Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians), P.S.S.

Type: Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right (for Men)

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

Patron Saint: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (November 21), Saint John (December 27)

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History

1642: Established as Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians) (English) / Kongregation der Sulpizianer (Deutsch) / Compagnie des prêtres de Saint-Sulpice (français) / Compagnia dei Sacerdoti di San Sulpizio (Italiano) / Societas Presbyterorum a S. Sulpitio (latine) / 徐比斯會 (正體中文) / 聖スルピス会 (日本語) / P.S.S.

Contact Info

Address: 6, rue du Regard, 75006 Paris, France

Phone: 1.42.22.38.45

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Shayne Craig, P.S.S. (58) (2022.07.12 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Ronald D. Witherup, P.S.S. (2008.07 – 2022.07.12)
Superior General:	Fr. Lawrence B. Terrien, P.S.S. (1996 – 2008.07)
Superior General:	Fr. Raymond Deville, P.S.S. (1984 – 1996)
Superior General:	Fr. Constant Bouchaud, P.S.S. (1972 – 1984)
Superior General:	Fr. Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. (1966 – 1972)
Superior General:	Fr. Pierre Girard, P.S.S. (1952 – 1966)
Superior General:	Fr. Pierre Boisard, P.S.S. (1945 – 1952)
Superior General:	Fr. Hong y Jean Verdier, P.S.S. (1929 – 1940)
Superior General:	Fr. Henri Garriguet, P.S.S. (1904 – 1929)
Superior General:	Fr. Jules-Joseph Lebas, P.S.S. (1901 – 1904)
Superior General:	Fr. Arthur Captier, P.S.S. (1894 – 1901)
Superior General:	Fr. Henri-Joseph Icard, P.S.S. (1875 – 1893)
Superior General:	Fr. Michel Caval, P.S.S. (1864 – 1875)
Superior General:	Fr. Joseph Carriere, P.S.S. (1850 – 1864)
Superior General:	Fr. Louis de Courson, P.S.S. (1845 – 1850)
Superior General:	Fr. Antoine Garnier, P.S.S. (1826 – 1845)
Superior General:	Fr. Antoine du Pouget Duclaux, P.S.S. (1814 – 1826)
Superior General:	Fr. Jacques-André Emery, P.S.S. (1782 – 1811)
Superior General:	Fr. Pierre Le Gallic, P.S.S. (1777 – 1782)
Superior General:	Fr. Claude Bourachot, P.S.S. (1770 – 1777)
Superior General:	Fr. Jean Cousturier, P.S.S. (1731 – 1770)
Superior General:	Fr. Charles Maurice Le Peletier, P.S.S. (1725 – 1731)
Superior General:	Fr. François Leschassier, P.S.S. (1700 – 1725)
Superior General:	Fr. Louis Tronson, P.S.S. (1676 – 1700)
Superior General:	Fr. Alexandre Le Ragois de Bretonvilliers, P.S.S. (1657 – 1676)
Superior General:	Fr. Jean-Jacques Olier, P.S.S. (1642 – 1657)

Founder

Founder:

Fr. Jean-Jacques Olier, P.S.S. (1642)

Other Former Members (3)

>1989: Fr. Henri Cazelles, P.S.S., Secretary of Pontifical Biblical Commission

>1984: Msgr. Joseph Géraud, P.S.S., Counsellor of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

>1984: Fr. Pierre Primeau, P.S.S., Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Family

Living Bishops (1 Cardinal, 4 Archbishops, 7 Bishops)

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S. (80), Cardinal-Bishop of S. Maria in Traspontina, Prefect emeritus of Dicastery for Bishops and President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Archbishop Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S. (87), Archbishop emeritus of Strasbourg (France)

Archbishop Émilius Goulet, P.S.S. (91), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

Archbishop Émile Marcus, P.S.S. (94), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toulouse (France)

Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (ヨセフ高見三明), P.S.S. (78), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Bishop Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. (62), Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop José Moko Ekanga, P.S.S. (66), Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop Lionel Gendron, P.S.S. (80), Bishop emeritus of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada)

Bishop Jean-Marc Micas, P.S.S. (61), Bishop of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)

