Missionaries of the Company of Mary (S.M.M.) 𝐖

Montfort Missionaries

Also known as: Montfortaner (Deutsch) / Misioneros de la Compañía de MarĂ­a (Monfortana) (español) / Missionnaires de la Compagnie de Marie (français) / Compagnia di Maria (Monfortani) (Italiano) / Companhia de Maria (PortuguĂȘs) / Societas MariĂŠ Montfortana (latine)

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: Viale dei Monfortani 65, 00135 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.305.23.32

Superiors

Superior General:IndonesiaFr. Yoseph Putra Dwi Darma Watun, S.M.M. (54)Fr. Yoseph Putra Dwi Darma Watun, S.M.M. (54) (2023.05.09 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:BrazilFr. Luiz Augusto Stefani, S.M.M. (2017.05.11 – 2023.05.09)
Superior General:ItalyFr. Santino Brembilla, S.M.M. (2005.05.15 – 2017.05.11)
Superior General:Fr. William Joseph Considine, S.M.M. (1993 – 2005.05.15?)

Founder

Founder:FranceSaint Fr. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, S.M.M. (1705)

Other Present Members (1)

ItalyFr. Corrado Maggioni, S.M.M. (68)Fr. Corrado Maggioni, S.M.M. (68), President of Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

Other Former Members (7)

>2023: ItalyFr. Pier Luigi Nava, S.M.M., Undersecretary of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

2019: ColombiaFr. José Aurelio Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia)

1999: ItalyFr. Elio Gambari, S.M.M., Adjunct Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes

>1987: CanadaMsgr. Dorio-Marie Huot, S.M.M., Prelate Auditor of Roman Rota

1974: ColombiaFr. Lucreciano Onofre GonsĂĄlez, S.M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia)

1969: ColombiaFr. Alfonso Cuypers, S.M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia)

1962: ColombiaFr. Emiliano Pied, S.M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Vichada (Colombia)

Living Bishops (1 Patriarch, 1 Archbishop, 6 Bishops)

PortugalPatriarch Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M. (59)Patriarch Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M. (59), Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

MalawiArchbishop Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M. (62)Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M. (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Blantyre (Malawi) and Vice-President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa

HaitiBishop Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. (75)Bishop Quesnel Alphonse, S.M.M. (75), Bishop of Fort-Liberté (Haiti)

Papua New GuineaBishop Gilles CĂŽtĂ©, S.M.M. (79)Bishop Gilles CĂŽtĂ©, S.M.M. (79), Bishop emeritus of Daru–Kiunga (Papua New Guinea)

Papua New GuineaBishop Rozario Menezes, S.M.M. (55)Bishop Rozario Menezes, S.M.M. (55), Bishop of Lae (Papua New Guinea)

MalawiBishop Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M. (87)Bishop Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M. (87), Bishop emeritus of Mangochi (Malawi)

IndiaBishop Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, S.M.M. (72)Bishop Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, S.M.M. (72), Bishop of Vijayawada (India)

HaitiBishop Jean-Charles Wismick, S.M.M. (61)Bishop Jean-Charles Wismick, S.M.M. (61), Titular Bishop of Lestrona and Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

Deceased Bishops (3 Archbishops, 22 Bishops)

2022: Papua New GuineaBishop GĂ©rard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M., Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea)

2022: HaitiBishop François Colímon, S.M.M., Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

2018: ColombiaBishop José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitån (Colombia)

2016: ColombiaBishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M., Bishop of Villavicencio (Colombia)

2011: CanadaBishop Paul Marchand, S.M.M., Bishop of Timmins (Canada)

2010: HaitiArchbishop François Gayot, S.M.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)

2005: MalawiBishop Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M., Bishop of Mangochi (Malawi)

2005: MalawiBishop Luciano Nervi, S.M.M., Bishop of Mangochi (Malawi)

1996: MalawiBishop Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M., Bishop of Zomba (Malawi)

1992: MalawiBishop Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen, S.M.M., Bishop of Chikwawa (Malawi)

1988: ColombiaBishop Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M., Bishop of Villavicencio (Colombia)

1988: Congo-KinshasaBishop Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M., Bishop of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa)

1986: IcelandBishop Hendrik Hubert Frehen, S.M.M., Bishop of ReykjavĂ­k (Iceland)

1983: HaitiBishop RĂ©my Augustin, S.M.M., Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

1980: IndonesiaBishop Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M., Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia)

1979: MalawiArchbishop Jan Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Blantyre (Malawi)

1975: HaitiBishop Albert-Marie Guiot, S.M.M., Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

1975: HaitiBishop Charles-Édouard Peters, S.M.M., Bishop of JĂ©rĂ©mie (Haiti)

1972: IcelandBishop JohĂĄnnes Gunnarsson, S.M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Islanda (Iceland)

1964: MadagascarBishop Alain-SĂ©bastien Le Breton, S.M.M., Bishop of Tamatave (Madagascar)

1959: MalawiBishop Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Shiré (Malawi)

1941: ColombiaBishop Joseph-Marie-Désiré Guiot, S.M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Los Llanos de San Martín (Colombia)

1941: IcelandBishop Martino Meulenberg, S.M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Islanda (Iceland)

1935: HaitiBishop Paul-Marie Le Bihain, S.M.M., Bishop of Port-de-Paix (Haiti)

1855: TurkiyeArchbishop Julien-Marie Hillereau, S.M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkiye)

Saints (1)

1716: FranceSaint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, priest

Brazil Brazil

Canada Canada

Italy Italy

Philippines Philippines

USA USA

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 170

Members: 806 (562 priests)

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Last updated on 2024.12.16

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