Congregation of Clerics Regular (C.R.)

Theatines

Also known as: Theatiner (Deutsch) / Orden de Clérigos Regulares de los Teatinos (español) / Ordre des Théatins (français) / Chierici Regolari Teatini (Italiano) / Klerycy Regularni (Teatyni) (polski) / Ordem dos Clérigos Regulares (Teatinos) (Português) / Ordo Clericorum Regularium (Theatinorum) (latine)

Type: Order of Clerics Regular 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: Piazza Vidoni 6, 00186 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.686.13.39

Superiors

Superior General:MexicoFr. Salvador Rodea González, C.R. (53)Fr. Salvador Rodea González, C.R. (53) (2015.06.15 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:SpainFr. Valentín Arteaga y Sánchez-Guijaldo, C.R. (2003.06 – 2015.06.15)
Superior General:ItalyFr. Gabriele Darida, C.R. (? – 2003.06)
Superior General:ItalyFr. Gioacchino Ventura di Raulica, C.R. (1830 – 1861?)

Founders

Founder:ItalySaint Fr. Gaetano Thiene (Cajetan of Thiene), C.R. (1524.09.14)
Founder:ItalyArchbishop Gian Pietro Carafa (later Pope Paul IV) (1524.09.14)

Other Former Members (1)

>2011: BrazilFr. José Aparecido Hergesse, C.R., Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

BrazilBishop Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R. (75)Bishop Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R. (75), Bishop emeritus of Itapetininga (Brazil)

Deceased Bishops (8 Cardinals, 46 Archbishops, 117 Bishops)

1883: ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Maria Papardi del Pacco, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

1874: ItalyBishop Carlo Vittore Papardo del Parco, C.R., Bishop of Patti (Italy)

1860: ItalyBishop Domenico Maria Lo Jacono, C.R., Bishop of Agrigento (Italy)

1858: ItalyBishop Antonio Stromillo, C.R., Bishop of Caltanissetta (Italy)

1853: ItalyCardinal Ferdinando Maria Pignatelli, C.R., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria and Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)

1835: ItalyArchbishop Antonio Barretta, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy)

1826: ItalyArchbishop Baldassare Mormile, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

1824: ItalyArchbishop Michele Spinelli, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy)

1820: ItalyArchbishop Luigi Maria Pirelli, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy)

>1818: ItalyArchbishop Eustachio Dentice, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy)

1817: ItalyBishop Saverio Granata, C.R., Bishop of Agrigento (Italy)

1813: ItalyArchbishop Raffaele Mormile, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)

1813: ItalyBishop Raimondo Moncada, C.R., Bishop of Patti (Italy)

1811: ItalyArchbishop Filippo Lopez y Royo, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Monreale (Italy)

1805: Bishop Kajetan Maria von Reisach, C.R., Titular Bishop of Dibon

1803: ItalyCardinal Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)

1803: ItalyBishop Francesco Del Tufo, C.R., Bishop of Aversa (Italy)

1803: ItalyBishop Francesco Vanni, C.R., Bishop of Cefalù (Italy)

1801: ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Maria Capece Zurlo, C.R., Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme and Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

1801: ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Mormile, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy), Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) and Bishop of Canne (Italy)

1799: ItalyArchbishop Ignazio Andrea Sambiase, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy)

1799: ItalyArchbishop Tommaso Francone, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy)

1796: ItalyCardinal Francesco Maria Banditi, C.R., Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono and Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy)

>1796: ItalyBishop Giuseppe Maria Sisto y Britto, C.R., Bishop of Sora (Italy)

1794: ItalyArchbishop Gaetano Maria Capece, C.R., Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy)

1786: ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Hieronymo Gradenigo, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Udine (Italy)

1786: ItalyBishop Giuseppe Maria Carafa Spinola, C.R., Bishop of Mileto (Italy)

1786: ItalyBishop Fabio Palumbo, C.R., Bishop of Conversano (Italy)

1783: ItalyArchbishop Pasquale Maria Mastrilli, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy), Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) and Bishop of Canne (Italy)

1777: ItalyArchbishop Francesco Saverio Mastrilli, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy)

1776: ItalyArchbishop Girolamo Palermo, C.R., Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy)

1776: ItalyArchbishop Cesare Antonio Caracciolo, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy)

1775: ItalyBishop Antonio Lanza, C.R., Bishop of Agrigento (Italy)

1774: ItalyArchbishop Nicolò Caracciolo, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

1774: ItalyBishop Antonius Reichsgraf von Herberstein, C.R., Bishop of Trieste (Italy)

