Congregation of the Holy Spirit (C.S.Sp.)

Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers

Also known as: Missionsgesellschaft vom Heiligen Geist (Spiritaner) (Deutsch) / Congregación del Espíritu Santo (Espiritanos) (español) / Congrégation du Saint-Esprit (Spiritains) (français) / Congregazione dello Spirito Santo (Italiano) / Zgromadzenie Ducha Świętego (Duchacze) (polski) / Congregação do Espírito Santo (Espiritanos) (Português) / 聖神會 (正體中文) / Congregatio Sancti Spiritus sub tutela Immaculati Cordis Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ (latine)

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Type: Clerical 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: Clivo di Cinna 195, 00136 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.354.04.61

Superiors

Superior General:Congo-BrazzavilleFr. Alain Mayama, C.S.Sp. (53)Fr. Alain Mayama, C.S.Sp. (53) (2021.10.18 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:IrelandFr. John Fogarty, C.S.Sp. (2012.07.11 – 2021.10.18)
Superior General:FranceFr. Jean-Paul Hoch, C.S.Sp. (2004.07 – 2012.07.11)
Superior General:FranceFr. Pierre Schouver, C.S.Sp. (1992.09.08 – 2004.07)
Superior General:FranceFr. Pierre Haas, C.S.Sp. (1986.07 – 1992.09.08)
Superior General:NetherlandsFr. Frans Timmermans, C.S.Sp. (1974 – 1986.07)
Superior General:FranceFr. Joseph Lécuyer, C.S.Sp. (1968.09.09 – 1974)
Superior General:FranceArchbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. (1962.07.26 – 1968.09)
Superior General:IrelandFr. Francis Griffin, C.S.Sp. (1950 – 1962)
Superior General:SenegalArchbishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp. (1926.07.26 – 1950.07.26)
Superior General:GabonArchbishop Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. (1896.07 – 1926)
Superior General:French GuianaFr. Ambroise Emonet, C.S.Sp. (1882.08.26 – 1895.10.17)
Superior General:FranceFr. Frédéric Le Vavasseur, C.S.Sp. (1881.08.27 – 1882.01.16)
Superior General:AngolaFr. Ignace Schwindenhammer, C.S.Sp. (1853.02.10 – 1881.03.06)
Superior General:FranceVenerable Fr. François-Marie-Paul Libermann, C.S.Sp. (1848.11.03 – 1852.02.02)
Superior General:MadagascarFr. Alexandre-Hippolyte-Xavier Monnet, C.S.Sp. (later Bishop) (1848.03.02 – 1848.10.03)
Superior General:FranceFr. Alexandre Leguay, C.S.Sp. (1845 – 1848.02.29)
Superior General:FranceFr. Nicolas Warnet, C.S.Sp. (1845 – 1845)
Superior General:FranceFr. Amable Fourdinier, C.S.Sp. (1832.12.25 – 1845.01.05)
Superior General:FranceFr. Jacques Bertout, C.S.Sp. (1805 – 1832.12.10)
Superior General:FranceFr. Jean-Marie Duflos, C.S.Sp. (1788.10.28 – 1805.02.28)
Superior General:Saint Pierre and MiquelonFr. Julien-François Becquet, C.S.Sp. (1763 – 1788)
Superior General:FranceFr. Louis Bouic, C.S.Sp. (1710 – 1763.01.02)
Superior General:FranceFr. Jacques Garnier, C.S.Sp. (1709 – 1710.03)
Superior General:FranceFr. Claude-François Poullart des Places, C.S.Sp. (1703 – 1709.10.02)

Founder

Founder:FranceFr. Claude-François Poullart des Places, C.S.Sp. (1703)

Other Present Members (1)

LesothoFr. Mookameli Chale, C.S.Sp.Fr. Mookameli Chale, C.S.Sp., General Secretary of Lesotho Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Other Former Members (44)

2011: SenegalFr. Clément Cailleau, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Tambacounda (Senegal)

1979: GuineaFr. Jean B. Coudray, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Kankan (Guinea)

1977: NigeriaFr. Leopold Grimard, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Idah (Nigeria)

1977: TanzaniaFr. Henry J. Winkelmolen, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Same (Tanzania)

