Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette (M.S.)

Also known as: Missionare Unserer lieben Frau von La Salette (Deutsch) / Missionnaires de Notre-Dame de la Salette (français) / Missionari di Nostra Signora di «La Salette» (Italiano) / Zgromadzenie Księży Misjonarzy Saletynów (polski) / Missionarii Dominæ Nostræ a La Salette (latine)

Type: Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right (for Men)

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

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History

1852: Established as Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette (English) / Missionare Unserer lieben Frau von La Salette (Deutsch) / Missionnaires de Notre-Dame de la Salette (français) / Missionari di Nostra Signora di «La Salette» (Italiano) / Zgromadzenie Księży Misjonarzy Saletynów (polski) / Missionarii Dominæ Nostræ a La Salette (latine) / M.S.

Contact Info

Address: Piazza Madonna della Salette 3, 00152 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.532.70.11

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Silvano Marisa, M.S. (78) (2012.04.24 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Dennis J. Loomis, M.S. (2006.05.08 – 2012.04.24)
Superior General:	Fr. Isidro A. Perin, M.S. (1994.04.27 – 2006.05.08)

Founder

Founder:

Bishop Philibert de Bruillard (1852.05)

Other Former Members (2)

1954: Fr. Stefano Garon, M.S., Prefect Apostolic of Morondava (Madagascar)

1908: Fr. Jean-Baptiste Berthier, M.S., Founder of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family

Living Bishops (3 Bishops)

Bishop Clément Herizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S. (50), Bishop of Maintirano (Madagascar)

Bishop Donatien Francis Randriamalala, M.S. (54), Bishop of Ambanja (Madagascar)

Bishop Fulgence Razakarivony, M.S. (61), Bishop of Ihosy (Madagascar)

Deceased Bishops (13 Bishops)

2022: Bishop Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S., Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar)

2013: Bishop Félix Ramananarivo, M.S., Bishop of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

2007: Bishop Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S., Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil)

2005: Bishop Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S., Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar)

2002: Bishop Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S., Bishop of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

2001: Bishop Jean-Samuel Raobelina, M.S., Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar)

1996: Bishop Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S., Bishop of Ihosy (Madagascar)

1978: Bishop Thomas Albert Newman, M.S., Bishop of Prome (Myanmar)

1973: Bishop Claude Rolland, M.S., Bishop of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

1964: Bishop Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S., Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar)

1956: Bishop Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S., Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

1946: Bishop Édouard Rostaing, M.S., Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

1941: Bishop François-Joseph Dantin, M.S., Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé (Madagascar)

Brazil

Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Salette, Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso
Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Salette, Caldas Novas, Goiás
Santuário Nossa Senhora da Salette, São Paulo, São Paulo

Canada

Église de Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Montréal, Québec

Italy

Chiesa di Nostra Signora de la Salette, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Chiesa Madonna Riconciliatrice de la Salette, Napoli, Napoli, Campania

Philippines

Church of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, Caloocan, National Capital Region
Church of Santo Kristo, Caloocan, National Capital Region
Church of Santo Niño, Caloocan, National Capital Region

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 217

Members: 961 (726 priests)

Last updated on 2025.02.18

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