Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (C.S.) 𝐖

Scalabrinians

Also known as: Congregación de los Misioneros de San Carlos Borromeo (español) / Missionari di San Carlo Borromeo (Italiano) / Congregação dos Missionários de São Carlos Borromeu (Português) / Congregatio Missionariorum a S. Carolo (latine) / Kongregation der Missionare vom Heiligen Karl Borromäus (Deutsch) / Congrégation des Missionnaires de Saint-Charles (français) / 嘉祿傳教會 (正體中文)

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

1887: Established as Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians) (English) / Congregación de los Misioneros de San Carlos Borromeo (español) / Missionari di San Carlo Borromeo (Italiano) / Congregação dos Missionários de São Carlos Borromeu (Português) / Congregatio Missionariorum a S. Carolo (latine) / Kongregation der Missionare vom Heiligen Karl Borromäus (Deutsch) / Congrégation des Missionnaires de Saint-Charles (français) / 嘉祿傳教會 (正體中文) / C.S.

Contact Info

Address: Via Calandrelli 42, 00153 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.58.33.11.35

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Leonir Mario Chiarello, C.S. (2018.10.24 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Alessandro Gazzola, C.S. (2012.11.21 – 2018.10.24)
Superior General:	Fr. Sergio Olivio Geremia, C.S. (2007 – 2012.11.21)
Superior General:	Fr. Isaia Birollo, C.S. (2001.02 – 2007)
Superior General:	Fr. Luigi Valentino Favero, C.S. (1992 – 2000.08.11)
Superior General:	Fr. Sisto Caccia, C.S. (1980 – 1992)
Superior General:	Fr. Giovanni Simonetto, C.S. (1974 – 1980)
Superior General:	Fr. Renato Bolzoni, C.S. (1969 – 1974)
Superior General:	Fr. Giulivo Tessarolo, C.S. (1963 – 1969)
Superior General:	Fr. Raffaele Larcher, C.S. (1957 – 1963)
Superior General:	Fr. Francesco Prevedello, C.S. (1951 – 1957)
Superior General:	Cardinal Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. (1948 – 1951)
Superior General:	Cardinal Raffaello Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. (1930 – 1948.09.17)
Superior General:	Cardinal Carlo Perosi (1928 – 1930.02.22)
Superior General:	Cardinal Gaetano De Lai (1924 – 1928.10.24)
Superior General:	Fr. Pacifico Chenuil, C.S. (1919 – 1923)
Superior General:	Fr. Domenico Vicentini, C.S. (1905 – 1919)
Superior General:	Saint Bishop Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1887 – 1905.06.01)

Founder

Founder:

Saint Bishop Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1887)

Other Former Members (1)

>2017: Fr. Gabriele Ferdinando Bentoglio, C.S., Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Living Bishops (2 Cardinals, 6 Bishops)

Cardinal Fabio Baggio, C.S. (59), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia, Titular Archbishop of Urusi, Undersecretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Secretary of Vatican COVID-19 Commission

Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S. (84), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere and Special Delegate to Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Bishop Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S. (84), Bishop emeritus of Santos (Brazil)

Bishop Adilson Pedro Busin, C.S. (59), Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil)

Bishop Jacques Eric Fabre-Jeune, C.S. (69), Bishop of Charleston (USA)

Bishop Algacir Munhak, C.S. (58), Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil)

Bishop Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, C.S. (81), Bishop emeritus of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

Bishop Lawrence Sabatini, C.S. (94), Bishop emeritus of Kamloops (Canada)

Deceased Bishops (1 Cardinal, 3 Bishops)

2021: Bishop Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S., Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)

2017: Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, C.S., Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola and Pontifical Delegate for Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ

2016: Bishop Redovino Rizzardo, C.S., Bishop of Dourados (Brazil)

2005: Bishop Marco Caliaro, C.S., Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (Italy)

Argentina

Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Rocca, Rosario, Santa Fe
Iglesia Nuestra Señora Madre de los Emigrantes, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

Australia

Chapel of St Mark, Carlton North, Victoria
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mount Pritchard, New South Wales
Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Maidstone, Victoria
Church of St Brigid, Fitzroy North, Victoria
Church of St John Apostle and Evangelist, Narraweena, New South Wales
Church of St Kevin, Dee Why, New South Wales
Church of St Therese, Mascot, New South Wales
Church of the Holy Spirit, New Farm, Queensland

Brazil

Basílica Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo
Igreja Bom Jesus do Migrante, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná
Igreja de Santo Antônio Patriarca, São Paulo, São Paulo
Igreja de São Pedro, Encantado, Rio Grande do Sul
Igreja Nossa Senhora da Paz, São Paulo, São Paulo
Igreja Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Serafina Corrêa, Rio Grande do Sul
Igreja Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Pompéia, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Igreja Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes, Santos, São Paulo
Igreja Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Nova Bassano, Rio Grande do Sul
Igreja Santa Edwiges, Santos, São Paulo
Igreja Santo André, Santo André, São Paulo
Igreja Santo Antônio, Guaporé, Rio Grande do Sul
Igreja São José, Ribeirão Pires, São Paulo
Igreja São José da Vila Nova, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Igreja São Miguel, São Miguel do Iguaçu, Paraná

Canada

Chiesa dell’Annunziata, Lachine, Québec
Church of Our Lady of Fatima, Vancouver, British Columbia
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Vancouver, British Columbia
Church of St. Angela Merici, Windsor, Ontario
Church of St. Anthony, Toronto, Ontario
Church of St. Catherine of Siena, Mississauga, Ontario
Church of St. Dominic, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Church of St. Helen, Burnaby, British Columbia
Church of St. Paschal Baylon, Thornhill, Ontario
Église de la Mère-des-Chrétiens, LaSalle, Québec
Église de Notre-Dame-d’Haïti, Montréal, Québec
Église de Notre-Dame-de-L’Amour-Divin, Duvernay, Québec
Église de Notre-Dame-de-Pompei, Montréal, Québec
Église de Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Saint-Léonard, Québec

England

Church of the Holy Redeemer, London, Lambeth

Italy

Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore a Val Melaina, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Chiesa Santa Maria del Carmine, Milano, Milano, Lombardia
Chiesa Santa Maria Regina, Siponto, Foggia, Puglia

Mexico

Iglesia San Felipe de Jesús, Tijuana, Baja California

Paraguay

Iglesia Las Mercedes, Asunción, Asunción

USA

Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Sun Valley, California
Church of Santa Maria Addolorata, Chicago, Illinois
Church of St. Charles Borromeo, Melrose Park, Illinois
Church of St. Leo the Great, Houston, Texas
Church of St. Luke, Irving, Texas
Church of St. Peter, Los Angeles, California
Church of the Holy Cross, San Jose, California
Church of the Holy Rosary, Kansas City, Missouri
Scalabrini House of Discernment Seminary, Sun Valley, California
Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Melrose Park, Illinois

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 172

Members: 654 (536 priests)

Last updated on 2024.12.16

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