>1966: Saint Pierre and MiquelonFr. Raimondo Enrico Martín, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

1965: SenegalFr. Joseph Landreau, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)

1964: Central African RepublicFr. Martin Bodewes, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Bangassou (Central African Republic)

1957: GuineaFr. Maurizio Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Kankan (Guinea)

>1951: GambiaFr. Matteo Farrelly, C.S.Sp., Ecclesiastical Superior of Gambia (Gambia)

1947: NigeriaFr. Giuseppe Kirsten, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Benue (Nigeria)

1947: SenegalFr. Giuseppe Fayec, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Ziguinchor (Senegal)

1946: BrazilFr. Miguel Alfredo Barat, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Tefé (Brazil)

1946: GambiaFr. Giovanni Meehan, C.S.Sp., Ecclesiastical Superior of Gambia (Gambia)

>1945: Saint Pierre and MiquelonFr. Alfonso Poisson, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

1944: Saint Pierre and MiquelonFr. Charles Joseph Heitz, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

>1940: AngolaFr. Giovanni Cardona, C.S.Sp., Ecclesiastical Superior of Lunda (Angola)

>1940: AngolaFr. Charles Estermann, C.S.Sp., Ecclesiastical Superior of Cunène (Angola)

>1939: Fr. Giovanni Battista Frey, C.S.Sp., Secretary of Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies

1937: AngolaFr. Alfredo Ludovico Keiling, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Cubango in Angola (Angola)

>1932: AngolaFr. Benoit-Marius Bonnefoux, C.S.Sp., Ecclesiastical Superior of Cunène (Angola)

1930: Congo-KinshasaFr. Luigi Lempereur, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Northern Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa)

1927: Central African RepublicFr. Giovanni Calloch, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Central African Republic)

>1926: AngolaFr. Louis Cancella, C.S.Sp., Ecclesiastical Superior of Lunda (Angola)

1924: South AfricaFr. Guglielmo Herting, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Kroonstad (South Africa)

1922: Congo-KinshasaFr. Emilio Callewaert, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Northern Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa)

1922: Saint Pierre and MiquelonFr. Giuseppe Oster, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

1915: Central African RepublicFr. Pietro Cotel, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Central African Republic)

>1911: AngolaFr. Victor Wendling, C.S.Sp., Ecclesiastical Superior of Lunda (Angola)

1905: NigeriaFr. Léon-Alexander Lejeune, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Lower Niger (Nigeria)

>1904: AngolaFr. Joseph Antunes, C.S.Sp., Ecclesiastical Superior of Cunène (Angola)

1903: Sierra LeoneFr. James Browne, C.S.Sp., Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)

1901: AngolaFr. Pascal Campana, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Lower Congo in Cubango (Angola)

>1899: AngolaFr. Cyril Moulin, C.S.Sp., Ecclesiastical Superior of Lunda (Angola)

1896: Sierra LeoneFr. Edouard Blanchet, C.S.Sp., Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)

>1892: French GuianaFr. Joseph Guyodo, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana)

>1883: AngolaFr. Charles Duparquet, C.S.Sp., Ecclesiastical Superior of Cunène (Angola)

>1883: AngolaFr. Gustave Costes, C.S.Sp., Ecclesiastical Superior of Cunène (Angola)

>1882: TanzaniaFr. Homer, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Zanguebar (Tanzania)

>1871: French GuianaFr. Olivier Herve, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana)

1867: Saint Pierre and MiquelonFr. Jean-Marie Le Helloco, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

>1859: IndiaFr. Pierre-Jean-Norbert Calmels, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of French Colonies in India (India)

>1853: Saint Pierre and MiquelonFr. Amator Charlot, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

1847: MadagascarFr. Jean-Pierre Dalmond, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Madagascar (Madagascar)

>1767: Saint Pierre and MiquelonFr. Girard, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Living Bishops (2 Cardinals, 4 Archbishops, 24 Bishops)

Central African RepublicCardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. (57)Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. (57), Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea della Valle and Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui (Central African Republic)

MauritiusCardinal Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp. (83)Cardinal Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp. (83), Cardinal-Priest of S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia and Bishop emeritus of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

