Saint Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions (S.P.S.)

Also known as: St. Patrick’s Gesellschaft für auswärtige Missionen (Deutsch) / Società di San Patrizio per le Missioni Estere (Italiano) / Societas Sancti Patritii pro Missionibus ad Exteros (latine)

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

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Contact Info

Address: St. Patrick’s, Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

Phone: (508) 73.600

Superiors

Superior General:IrelandFr. Victor Dunne, S.P.S.Fr. Victor Dunne, S.P.S. (2014.06.20 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:IrelandFr. Seamus O’Neill, S.P.S. (? – 2014.06.20)

Founder

Founder:NigeriaMsgr. Patrick Joseph Whitney, S.P.S. (1932.03.17)

Other Former Members (1)

>1971: KenyaFr. Denis Newman, S.P.S., Apostolic Administrator of Nakuru (Kenya)

Living Bishops (1 Archbishop, 4 Bishops)

NigeriaArchbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. (76)Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. (76), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Benin City (Nigeria)

BrazilBishop Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S. (77)Bishop Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S. (77), Bishop emeritus of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Brazil)

KenyaBishop Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S. (78)Bishop Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S. (78), Bishop emeritus of Kitale (Kenya)

IrelandBishop John Magee, S.P.S. (88)Bishop John Magee, S.P.S. (88), Bishop emeritus of Cloyne (Ireland)

MalawiBishop John Alphonsus Ryan, S.P.S. (73)Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan, S.P.S. (73), Bishop emeritus of Mzuzu (Malawi)

Deceased Bishops (6 Bishops)

2010: NigeriaBishop Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S., Bishop of Warri (Nigeria)

2004: KenyaBishop John Christopher Mahon, S.P.S., Bishop of Lodwar (Kenya)

2002: KenyaBishop William Dunne, S.P.S., Bishop of Kitui (Kenya)

1988: NigeriaBishop Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S., Bishop of Abakaliki (Nigeria)

1985: NigeriaBishop James Moynagh, S.P.S., Bishop of Calabar (Nigeria)

1975: KenyaBishop Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S., Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya)

Brazil Brazil

South Africa South Africa

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 24

Members: 298 (211 priests)

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Last updated on 2025.04.11

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