1772: ItalyArchbishop Antonio d’Afflitto, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy)

1770: ItalyBishop Gennaro Carmignano, C.R., Bishop of Gaeta (Italy)

1769: ItalyArchbishop Giusto De Marco, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (Italy), Bishop of Monteverde (Italy) and Bishop of Canne (Italy)

1769: ItalyArchbishop Domenico Andrea Cavalcanti, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy)

1767: ItalyBishop Gennaro Maria Albertini, C.R., Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

1755: ItalyBishop Giacomo Costa, C.R., Bishop of Belluno (Italy)

1751: ItalyBishop Domenico Maria Liguori, C.R., Bishop of Cava (Italy)

1750: ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Rosso, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy)

1748: ItalyArchbishop Francesco Antonio Cavalcanti, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza (Italy)

>1748: ItalyBishop Tommaso Sersale, C.R., Bishop of Potenza (Italy)

1746: ItalyArchbishop Francesco Maria Muscettola, C.R., Archbishop of Rossano (Italy)

1745: ItalyBishop Antonio Maria Carafa, C.R., Bishop of Avellino (Italy) and Bishop of Frigento (Italy)

>1741: ItalyBishop Andreas de Rossi, C.R., Titular Bishop of Patara

1739: PeruArchbishop Juan Francisco Antonio de Escandón, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

1738: SloveniaBishop Anton Maria Borromeo, C.R., Bishop of Koper (Slovenia)

1734: ItalyCardinal Francesco Pignatelli, C.R., Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

1733: ItalyBishop Domenico Filomarino, C.R., Bishop of Trevico (Italy)

1732: ItalyBishop Tommaso d’Aquino, C.R., Bishop of Vico Equense (Italy)

1732: FranceBishop Nicolao Gaetano Aprosiio, C.R., Bishop of Nebbio (France)

1731: ItalyArchbishop Michele Bologna, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy)

1731: ItalyArchbishop Nicola Pisanelli, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy)

1730: ItalyBishop Bartolomeo Castelli, C.R., Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy)

1730: ItalyBishop Carlo Pignatelli, C.R., Bishop of Gaeta (Italy)

1728: ItalyBishop Bernardo Cavaliere, C.R., Bishop of San Marco (Italy)

1727: ItalyBishop Emanuele Spinelli d’Acquaro, C.R., Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy)

1724: ItalyBishop Antonio Spinelli, C.R., Bishop of Rapolla (Italy) and Bishop of Melfi (Italy)

1723: ItalyBishop Pietro Cavalcante, C.R., Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy)

1722: ItalyBishop Vincenzo Maria Durazzo, C.R., Bishop of Savona (Italy)

1721: ItalyBishop Francesco Maria Sacco, C.R., Bishop of Brugnato (Italy)

1720: ItalyBishop Giovanni Battista Capano, C.R., Bishop of Bitonto (Italy)

1719: ItalyArchbishop Francesco Maria de Aste, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

1717: IraqBishop Louis-Marie Pidou de Saint-Olon, C.R., Bishop of Baghdad (Iraq)

1716: ItalyBishop Giovanni Vespoli-Casanatte, C.R., Bishop of Ortona (Italy) and Bishop of Campli (Italy)

1715: ItalyBishop Giacinto della Calce, C.R., Bishop of Ariano (Italy)

1714: ItalyBishop Antonio della Marra, C.R., Bishop of Carinola (Italy)

1713: ItalySaint Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa, C.R., Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti

1710: ItalyArchbishop Placido Stoppa, C.R., Archbishop-Bishop of Venosa (Italy)

1709: ItalyBishop Francesco Bonesana, C.R., Bishop of Como (Italy)

1709: ItalyBishop Gerolamo Ventimiglia, C.R., Bishop of Lipari (Italy)

1705: ItalyBishop Tommaso d’Aquino, C.R., Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy)

1705: ItalyBishop Pietro Luigi Malaspina, C.R., Bishop of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy)

1704: ItalyBishop Antonio Carafa, C.R., Bishop of Ugento (Italy)

1702: ItalyBishop Gaetano de Andrea, C.R., Bishop of Monopoli (Italy)

1701: ItalyArchbishop Carlo Labia, C.R., Archbishop-Bishop of Adria (Italy)

1701: ItalyArchbishop Carlo Loffredo, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

1696: ItalyArchbishop Andrea de Rossi, C.R., Archbishop of Rossano (Italy)

1696: ItalyBishop Gerolamo Ubertino Provana, C.R., Bishop of Alba (Italy)