Congo-BrazzavilleArchbishop Gélase Armel Kema, C.S.Sp. (51)Archbishop Gélase Armel Kema, C.S.Sp. (51), Metropolitan Archbishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville) and Apostolic Administrator of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville)

Trinidad and TobagoArchbishop Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp. (82)Archbishop Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp. (82), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

GhanaArchbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. (66)Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana)

AngolaArchbishop Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. (66)Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubango (Angola)

BrazilBishop José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. (61)Bishop José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. (61), Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil)

GabonBishop Dominique Bonnet, C.S.Sp. (85)Bishop Dominique Bonnet, C.S.Sp. (85), Bishop emeritus of Mouila (Gabon)

AngolaBishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto, C.S.Sp. (60)Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto, C.S.Sp. (60), Bishop of Caxito (Angola) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé

AngolaBishop Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti, C.S.Sp. (55)Bishop Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti, C.S.Sp. (55), Bishop of Cabinda (Angola)

Saint Vincent and GrenadinesBishop Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp. (63)Bishop Gerard Maximin County, C.S.Sp. (63), Bishop of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines)

Saint Pierre and MiquelonBishop Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp. (90)Bishop Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp. (90), Titular Bishop of Avioccala and Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Jean Gardin, C.S.Sp. (82)Bishop Jean Gardin, C.S.Sp. (82), Bishop emeritus of Impfondo (Congo-Brazzaville)

Saint Pierre and MiquelonBishop Pierre-Marie Gaschy, C.S.Sp. (83)Bishop Pierre-Marie Gaschy, C.S.Sp. (83), Titular Bishop of Usinaza and Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

ParaguayBishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. (64)Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. (64), Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay) and Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

TanzaniaBishop Rogath Fundimoya Kimaryo, C.S.Sp. (67)Bishop Rogath Fundimoya Kimaryo, C.S.Sp. (67), Bishop of Same (Tanzania)

GabonBishop Joseph Koerber, C.S.Sp. (81)Bishop Joseph Koerber, C.S.Sp. (81), Titular Bishop of Siccenna and Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Makokou (Gabon)

Central African RepublicBishop Peter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp. (85)Bishop Peter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp. (85), Bishop emeritus of Alindao (Central African Republic)

KenyaBishop John Mbinda, C.S.Sp. (51)Bishop John Mbinda, C.S.Sp. (51), Bishop of Lodwar (Kenya)

BrazilBishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. (60)Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. (60), Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil)

GambiaBishop Gabriel Mendy, C.S.Sp. (57)Bishop Gabriel Mendy, C.S.Sp. (57), Bishop of Banjul (Gambia)

BrazilBishop Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp. (79)Bishop Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp. (79), Bishop emeritus of Humaitá (Brazil)

Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp. (80)Bishop Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp. (80), Bishop emeritus of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville)

Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp. (48)Bishop Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp. (48), Bishop of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville)

Congo-KinshasaBishop Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, C.S.Sp. (59)Bishop Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, C.S.Sp. (59), Bishop of Kongolo (Congo-Kinshasa)

GabonBishop Severin Nziengui Mangandza, C.S.Sp. (54)Bishop Severin Nziengui Mangandza, C.S.Sp. (54), Vicar Apostolic of Makokou (Gabon)

BrazilBishop Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp. (82)Bishop Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp. (82), Bishop emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil)

São Tomé and PríncipeBishop Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp. (93)Bishop Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp. (93), Bishop emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe)

TanzaniaBishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp. (72)Bishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp. (72), Bishop of Zanzibar (Tanzania)

SeychellesBishop Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp. (84)Bishop Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp. (84), Bishop emeritus of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Deceased Bishops (23 Archbishops, 103 Bishops)

2024: BrazilBishop Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp., Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil)

2024: GambiaBishop Robert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Banjul (Gambia)

2023: FranceArchbishop Maurice Lucien Fréchard, C.S.Sp., Archbishop of Auch (France)

2022: BarbadosBishop Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados)

2021: BrazilArchbishop Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil)

2020: AngolaArchbishop Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Malanje (Angola)

2020: GambiaBishop Michael Joseph Cleary, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Banjul (Gambia)

2019: Cabo VerdeBishop Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

2019: CameroonBishop Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Bafia (Cameroon)

