Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions, M.X.Y.

Also known as: Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal (español) / Istituto per le Missioni Estere di Yarumal (Italiano) / Institutum Yarumalense pro Missionibus ad Exteras Gentes (latine)

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

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1927.07.03: Established as Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions (English) / Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal (español) / Istituto per le Missioni Estere di Yarumal (Italiano) / Institutum Yarumalense pro Missionibus ad Exteras Gentes (latine) / M.X.Y. / I.M.E.Y.

Contact Info

Address: Calle 55 N. 45-44, Apartado aereo 3309, Medelli, Colombia

Phone: (94) 513.13.27; 513.13.32

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Germán Mazo Mazo, M.X.Y. (2020? – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. José del Rosario Jimenez Rangel, M.X.Y. (2013? – 2020?)
Superior General:	Fr. Gustavo Mejia, M.X.Y. (2009 – 2013?)
Superior General:	Fr. Jairo Hernán Gómez Guzmán, M.X.Y. (? – 2009)
Superior General:	Fr. Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y. (86) (later Bishop) (1996 – 2002)

Founder

Founder:

Venerable Bishop Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez (1927.07.03)

Other Former Members (3)

>2013: Msgr. Damián Electo Chavarría Carvajal, M.X.Y., Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia)

>1973: Fr. Antonio Jesús Ruiz, M.X.Y., Apostolic Administrator of Buenaventura (Colombia)

>1970: Fr. Luís Eduardo García Rodríguez, M.X.Y., Prefect Apostolic of Arauca (Colombia)

Living Bishops (3 Bishops)

Bishop Joselito Carreño Quiñonez, M.X.Y. (59), Vicar Apostolic of Inírida (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare

Bishop Medardo de Jesús Henao del Río, M.X.Y. (58), Vicar Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Casæ medianæ

Bishop Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo, M.X.Y. (86), Titular Bishop of Zaba and Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Tierradentro (Colombia)

Deceased Bishops (8 Bishops)

2020: Bishop Belarmino Correa Yepes, M.X.Y., Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia)

2020: Bishop Antonio Bayter Abud, M.X.Y., Vicar Apostolic of Inírida (Colombia)

2013: Bishop José Gustavo Ángel Ramírez, M.X.Y., Vicar Apostolic of Mitú (Colombia)

2013: Bishop Jaime Enrique Duque Correa, M.X.Y., Bishop of El Banco (Colombia)

2010: Bishop Heriberto Correa Yepes, M.X.Y., Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura (Colombia)

1999: Bishop Gustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y., Bishop of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia)

1989: Blessed Bishop Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, M.X.Y., Bishop of Arauca (Colombia)

1972: Bishop Gerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y., Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura (Colombia)

Blesseds (1)

1989: Blessed Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, bishop and martyr

Statistics (2018.12.31)

Houses: 47

Members: 169 (140 priests)

Houses

Members

Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions (M.X.Y./I.M.E.Y.)