1694: ItalyBishop Antonio de Sangro, C.R., Bishop of Troia (Italy)

1693: ItalyBishop Luca Tisbia, C.R., Bishop of Trevico (Italy)

1688: ItalyBishop Giovanni Tommaso Pinelli, C.R., Bishop of Albenga (Italy)

1684: ItalyBishop Giuseppe Maria Maraviglia, C.R., Bishop of Novara (Italy)

1684: IndiaBishop Thomas de Castro, C.R., Vicar Apostolic of Malabar (India) and Vicar Apostolic of Kanara (India)

1684: ItalyBishop Gaetano Garimberti, C.R., Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy)

1683: ItalyBishop Giovanni Gambacorta, C.R., Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (Italy)

1683: ItalyBishop Girolamo Carafa, C.R., Bishop of Crotone (Italy)

1682: ItalyBishop Carlo della Palma, C.R., Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy)

1679: ItalyArchbishop Lorenzo Gavotti, C.R., Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy)

1679: ItalyArchbishop Camillus Sanseverino, C.R., Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (Italy)

1678: ItalyArchbishop Stefano Quaranta, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy)

1676: ItalyArchbishop Simone Carafa Roccella, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy)

1676: ItalyBishop Guido Bentivoglio, C.R., Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy)

1676: ItalyBishop Pietro Gambacorta, C.R., Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

1675: ItalyArchbishop Gregorio Carafa, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy)

1674: ItalyBishop Francesco Maria Annoni, C.R., Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy)

1673: ItalyBishop Francesco Gonzaga, C.R., Bishop of Nola (Italy)

1673: ItalyBishop Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi, C.R., Bishop of Avellino (Italy) and Bishop of Frigento (Italy)

1672: ItalyBishop Pier Luigi Carafa, C.R., Bishop of Tricarico (Italy)

1672: ItalyBishop Placido Carafa, C.R., Bishop of Acerra (Italy)

1672: ItalyBishop Giovanni Battista Rabbia, C.R., Bishop of Lodi (Italy)

>1671: ItalyArchbishop Giulio Caracciolo, C.R., Bishop of Rapolla (Italy) and Bishop of Melfi (Italy)

1671: ItalyBishop Serafino Corio, C.R., Bishop of Lodi (Italy)

1666: ItalyBishop Bonifacio Aliardi, C.R., Bishop of Adria (Italy)

1665: ItalyArchbishop Tommaso Caracciolo, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy)

1664: ItalyBishop Francesco Maria Spinola, C.R., Bishop of Savona (Italy)

1662: ItalyBishop Francesco Tellio De Leon, C.R., Bishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

1661: ItalyBishop Silvestro de Afflitto, C.R., Bishop of Lucera (Italy)

1660: ItalyBishop Alessandro Porro, C.R., Bishop of Bobbio (Italy)

1659: ItalyBishop Andrea Lanfranchi, C.R., Bishop of Ugento (Italy)

1659: ItalyBishop Agostino De Bellis, C.R., Bishop of Sora (Italy)

1657: ItalyBishop Stefano Sole De Castelblanco, C.R., Bishop of Sarno (Italy)

1657: ItalyBishop Urbano Zambotti, C.R., Bishop of Montemarano (Italy)

1656: FranceBishop Siro Strassera, C.R., Bishop of Ajaccio (France)

1655: ItalyArchbishop Tommaso Anchora, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy)

1655: ItalyArchbishop Gaetano Cossa, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

1653: ItalyBishop Clemente Del Pezzo, C.R., Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

1652: ItalyBishop Francesco Clerico, C.R., Bishop of Belcastro (Italy)

1651: ItalyArchbishop Francesco Sorgente, C.R., Archbishop-Bishop of Monopoli (Italy)

1651: ItalyBishop Tommaso d’Aquino, C.R., Bishop of Mottola (Italy)

1650: ItalyBishop Gennaro Filomarino, C.R., Bishop of Calvi (Italy)

1649: ItalyBishop Marco Critalli, C.R., Bishop of Ruvo (Italy)

1648: ItalyBishop Paolo Palumbo, C.R., Bishop of Ariano (Italy) and Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)

1646: ItalyArchbishop Basile Cacace, C.R., Auxiliary Bishop of Ravenna (Italy)

1646: ItalyBishop Cristoforo Memmolo, C.R., Bishop of Ruvo (Italy)

1646: ItalyBishop Benedetto Mandina, C.R., Bishop of Tropea (Italy)

1644: ItalyBishop Paolo Arese, C.R., Bishop of Tortona (Italy)