2017: BrazilBishop Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil)

2016: Congo-KinshasaBishop Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

2016: Sierra LeoneBishop John C. O’Riordan, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Kenema (Sierra Leone)

2015: NigeriaBishop Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Aba (Nigeria)

2011: GuineaArchbishop Raymond-Maria Tchidimbo, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea)

2011: MauritaniaBishop Robert Marie Jean Victor de Chevigny, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

2008: SenegalBishop Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)

2007: BrazilArchbishop Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea) and Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

2007: CameroonArchbishop Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bertoua (Cameroon)

2006: NigeriaBishop Auguste Delisle, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Lokoja (Nigeria)

2006: BrazilBishop Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil)

2005: TanzaniaBishop Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Zanzibar (Tanzania)

2002: TanzaniaBishop Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Arusha (Tanzania)

2000: Trinidad and TobagoArchbishop Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

2000: NigeriaBishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Umuahia (Nigeria)

2000: Central African RepublicBishop Antoine Marie Maanicus, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Bangassou (Central African Republic)

2000: Saint Pierre and MiquelonBishop François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Îles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

1999: NigeriaBishop Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Makurdi (Nigeria)

1998: CameroonBishop André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Bafia (Cameroon)

1998: French GuianaBishop François-Marie Morvan, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Cayenne (French Guiana)

1997: RéunionBishop Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion)

1997: GabonBishop Raymond-Marie-Joseph de La Moureyre, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Mouila (Gabon)

1996: Sierra LeoneArchbishop Thomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone)

1996: Central African RepublicBishop Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Bambari (Central African Republic)

1995: MadagascarBishop Jean David, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Majunga (Madagascar)

1993: MauritaniaArchbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp., Archbishop-Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

1992: BrazilBishop Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp., Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil)

1992: USABishop Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Covington (USA)

1991: FranceArchbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. , Archbishop-Bishop of Tulle (France) and Superior General of Society of Saint Pius X

1991: RéunionBishop François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion)

1991: South AfricaBishop Peter Kelleter, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Bethlehem (South Africa)

1991: GambiaBishop Michael Joseph Moloney, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Banjul (Gambia)

1990: MadagascarArchbishop Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar)

1990: NigeriaBishop Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Owerri (Nigeria)

1989: Congo-KinshasaBishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Kongolo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1989: PortugalBishop Agostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Portugal)

1987: TanzaniaBishop Herman Jan van Elswijk, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Morogoro (Tanzania)

1986: MauritiusBishop Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

1984: Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Jean-Baptiste Fauret, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

1983: KenyaArchbishop John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

1983: MartiniqueArchbishop Henri-Marie-François Varin de la Brunelière, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique)

1981: GabonArchbishop Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Libreville (Gabon)

1981: KenyaBishop Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Mombasa (Kenya)

1980: São Tomé and PríncipeArchbishop Moisés Alves de Pinho, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola) and Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe)

1980: SenegalBishop Auguste Grimault, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Dakar (Senegal)

1978: TanzaniaBishop Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania)

1977: GuadeloupeBishop Jean Gay, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)

1977: Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Fort-Rousset (Congo-Brazzaville)

1977: NigeriaBishop Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria)

1976: NigeriaBishop James Hagan, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Makurdi (Nigeria)

1974: French GuianaBishop Alfred Aimé Léon Marie, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Cayenne (French Guiana)

1973: IrelandArchbishop John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland)

1973: BrazilBishop José Hascher, C.S.Sp., Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil)

1973: SenegalBishop Prosper Dodds, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)

1973: AngolaBishop Pompeu de Sá Leão y Seabra, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Malanje (Angola)

1970: Central African RepublicArchbishop Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui (Central African Republic)

1970: AngolaBishop Daniel Gomes Junqueira, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Nova Lisboa (Angola)

1967: NigeriaArchbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha (Nigeria)

1967: CameroonArchbishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

1966: TanzaniaBishop John Heffernan, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Zanzibar (Tanzania)

1965: Congo-KinshasaBishop Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

1961: TanzaniaBishop Joseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Moshi (Tanzania)

1961: CameroonBishop Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Doumé (Cameroon)

1960: Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

1957: Congo-KinshasaBishop Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa)

