Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (M.M.) 𝐖

Maryknoll Fathers

Also known as: Maryknoll-Missionsorden (Deutsch) / Société de missions étrangères catholiques d’Amérique (français) / Società per le Missioni Estere degli Stati Uniti d’America (Italiano) / 瑪利諾外方傳教會 (正體中文) / 美國天主教傳教會 (正體中文) / Societas de Maryknoll pro missionibus exteris (latine)

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

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Contact Info

Address: P.O. Box 303, Maryknoll, NY 10545-0303, USA

Phone: +1 (914) 941-7590

Superiors

Superior General:USAFr. Lance P. Nadeau, M.M. (76)Fr. Lance P. Nadeau, M.M. (76) (2021.07.28 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:USAFr. Raymond J. Finch, M.M. (2014.11 – 2021.07.28)
Superior General:USAFr. Edward M. Dougherty, M.M. (2008.10 – 2014.11)
Superior General:USAFr. John C. Sivalon, M.M. (2002 – 2008.10)
Superior General:USAFr. Raymond J. Finch, M.M. (1996.10 – 2002)
Superior General:USAFr. Kenneth Thesing, M.M. (1990 – 1996)
Superior General:USAFr. William Boteler, M.M. (1984 – 1990)
Superior General:USAFr. James Noonan, M.M. (1978 – 1984)
Superior General:USAFr. Raymond Hill, M.M. (1972 – 1978)
Superior General:USAFr. John McCormack, M.M. (1966 – 1972)
Superior General:USABishop John William Comber, M.M. (1956.08.06 – 1966.08.07)
Superior General:ChinaBishop Raymond Aloysius Lane (林化東), M.M. (1946.08.07 – 1956.08.06)
Superior General:ChinaBishop James Edward Walsh (華理柱), M.M. (1935 – 1946.08.07)
Superior General:USABishop James Anthony Walsh, M.M. (1911 – 1935)

Founders

Founder:USAFr. Thomas Frederick Price, M.M. (1911)
Founder:USAFr. James Anthony Walsh, M.M. (later Bishop) (1911)

Other Present Members (1)

USAFr. William J. Larousse, M.M. (72)Fr. William J. Larousse, M.M. (72), Assistant General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Other Former Members (7)

2009: USAFr. Edward F. Malone, M.M., Assistant General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

1985: ChinaMsgr. John Angel Romaniello (羅民勞), M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Guilin 桂林 (China)

>1982: BoliviaFr. Thomas McBride, M.M., Apostolic Administrator of Pando (Bolivia)

>1977: BoliviaFr. Lawrence J. Burns, M.M., Apostolic Administrator of Pando (Bolivia)

1976: ChinaFr. Bernard Francis Mayer (馬奕猷), M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Wuzhou 梧州 (China)

>1975: North KoreaMsgr. George Carroll, M.M., Apostolic Administrator of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea)

1957: TanzaniaFr. Giuseppe Gerardo Grondin, M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Musoma (Tanzania)

Deceased Bishops (23 Bishops)

2022: American SamoaBishop John Quinn Weitzel, M.M., Bishop of Samoa–Pago Pago (American Samoa)

2020: South KoreaBishop William John McNaughton (나길모 굴리엘모), M.M., Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea)

2002: USABishop James Richard Ham, M.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

1998: USABishop John William Comber, M.M., Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

1998: TaiwanBishop William Francis Kupfer (蔡文興), M.M., Bishop of Taichung 臺中 (Taiwan)

1997: BoliviaBishop Carlos Arturo Brown, M.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)

1996: USABishop Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M., Bishop of Huehuetenango (Guatemala) and Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (USA)

1995: TanzaniaBishop John James Rudin, M.M., Bishop of Musoma (Tanzania)

1994: PhilippinesBishop Joseph William Regan, M.M., Bishop-Prelate of Tagum (Philippines)

1988: ChinaBishop Frederic Anthony Donaghy (唐汝琪), M.M., Bishop of Wuzhou 梧州 (China)

1983: TanzaniaBishop Edward Aloysius McGurkin, M.M., Bishop of Shinyanga (Tanzania)

1983: South KoreaBishop James Vincent Pardy (파 야고보), M.M., Bishop of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea)

1981: ChinaBishop James Edward Walsh (華理柱), M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Jiangmen 江門 (China) and Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

1974: ChinaBishop Raymond Aloysius Lane (林化東), M.M., Bishop of Fushun 撫順 (China) and Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

1973: BoliviaBishop Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia)

1973: PeruBishop Edward Louis Fedders, M.M., Bishop-Prelate of Juli (Peru)

1968: ChinaBishop Adolph John Paschang (柏增), M.M., Bishop of Jiangmen 江門 (China)

1967: BoliviaBishop Alonso Manuel Escalante, M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Pando (Bolivia)

1959: BoliviaBishop Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M., Titular Bishop of Bita and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pando (Bolivia)

1952: ChinaBishop Francis Xavier Ford (福爾德), M.M., Bishop of Jiaying 嘉應 (China)

1950: JapanBishop Patrick James Byrne (パトリック・バーン / 방 파트리치오), M.M., Prefect Apostolic of Kyoto 京都 (Japan)

1945: North KoreaBishop William Francis O’Shea, M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Heijo (North Korea)

1936: USABishop James Anthony Walsh, M.M., Superior General of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)

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Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 21

Members: 233 (186 priests)

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Last updated on 2024.12.16

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