Bishop Alphonse Nguyễn Hữu Long, P.S.S. (71), Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam)

Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama (アレキシオ白浜満), P.S.S. (62), Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan)

Bishop Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S. (90), Bishop emeritus of Nantes (France)

Deceased Bishops (4 Cardinals, 7 Archbishops, 22 Bishops)

2023: Bishop Paul Nguyễn Bình Tĩnh, P.S.S., Bishop of Đà Nang (Vietnam)

2021: Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

2021: Bishop Héctor Epalza Quintero, P.S.S., Bishop of Buenaventura (Colombia)

2019: Bishop Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S., Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

2015: Bishop Gaston Élie Poulain, P.S.S., Bishop of Périgueux (France)

2008: Bishop Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S., Bishop of Buga (Colombia)

2007: Cardinal Édouard Gagnon, P.S.S., Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello, Bishop of Saint-Paul (Canada) and President of Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

2007: Bishop Peter Saburo Hirata (ペトロ平田三郎), P.S.S., Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan)

2005: Bishop Stephen McGill, P.S.S., Bishop of Paisley (Scotland)

2003: Bishop Barthélémy Nguyễn Sơn Lâm, P.S.S., Bishop of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam)

1998: Archbishop Michel Paul Marie Moutel, P.S.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France)

1997: Bishop Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S., Bishop of Tulle (France)

1997: Bishop François-Victor-Marie Frétellière, P.S.S., Bishop of Créteil (France)

1992: Bishop Kong Ling-zhong (孔令忠), P.S.S. ▼, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kunming 昆明 (China)

1991: Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli and Metropolitan Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)

1983: Bishop Jules-Joseph Puset, P.S.S., Bishop of Tamatave (Madagascar)

1981: Archbishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S., Bishop of Strasbourg (France) and Archbishop ad personam

1964: Cardinal André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, P.S.S., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro and Dean of Sacred Roman Rota

1947: Archbishop Emile Yelle, P.S.S., Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface (Canada)

1940: Cardinal Jean Verdier, P.S.S., Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)

1876: Bishop Jean-Marcel-Pierre-Augustin Vérot, P.S.S., Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA)

1868: Bishop Guy Ignatius Chabrat, P.S.S., Coadjutor Bishop of Louisville (USA)

1857: Bishop Patrick Phelan, P.S.S., Bishop of Kingston (Canada)

1852: Bishop John Joseph Mary Benedict Chanche, P.S.S., Bishop of Natchez

1851: Archbishop Samuel Eccleston, P.S.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

1850: Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S., Bishop of Louisville (USA)

1843: Bishop Hector Joubert, P.S.S., Titular Bishop of Elusa

1842: Bishop John Dubois, P.S.S., Bishop of New York (USA)

1841: Bishop John Baptist Mary David, P.S.S., Bishop of Bardstown

1840: Bishop Jean-Jacques Lartigue, P.S.S., Bishop of Montréal (Canada)

1833: Archbishop Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon (France)

1828: Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

1777: Bishop Pierre-Herman Dosquet, P.S.S., Bishop of Québec (Canada)

Blesseds (15)

1794: Blessed Charles-René Collas du Bignon, priest and martyr

1794: Blessed Joseph Juge de Saint-Martin, priest and martyr

1794: Blessed Claude-Joseph Jouffret de Bonnefont, priest and martyr

1792: Blessed Bernard-François de Cucsac, priest and martyr

1792: Blessed Thomas-Nicolas Dubray, priest and martyr

1792: Blessed Jacques-Gabriel Galais, priest and martyr

1792: Blessed Pierre Gauguin, priest and martyr

1792: Blessed Pierre-Michel Guérin, priest and martyr

1792: Blessed Jacques-Étienne-Philippe Hourrier, priest and martyr

1792: Blessed Henri-August Luzeau de la Mulonnière, priest and martyr

1792: Blessed Jean-Baptiste-Michel Pontus, priest and martyr

1792: Blessed Pierre-Nicolas Psalmon, priest and martyr

1792: Blessed Claude Rousseau, priest and martyr

1792: Blessed Jean-Antoine Savine, priest and martyr

1792: Blessed Jean-Baptiste-Marie Tessier, priest and martyr

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