Third Order Regular of Saint Francis (T.O.R.) 𝐖

Also known as: Tercera orden de San Francisco (español) / Terzo Ordine Regolare di San Francesco (Italiano) / Terceira Ordem Regular de São Francisco (Português) / Tertius Ordo Regularis Sancti Francisci (latine)

Type: Mendicant Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

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History

Contact Info

Address: Via dei Fori Imperiali 1, 00186 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.699.15.40

Superiors

Minister General:MexicoFr. Amando Trujillo Cano, T.O.R. (62)Fr. Amando Trujillo Cano, T.O.R. (62) (2019.06.09 – ...)

Past Superiors

Minister General:USAFr. Nicholas Edward Polichnowski, T.O.R. (2013.05.23 – 2019.06.09)
Minister General:USAFr. Michael Joseph Higgins, T.O.R. (2007.05.09 – 2013.05.23)
Minister General:CroatiaFr. Ilija Živković, T.O.R. (2001.05 – 2007.05.09)

Founder

Founder:ItalySaint Deacon Giovanni Francesco Bernardone (Francis of Assisi), O.F.M. (1221)

Other Present Members (1)

ItalyFr. Paolo Benanti, T.O.R. (51)Fr. Paolo Benanti, T.O.R. (51), Counsellor of Apostolic Penitentiary

Living Bishops (4 Bishops)

CroatiaBishop Ivo Martinović, T.O.R. (59)Bishop Ivo Martinović, T.O.R. (59), Bishop of Požega (Croatia)

PeruBishop Sebastián Ramis Torrens, T.O.R. (81)Bishop Sebastián Ramis Torrens, T.O.R. (81), Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Huamachuco (Peru)

PeruBishop Pascual Benjamín Rivera Montoya, T.O.R. (60)Bishop Pascual Benjamín Rivera Montoya, T.O.R. (60), Bishop-Prelate of Huamachuco (Peru)

BrazilBishop José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R. (93)Bishop José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R. (93), Bishop emeritus of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil)

Deceased Bishops (3 Archbishops, 17 Bishops)

2009: BrazilBishop José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R., Bishop-Prelate of Borba (Brazil)

2007: BrazilBishop Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R., Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil)

2003: BrazilBishop Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R., Bishop-Prelate of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil)

2001: BrazilBishop Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R., Bishop-Prelate of Borba (Brazil)

2000: IndiaBishop Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R., Bishop of Bhagalpur (India)

1998: PeruBishop Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R., Bishop-Prelate of Huamachuco (Peru)

1996: CroatiaBishop Srecko Badurina, T.O.R., Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia)

1992: TurkiyeArchbishop Giovanni Enrico Boccella, T.O.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)

1991: USABishop Jerome Arthur Pechillo, T.O.R., Bishop-Prelate of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay) and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA)

1984: BrazilBishop Francisco Xavier Elias Pedro Paulo Rey, T.O.R., Bishop-Prelate of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil)

1965: BrazilBishop Pedro Luis Maria Galibert, T.O.R., Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil)

1862: AngolaBishop Manuel de Santa Rita Barros, T.O.R., Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola)

1835: SpainBishop José Gómez Navas, T.O.R., Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

1814: PortugalArchbishop Manuel do Cenáculo Vilas Boas, T.O.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal)

1808: ChinaBishop Alexandre de Gouveia (湯士選), T.O.R., Bishop of Beijing 北京 (China)

1805: PortugalArchbishop Cayetano Da Annunciação Brandão, T.O.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal)

1782: BrazilBishop João Evangelista Pereira da Silva, T.O.R., Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

1727: SpainBishop Salvador Rodríguez Castelblanco, T.O.R., Bishop of Orihuela (Spain)

1719: Cabo VerdeBishop Francisco a São Agostinho, T.O.R., Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

1638: IndiaBishop Paulo de Estrella, T.O.R., Bishop of São Tomé de Meliapor (India)

Saints (1)

1351: ItalySaint Corrado Confalonieri, religious

Blesseds (4)

1792: FranceBlessed Séverin (Georges Girault), priest and martyr

1335: ItalyBlessed Giovanni della Pace Cini, religious

1310: ItalyBlessed Bartolo da San Gimignano Buonpedoni, priest

1260: ItalyBlessed Lucchese Modestini da Poggibonsi, religious

Brazil Brazil

Croatia Croatia

Italy Italy

Peru Peru

Philippines Philippines

South Africa South Africa

Spain Spain

USA USA

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 144

Members: 804 (578 priests)

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Last updated on 2024.12.16

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