Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. (Member: 5 Mar 1959; Priest: 8 Jul 1968 to 31 Jan 1995)
Patrick Kieran Lynch, SS.CC. (Member: 23 Aug 1965; Priest: 21 Jul 1972 to 28 Dec 2005)
Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. (Member: 2 Mar 1985; Priest: 15 Dec 1990 to 21 Sep 2018)
Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC. (Priest: 18 Jul 1964 to 29 Aug 1975)

Affiliated Members, Deceased

Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. † (Member: 20 Apr 1896; Deacon: 6 Oct 1901; Priest: 5 Apr 1902 to 29 Apr 1924)
Alexis-Jean-Augustin Bachelot, SS.CC. † (Member: 2 Feb 1813; Priest: 1820)
Joseph (François-de-Paul) Baudichon, SS.CC. † (Member: 1837; Priest: 1838 to 13 Aug 1844)
Libert Hubert Jean Louis Boeynaems, SS.CC. † (Member: 10 May 1877; Priest: 11 Sep 1881 to 6 Apr 1903)
Pierre-Dominique-Marcellin Bonamie, SS.CC. † (Superior General: 4 May 1837 to 26 Jul 1853)
Vitus Bouma, SS.CC. † (Member: 27 Jan 1915; Priest: 11 Mar 1923 to 29 May 1928)
Leonard Carrieri, SS.CC. † (Member: Jun 1930; Priest: 25 Oct 1936; Superior General: 1960 to 1966)
Bernardin Castanié, SS.CC. † (Member: 12 May 1889; Priest: 18 Oct 1892 to 1 Feb 1923)
Antonio José Luis Castro Alvarez, SS.CC. † (Member: 24 Aug 1884; Priest: 20 Sep 1890 to 21 Feb 1918)
Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC. † (Priest: 25 Jun 1961 to 3 Dec 1979)
Luis Dalle, SS.CC. † (Member: 15 Sep 1939; Priest: 21 Jul 1946 to 30 Oct 1971)
Hendrick Joseph Cornelius Maria de Cocq, SS.CC. † (Priest: 22 Jul 1931 to 10 Feb 1964)
Dominic Desperben, SS.CC. † (Member: 1920; Priest: 2 Aug 1925 to 24 Mar 1939)
Antonius Deutsch, SS.CC. † (Member: 1919; Priest: 1924 to 14 Dec 1945)
Ildephonse-René Dordillon, SS.CC. † (Member: 1837 to 7 Dec 1855)
Antoine-Magloire Doumer, SS.CC. † (Member: 30 Jan 1830; Priest: Feb 1830 to 9 May 1848)
Pedro Pablo Drinot y Piérola, SS.CC. † (Member: 24 Aug 1884; Deacon: 26 Mar 1887; Priest: 4 Jun 1887 to 17 Jun 1904)
Simplicien Duboize, O.P. † (Member: 1838 to 1847)
Teodoro Bernardo Eugenín Barrientos, SS.CC. † (Priest: 1927 to 10 Apr 1931)
Canisius Teodorus Gellings, SS.CC. † (Member: 13 Apr 1903; Priest: 25 Aug 1907 to 19 Aug 1913)
Theodosius Jan J. Herkenrath, SS.CC. †
André-Etienne-Athanase Hermel, SS.CC. † (Priest: 25 Jul 1897 to 15 May 1905)
Florentin-Étienne Jaussen Tepano, SS.CC. † (Priest: 1840 to 9 May 1848)
Paul-Marie-Joseph Julliotte, SS.CC. † (Priest: 1900 to 20 Nov 1929)
Bernard Hermann Koeckemann, SS.CC. † (Member: 11 Apr 1851; Priest: 31 May 1862 to 17 May 1881)
Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC. † (Priest: 29 Jul 1900 to 30 Dec 1920)
Hervé-Maria Le Cléac’h, SS.CC. † (Priest: 18 Dec 1943 to 1 Mar 1973)
John David Hubaldus Lehman, SS.CC. † (Priest: 26 Jul 1914 to 12 Feb 1948)
Chrysostome-Charles-Auguste Liausu, SS.CC. † (Member: 1825 to 1833)
Louis-Désiré Maigret, SS.CC. † (Member: 7 Jan 1822; Deacon: 22 Dec 1827; Priest: 20 Sep 1828 to 11 Sep 1846)
Luiz Mancilha Vilela, SS.CC. † (Priest: 21 Dec 1968 to 3 Dec 1985)
Rogatien-Joseph Martin, SS.CC. † (Member: 15 Oct 1878 to 3 Jun 1892)
Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. † (Priest: 25 Sep 1910 to 8 Nov 1938)
José Juan Luciano Carlos Metzinger Greff, SS.CC. † (Priest: 1 Oct 1933 to 4 Apr 1964)
Víctor Manuel Montero Carvallo, SS.CC. † (Member: 1888; Priest: 29 Feb 1896)
Georg Müller, SS.CC. † (Member: 1971; Priest: 18 Mar 1978 to 9 Feb 1988)
Julien Marie Amédée Nouailles, SS.CC. †
Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. † (Member: 28 Mar 1948; Priest: 19 Sep 1953 to 9 Jul 1984)
Pablo Ramírez Taboada, SS.CC. † (Priest: 14 Dec 1941 to 5 Sep 1947)
Adalberto Ottone Rielander, SS.CC. †
Gulstan Francis Ropert, SS.CC. † (Member: 16 Jun 1861; Priest: 26 May 1866 to 3 Jun 1892)
Jérôme (Étienne) Rouchouze, SS.CC. †
Johannes Rüth, SS.CC. † (Priest: 6 Jul 1924 to 4 Feb 1953)
Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. † (Member: 1923; Priest: 16 Dec 1928 to 29 Aug 1939)
Ezechiel Francisco Soto, SS.CC. †
Henry Systermans, SS.CC. † (Member: 1930; Priest: 1938; Superior General: 8 Sep 1958 to 1970)
Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. † (Member: 27 Oct 1940; Priest: 4 Aug 1946 to 25 Jul 1959)
Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. † (Priest: 25 Jul 1937 to 16 Nov 1953)
Victor Van Beurden, SS.CC. † (Priest: 25 Jul 1934 to 22 Jun 1951)
Nicolas Pierre van der Westen, SS.CC. † (Priest: 31 Jul 1938 to 8 Feb 1951)
Marie-Joseph (Maxime Justin Félix) Verdier, SS.CC. † (Member: 8 Dec 1871; Priest: 21 Dec 1872 to 9 Jan 1883)
Cyprian Witte, SS.CC. † (Member: 22 Nov 1914; Priest: 18 Jul 1915 to 30 Jan 1932)

Source(s)

Annuario Pontificio, Year 2018, Page 1,393
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2021, Page 1,368
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 1,402
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2025, Page 1,630, and Page 1,631

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