1644: ItalyBishop Vincenzo Pagano, C.R., Bishop of Acerra (Italy)

1641: ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Antonio Angrisani, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy)

1641: ItalyBishop Francesco Arcudi, C.R., Bishop of Nusco (Italy)

1634: ItalyBishop Nicola Antonio Spinelli, C.R., Bishop of Alessano (Italy)

1633: ItalyBishop Raffaele Rastelli, C.R., Bishop of Capri (Italy)

1630: ItalyBishop Giandomenico Ridolfi, C.R., Bishop of Oria (Italy)

1629: ItalyBishop Basilio Pignatelli, C.R., Bishop of L’Aquila (Italy)

1629: ItalyBishop Pietro Emo, C.R., Bishop of Crema (Italy)

1629: ItalyBishop Paolo della Corte, C.R., Bishop of Isernia (Italy)

1627: ItalyBishop Ippolito Riva, C.R., Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (Italy)

1627: ItalyBishop Pedro de Mata y Haro, C.R., Bishop of Capaccio–Diano (Italy)

1627: ItalyBishop Girolamo Sarriano, C.R., Bishop of Vico Equense (Italy)

1625: ItalyBishop Antonio de Franchis, C.R., Bishop of Andria (Italy)

1623: ItalyBishop Paolo Filomarino, C.R., Bishop of Caiazzo (Italy)

1622: ItalyBishop Giovanni Battista del Tufo, C.R., Bishop of Acerra (Italy)

1622: ItalyBishop Pietro Antonio Da Ponte, C.R., Bishop of Troia (Italy)

1622: ItalyBishop Nicolò Spinola, C.R., Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy)

1621: ItalyBishop Benedetto Rossi, C.R., Bishop of Mottola (Italy)

1621: ItalyBishop Tommaso Sanfelice, C.R., Bishop of Montepeloso (Italy)

1621: ItalyBishop Marcello Pignatelli, C.R., Bishop of Jesi (Italy)

1620: ItalyBishop Vincenzo Capece, C.R., Bishop of Gallipoli (Italy)

1618: ItalyArchbishop Girolamo Pignatelli, C.R., Archbishop of Rossano (Italy)

1618: ItalyArchbishop Paolo Tolosa, C.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy)

1617: ItalyBishop Giambattista Milani, C.R., Bishop of Bergamo (Italy)

>1616: ItalyBishop Filippo Bili, C.R., Bishop of Cagli (Italy)

1615: ItalyBishop Luigi de Franchis, C.R., Bishop of Nardò (Italy)

1613: ItalyBishop Stefano Spinola, C.R., Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy)

1612: ItalyBishop Giorgio Santi, C.R., Bishop of Belcastro (Italy)

1610: ItalyBishop Giovanni Vitellio, C.R., Bishop of Capaccio–Diano (Italy)

>1609: ItalyBishop Michele Consoli, C.R., Bishop of Sora (Italy)

1608: ItalyBishop Antonio Agellio, C.R., Bishop of Acerno (Italy)

1608: ItalyBishop Tommaso Monti, C.R., Bishop of Crotone (Italy)

1608: ItalyBishop Ilario Cortesi, C.R., Bishop of Policastro (Italy)

1604: ItalyBishop Benedetto Mandina, C.R., Bishop of Caserta (Italy)

1602: ItalyBishop Antonius Vespoli, C.R., Coadjutor Bishop of Potenza (Italy)

1600: ItalyBishop Marco Magnacervo, C.R., Bishop of Lucera (Italy)

1600: ItalyBishop Vincenzo Del Tufo, C.R., Bishop of Oria (Italy)

1600: ItalyBishop Silvestro Tufo, C.R., Bishop of Mottola (Italy)

1586: ItalyBishop Marcello Maiorana, C.R., Bishop of Acerra (Italy)

1578: ItalyBlessed Cardinal Paolo Burali d’Arezzo, C.R., Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana and Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

1568: ItalyCardinal Gianbernardino Scotti, C.R., Cardinal-Priest of S. Matteo in Merulana and Bishop of Piacenza (Italy)

Saints (3)

1713: ItalySaint Giuseppe Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa, cardinal

1608: ItalySaint Andrea (Lancellotto Avellino), priest

1547: ItalySaint Cajetan of Thiene (Gaetano Thiene), priest

Blesseds (2)

1578: ItalyBlessed Paolo Burali d’Arezzo, cardinal

1562: ItalyBlessed Giovanni (Francesco Marinoni), priest

Italy Italy

Spain Spain

USA USA

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 33

Members: 175 (130 priests)

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