Missionaries of the Precious Blood (C.PP.S.)

Also known as: Missionari del Preziosissimo Sangue (Italiano) / Congregatio Missionariorum Pretiosissimi Sanguinis (latine)

Type: Society of Apostolic Life 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: Viale di Porta Ardeatina 66, 00154 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.574.16.56

Superiors

Moderator General:ItalyFr. Emanuele Lupi, C.PP.S. (50)Fr. Emanuele Lupi, C.PP.S. (50) (2019.09 – ...)

Past Superiors

Moderator General:USAFr. William A. Nordenbrock, C.PP.S. (2013 – 2019.09)
Moderator General:ItalyFr. Francesco Bartoloni, C.PP.S. (2007 – 2013)
Moderator General:USAFr. Barry Fischer, C.PP.S. (1995 – 2007)
Moderator General:Fr. Anton Loipfinger, C.PP.S. (1983 – 1995)
Moderator General:Fr. Daniel Schaefer, C.PP.S. (1971 – 1983)
Moderator General:Fr. Herbert Linenberger, C.PP.S. (1959 – 1971)
Moderator General:Fr. Herbert Kramer, C.PP.S. (1947 – 1959)
Moderator General:ItalyFr. Lorenzo Colagiovanni, C.PP.S. (1937 – 1947)
Moderator General:ItalyFr. Antonio Velardi, C.PP.S. (1928 – 1937)
Moderator General:ItalyFr. Giacinto Petroni, C.PP.S. (1905 – 1928)
Moderator General:ItalyFr. Luigi Biaschelli, C.PP.S. (1894 – 1905)
Moderator General:ItalyArchbishop Salvatore Palmieri, C.PP.S. (1891 – 1894)
Moderator General:ItalyArchbishop Gaetano Caporali, C.PP.S. (1884 – 1891)
Moderator General:ItalyFr. Enrico Rizzoli, C.PP.S. (1873 – 1884)
Moderator General:ItalyFr. Giovanni Merlini, C.PP.S. (1847.12.28 – 1873.01.12)
Moderator General:ItalyFr. Biagio Valentini, C.PP.S. (1838 – 1847)
Moderator General:ItalySaint Fr. Gaspare del Bufalo, C.PP.S. (1815.08.15 – 1837.12.28)

Founder

Founder:ItalySaint Fr. Gaspare del Bufalo, C.PP.S. (1815.08.15)

Living Bishops (2 Bishops)

USABishop Joseph Leo Charron, C.PP.S. (84)Bishop Joseph Leo Charron, C.PP.S. (84), Bishop emeritus of Des Moines (USA)

BrazilBishop Erwin Kräutler, C.PP.S. (85)Bishop Erwin Kräutler, C.PP.S. (85), Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Xingu (Brazil)

Deceased Bishops (1 Cardinal, 3 Archbishops, 4 Bishops)

1995: BrazilBishop Clemente Geiger, C.PP.S., Bishop-Prelate of Xingu (Brazil)

1986: BrazilBishop Eurico Kräutler, C.PP.S., Bishop-Prelate of Xingu (Brazil)

1979: USABishop Joseph Mary Marling, C.PP.S., Bishop of Jefferson City (USA)

1952: ItalyCardinal Alessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S., Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto and Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

1911: ItalyArchbishop Gaetano Caporali, C.PP.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

1905: ItalyArchbishop Salvatore Palmieri, C.PP.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy) and Bishop of Ostuni (Italy)

1893: USABishop Joseph Gregory Dwenger, C.PP.S., Bishop of Fort Wayne (USA)

1886: SwitzerlandArchbishop Eugenio Lachat, C.PP.S., Apostolic Administrator of Ticino (Switzerland) and Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Saints (1)

1837: ItalySaint Gaspare del Bufalo, priest

Blesseds (1)

1873: ItalyGiovanni Merlini, priest

Canada Canada

Chile Chile

Italy Italy

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein

USA USA

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 142

Members: 624 (460 priests)

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Last updated on 2024.09.18

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