Sons of Divine Providence (F.D.P./P.O.D.P.)

Also known as: Figli della Divina Provvidenza (Orionini) (Italiano) / Piccola Opera della Divina Provvidenza (Italiano) / Małe Dzieło Boskiej Opatrzności (Orioniści) (polski) / Pequena Obra da Divina Providência (Português) / 奧廖內會 (正體中文) / Fratrum Opus Divinæ Providentiæ (latine) / Parvum opus Divinæ Providentiæ (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

1903: Established as Sons of Divine Providence (English) / Figli della Divina Provvidenza (Orionini) (Italiano) / Piccola Opera della Divina Provvidenza (Italiano) / Małe Dzieło Boskiej Opatrzności (Orioniści) (polski) / Pequena Obra da Divina Providência (Português) / 奧廖內會 (正體中文) / Fratrum Opus Divinæ Providentiæ (latine) / Parvum opus Divinæ Providentiæ (latine) / F.D.P. / P.O.D.P.

Contact Info

Address: Via Etruria 6, 00183 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.70.47.55.37

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Tarcísio Gregório Vieira, F.D.P. (60) (2016.05.25 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Flavio Peloso, F.D.P. (2004.07.16 – 2016.05.25)
Superior General:	Fr. Giuseppe Simionato, F.D.P. (1992 – 2004.07.16)
Superior General:	Fr. Giuseppe Masiero, F.D.P. (1987 – 1991)
Superior General:	Fr. Ignacio Terzi, F.D.P. (1975 – 1987)
Superior General:	Fr. Giuseppe Zambarbieri, F.D.P. (1963 – 1975)
Superior General:	Fr. Carlo Mario Pensa, F.D.P. (1946 – 1962.10.05)
Superior General:	Venerable Fr. Carlo Sterpi, F.D.P. (1940 – 1946)
Superior General:	Saint Fr. Luigi Orione, F.D.P. (1903 – 1940.03.12)

Founder

Founder:

Saint Fr. Luigi Orione, F.D.P. (1903)

Other Present Members (2)

Fr. Alessandro Belano, F.D.P., Technical Secretary of Pontifical Biblical Commission

Fr. Francesco Mazzitelli, F.D.P. (57), Head of Office of Dicastery for the Service of Charity

Other Former Members (2)

2010: Fr. Giancarlo Gramolazzo, F.D.P., President of International Association of Exorcists

>1978: Fr. Diego Lorenzi, F.D.P., Private Secretary of the Pope

Living Bishops (3 Bishops)

Bishop Raymond Ahoua, F.D.P. (64), Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Giovanni D’Ercole, F.D.P. (77), Bishop emeritus of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

Bishop Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P. (69), Bishop of Río Cuarto (Argentina)

Deceased Bishops (1 Archbishop, 6 Bishops)

2021: Bishop Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P., Bishop of Jataí (Brazil)

2020: Bishop Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P., Bishop of Balsas (Brazil)

2019: Bishop Andrea Gemma, F.D.P., Bishop of Isernia–Venafro (Italy)

2017: Bishop Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P., Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians (Argentina)

2002: Bishop José Carlos dos Santos, F.D.P., Auxiliary Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil)

1997: Archbishop Bronisław Dabrowski, F.D.P., Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa (Poland)

1981: Bishop Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P., Bishop of Tocantinópolis (Brazil)

Saints (1)

1940: Saint Luigi Orione, priest

Blesseds (3)

1942: Blessed Franciszek Drzewiecki, priest and martyr

1936: Blessed Ricardo Gil Barcelón, priest and martyr

1936: Blessed Antonio Isidoro Arrué Peiró, layperson and martyr

Albania

Kisha Zoja e Rruzare, Bardhaj, Shkodër, Shkodër

Argentina

Iglesia San José, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Iglesia San José Benito Cottolengo, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucuman
Iglesia San Juan Evangelista, Rosario, Santa Fe
Santuario Inmaculada Concepción, Barranqueras, Chaco

Brazil

Igreja Nossa Senhora da Saúde, Rio Claro, São Paulo
Igreja Nossa Senhora das Graças, Caucaia, Ceará
Igreja Santa Teresa de Jesus, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Igreja Santo Antônio, Cotia, São Paulo
Igreja São Francisco de Assis, São José, Santa Catarina
Igreja São José, São José, Santa Catarina
Igreja São Luís Orione, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

Italy

Chiesa di Ognissanti, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Chiesa di Santa Maria Mater Dei, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Santuario Diocesano Beatissima Vergine Consolata, Messina, Messina, Sicilia

Paraguay

Iglesia Cristo Rey, Luque, Central
Iglesia Sagrada Familia, Mariano Roque Alonso, Asunción

Philippines

Church of the Mother of the Divine Providence, Quezon City, National Capital Region

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 182

Members: 955 (637 priests)

Last updated on 2025.04.11

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