Missionaries of Saint Francis de Sales (M.S.F.S.) 𝐖

Fransalians

Also known as: Missionnaires de Saint François de Sales d’Annecy (français) / Missionari di San Francesco di Sales d’Annecy (Fransaliani) (Italiano) / Missionarii S. Francisci Salesii de Annecio (latine) / Missionare des hl. Franz von Sales (Deutsch) / Misjonarze Świętego Franciszka Salezego (polski)

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

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

Patron Saint: Saint Francis de Sales (January 24), Mother of Compassion

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History

1838.10.24: Established as Missionaries of Saint Francis de Sales (Fransalians) (English) / Missionnaires de Saint François de Sales d’Annecy (français) / Missionari di San Francesco di Sales d’Annecy (Fransaliani) (Italiano) / Missionarii S. Francisci Salesii de Annecio (latine) / Missionare des hl. Franz von Sales (Deutsch) / Misjonarze Świętego Franciszka Salezego (polski) / M.S.F.S.

Contact Info

Address: Chemin de Proupeine, 74000 Annecy, France

Phone: 4.50.45.53.17

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Abraham Vettuvelil, M.S.F.S. (2013.02.11 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Agnelo Agostinho Fernandes, M.S.F.S. (2001.01.01 – 2013.02.11)

Founder

Founder:

Fr. Pierre-Marie Mermier, M.S.F.S. (1838.10.24)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

Bishop Karnam Dhaman Kumar, M.S.F.S. (61), Bishop of Nalgonda (India)

Deceased Bishops (2 Archbishops, 13 Bishops)

2018: Archbishop Mariadas Kagithapu, M.S.F.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Visakhapatnam (India)

2011: Bishop Joseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Amravati (India)

2003: Archbishop Eugene D’Souza, M.S.F.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal (India)

1981: Bishop Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Visakhapatnam (India)

1980: Bishop Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Visakhapatnam (India)

1950: Bishop Louis-François Gayet, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Nagpur (India)

1947: Bishop Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Vizagapatam (India)

1933: Bishop François-Etienne Coppel, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Nagpur (India)

1926: Bishop Jean-Marie Clerc, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Vizagapatam (India)

1907: Bishop Étienne-Marie Bonaventure, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Nagpur (India)

1904: Bishop Jules-François Philippe, M.S.F.S., Coadjutor Bishop of Vizagapatam (India)

1900: Bishop Charles-Félix Pelvat, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Nagpur (India)

1892: Bishop Alexis Riccaz, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Nagpur (India)

1890: Bishop Jean-Marie Tissot, M.S.F.S., Bishop of Vizagapatam (India)

1862: Bishop Sébastin-Théophille Neyret, M.S.F.S., Vicar Apostolic of Vizagapatam (India)

Australia

Church of St Andrew, Clayton South, Victoria
Church of St Brendan, Lake Munmorah, New South Wales
Church of St Mary, Noraville, New South Wales
Church of St Peter, Keilor East, Victoria

England

Church of Our Lady of the Holy Souls, London, Kensington and Chelsea
Church of St Michael, South Petherton, Somerset
Church of the Holy Ghost, Yeovil, Somerset

Eswatini

Church of St Ignatius of Loyola, Siphofaneni, Lubombo
Church of St Phillip Benizi, Ngcamphalala, Lubombo

India

Church of the Good Shepherd, Purul, Manipur

USA

Church of St. Joseph, Hayden, Arizona
Church of the Infant Jesus of Prague, Kearny, Arizona

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 282

Members: 1,599 (1,181 priests)

Last updated on 2024.12.16

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