Saint Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill (M.H.M.)

Also known as: Missionsgesellschaft vom hl. Joseph von Mill Hill (Deutsch) / Missionnaires de Mill Hill (français) / Società Missionaria di San Giuseppe di Mill Hill (Italiano) / Societas Missionariorum S. Ioseph de Mill Hill (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. Joseph’s College, Lawrence, Mill Hill, London NW7 4JX, England

Phone: (020) 8959.32.22

Superiors

Superior General:IrelandFr. Michael Corcoran, M.H.M. (64)Fr. Michael Corcoran, M.H.M. (64) (2015.06.15 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:EnglandFr. Anthony Chantry, M.H.M. (2005.07 – 2015.06.15)
Superior General:NetherlandsFr. Jac Hetsen, M.H.M. (2000.01.01 – 2005.07)
Superior General:EnglandCardinal Herbert Alfred Vaughan (1868 – 1903.06.19)

Founder

Founder:EnglandFr. Herbert Alfred Vaughan (later Cardinal) (1868)

Other Former Members (16)

2003: Falkland IslandsFr. Anton Agreiter, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Falkland Islands (Falkland Islands) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)

1987: North KoreaFr. John Edward Morris, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Peng-yang (North Korea)

1985: Falkland IslandsFr. Daniel Martin Spraggon, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Falkland Islands (Falkland Islands)

1978: IndiaFr. John Boerkamp, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Jammu and Kashmir (India)

1973: Falkland IslandsFr. James Ireland, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Falkland Islands (Falkland Islands)

1967: South SudanFr. Herman Gerard Te Riele, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Malakal (South Sudan)

1963: IndiaFr. George Shanks, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Kashmir and Jammu (India)

1962: South SudanFr. John Hart, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Malakal (South Sudan)

1949: MalaysiaFr. Luigi Hopfgartner, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Sarawak (Malaysia)

1947: PakistanFr. Joseph Patrick O’Donohoe, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Kafiristan e Kashmir (Pakistan)

1945: MalaysiaFr. Augusto Wachter, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Northern Borneo (Malaysia)

1945: South SudanFr. John A. Wall, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Kodok (South Sudan)

1935: MalaysiaFr. Edmondo Dunn, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Sarawak (Malaysia)

1930: PakistanFr. Robert Winkley, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Kafiristan e Kashmir (Pakistan)

1926: ColombiaFr. Riccardo Turner, M.H.M., Ecclesiastical Superior of San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia)

1915: PakistanFr. Dominic Wagenaar, M.H.M., Prefect Apostolic of Kafiristan e Kashmir (Pakistan)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

KenyaBishop Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M. (83)Bishop Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M. (83), Bishop emeritus of Ngong (Kenya)

Deceased Bishops (1 Archbishop, 26 Bishops)

2017: KenyaBishop Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M., Bishop of Ngong (Kenya)

2012: UgandaBishop Joseph Benard Willigers, M.H.M., Bishop of Jinja (Uganda)

2002: PhilippinesBishop Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M., Bishop-Prelate of San Jose de Antique (Philippines)

2002: CameroonBishop Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M., Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon)

1992: EnglandBishop Gerald Mahon, M.H.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

1989: Congo-KinshasaBishop Willem van Kester, M.H.M., Bishop of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)

1988: KenyaBishop Frederick Hall, M.H.M., Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

1980: MalaysiaBishop James Buis, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)

1980: KenyaBishop Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M., Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

1976: UgandaBishop Vincent Billington, M.H.M., Bishop of Kampala (Uganda)

1976: MalaysiaBishop Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M., Bishop of Miri (Malaysia)

1974: MalaysiaBishop Karl Reiterer, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic of Kuching (Malaysia)

1973: PakistanBishop Nicholas Hettinga, M.H.M., Bishop of Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

1973: MalaysiaBishop Jan Vos, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic of Kuching (Malaysia)

1970: IndiaBishop William Bouter, M.H.M., Bishop of Nellore (India)

1970: CameroonBishop Peter Rogan, M.H.M., Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon)

1968: UgandaBishop John Francis Greif, M.H.M., Bishop of Tororo (Uganda)

1963: UgandaBishop John Reesinck, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile (Uganda)

1961: UgandaBishop John William Campling, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile (Uganda)

1951: Congo-KinshasaBishop Gerardo Wantenaar, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)

1950: ZimbabweBishop Ignazio Arnoz, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

1949: KenyaBishop Nicolas Stam, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya)

1941: UgandaBishop Johannes Biermans, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile (Uganda)

1937: UgandaBishop Henry Hanlon, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile (Uganda)

1935: KenyaBishop Gorgonio Brandsma, M.H.M., Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya)

1929: IndiaArchbishop Giovanni Aelen, M.H.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras (India)

1900: IndiaBishop Theophilus Mayer, M.H.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Madras (India)

New Zealand New Zealand

Philippines Philippines

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 28

Members: 503 (306 priests)

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Last updated on 2025.02.18

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