Christian Brothers (C.F.C.) 𝐖

Also known as: Hermanos Cristianos (español) / Frères chrétiens (français) / Fratelli Cristiani (Italiano) / Braci w Chrystusie (polski) / Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum (latine) / Christliche Brüder (Deutsch)

Type: Lay Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

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History

Contact Info

Address: Via Marcantonio Colonna 9, 00192 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.32.11.03.63

Past Superiors

Superior General:AustraliaBr. Peter Bernard Clinch, C.F.C. (2022.02 – 2024.01.28)
Superior General:CanadaBr. Hugh James O’Neill, C.F.C. (2014.03.25 – 2022.02)
Superior General:IndiaBr. Philip Pinto, C.F.C. (2002.03.21 – 2014.03.25)
Superior General:Br. Alvaro Rodríguez Echeverría, C.F.C. (2001 – 2002.03.21)
Superior General:Br. Edmund Michael Garvey, C.F.C. (1997 – 2001)
Superior General:Br. Jeremiah Columba Keating, C.F.C. (1990 – 1997)
Superior General:Br. Gerald Gabriel McHugh, C.F.C. (1978 – 1990)
Superior General:Br. Justin Linus Ketty, C.F.C. (1972 – 1978)
Superior General:Br. Arthur Austin Loftus, C.F.C. (1966 – 1972)
Superior General:Br. Edward Ferdinand Clancy, C.F.C. (1950 – 1966)
Superior General:Br. Joseph Pius Noonan, C.F.C. (1930 – 1950)
Superior General:Br. Jerome Hennessey, C.F.C. (1920 – 1930)
Superior General:Br. Calasanctius Whitty, C.F.C. (1905 – 1920)
Superior General:Br. Michael Titus Moylan, C.F.C. (1900 – 1905)
Superior General:Br. Richard Anthony Maxwell, C.F.C. (1880 – 1900)
Superior General:IrelandBr. James Aloysius Hoare, C.F.C. (1862 – 1880)
Superior General:IrelandBr. Michael Paul Riordan, C.F.C. (1838.07 – 1862.02)
Superior General:IrelandBlessed Br. Edmund Ignatius Rice, C.F.C. (1820 – 1838.07)

Founder

Founder:IrelandBlessed Br. Edmund Ignatius Rice, C.F.C. (1802)

Blesseds (1)

1844: IrelandBlessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, religious

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Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 154

Members: 728

Houses

Members

Last updated on 2024.12.16

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