1957: CameroonBishop Pierre Bonneau, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Douala (Cameroon)

1956: Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Henri Friteau, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville)

1955: Cabo VerdeBishop Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

1954: SenegalArchbishop Louis Le Hunsec, C.S.Sp., Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal) and Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

1954: MadagascarBishop Paul-Auguste-Marie Pichot, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar)

1954: TanzaniaBishop Bernardo Gerardo Hilhorst, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Morogoro (Tanzania)

1953: MadagascarBishop Jean Batiot, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar)

1952: Sierra LeoneBishop Ambrose Kelly, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Freetown and Bo (Sierra Leone)

1950: South AfricaBishop Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Bethlehem (South Africa)

1949: MauritiusArchbishop Jacques Leen, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius) and Archbishop ad personam

1949: GuineaBishop Raymond-René Lerouge, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Conakry (Guinea)

1948: MadagascarBishop Auguste Julien Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar)

1947: GabonBishop Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon)

1947: Central African RepublicBishop Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Bangui (Central African Republic)

1945: GuadeloupeBishop Pierre-Louis Genoud, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)

1945: CameroonBishop Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Douala (Cameroon)

1944: French GuianaBishop Pierre-Marie Gourtay, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of French Guiana (French Guiana)

1943: CameroonBishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

1943: TanzaniaBishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Zanzibar (Tanzania)

1943: NigeriaBishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria (Nigeria)

1942: TanzaniaBishop Marie-Joseph-Aloys Munsch, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania)

1942: BrazilBishop Heinrich Ritter, C.S.Sp., Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil)

1938: GabonArchbishop Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon) and Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)

1938: Sierra LeoneBishop Bartholomew Stanley Wilson, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)

1936: Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Firmin-Jules Guichard, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)

1935: Sierra LeoneBishop John Joseph O’Gorman, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)

1934: RéunionBishop Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion)

1931: TanzaniaBishop Enrico Gogarty, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro (Tanzania)

1929: GabonBishop Jean Martin Adam, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon)

1926: MauritiusBishop Giovanni Battista Murphy, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius)

1925: TanzaniaBishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar (Tanzania)

1925: GabonBishop Louis Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon)

1924: TanzaniaBishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Zanzibar (Tanzania)

1921: Congo-BrazzavilleArchbishop Philippe-Prosper Augouard, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Haut-Congo français (Congo-Brazzaville)

1920: SenegalBishop Hyacinthe-Joseph Jalabert, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) and Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal)

1919: Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville)

1914: MadagascarBishop François-Xavier Corbet, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar)

1914: Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Louis-Jean-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville)

1914: MartiniqueBishop Joseph Félix François Malleret, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre (Martinique)

1912: SenegalBishop Magloire-Désiré Barthet, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal)

1908: SenegalBishop François-Nicolas-Alphonse Kunemann, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) and Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal)

1904: Congo-BrazzavilleBishop Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Bas-Congo français (Congo-Brazzaville)

1900: SenegalBishop Joachim-Pierre Buléon, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) and Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal)

1893: SenegalBishop François-Marie Duboin, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) and Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal)

1891: GabonBishop Pierre-Marie Le Berre, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon)

1889: SenegalBishop Mathurin Picarda, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) and Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal)

1886: SenegalBishop François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal) and Prefect Apostolic of Sénégal (Senegal)

1876: GabonBishop Jean-René Bessieux, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Deux Guinées (Gabon)

1875: SenegalBishop Jean-Claude Duret, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal)

1872: SenegalBishop Aloyse Kobès, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (Senegal)

1849: MadagascarBishop Alexandre-Hippolyte-Xavier Monnet, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Madagascar (Madagascar)

1847: GabonBishop Jean-Benoît Truffet, C.S.Sp., Vicar Apostolic of Deux Guinées et Sénégambie (Gabon)

Blesseds (2)

1936: FranceBlessed Daniel Brottier, priest

1864: MauritiusBlessed Jacques-Désiré Laval, priest

Australia Australia

Brazil Brazil

Canada Canada

Croatia Croatia

England England

Gambia Gambia

Italy Italy

Nigeria Nigeria

Philippines Philippines

Portugal Portugal

USA USA

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 682

Members: 2,735 (2,084 priests)

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