Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales (O.S.F.S.)

Also known as: Oblati di San Francesco di Sales (Italiano) / Institutum Oblatorum Sancti Francisci Salesii (latine) / Oblaten des hl. Franz von Sales (Deutsch) / Oblats de Saint François de Sales (français) / Oblaten van Sint-Franciscus van Sales (Nederlands)

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

1871: Established as Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales (English) / Oblati di San Francesco di Sales (Italiano) / Institutum Oblatorum Sancti Francisci Salesii (latine) / Oblaten des hl. Franz von Sales (Deutsch) / Oblats de Saint François de Sales (français) / Oblaten van Sint-Franciscus van Sales (Nederlands) / O.S.F.S.

Contact Info

Address: 1621 Otis Str. N.E., Washington, DC 20018-2321, USA

Phone: +1 (202) 269-5677

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Barry R. Strong, O.S.F.S. (2018.08.02 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. José Kiesel Aldino, O.S.F.S. (2006.08 – 2018.08.02)
Superior General:	Fr. Lewis S. Fiorelli, O.S.F.S. (1994 – 2006.08)

Founder

Founder:

Blessed Fr. Louis Brisson, O.S.F.S. (1871)

Other Present Members (1)

Fr. Guillaume Kambounon, O.S.F.S., President of Regional Union of Conferences of Major Superiors of Francophone West Africa (U.R.C.A.O.)

Other Former Members (3)

>1993: Fr. Ludger G. Holling, O.S.F.S., Apostolic Administrator of Keetmanshoop (Namibia)

1930: Fr. Mattia Eder, O.S.F.S., Prefect Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia)

1923: Fr. Stanislao von Krolikowski, O.S.F.S., Prefect Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia)

Living Bishops (2 Bishops)

Bishop Willem Christiaans, O.S.F.S. (64), Bishop of Keetmanshoop (Namibia)

Bishop Bernard de Clairvaux Toha Wontacien, O.S.F.S. (54), Bishop of Djougou (Benin) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Benin

Deceased Bishops (10 Bishops)

2024: Bishop Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S., Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg (Austria)

2009: Bishop John Baptist Minder, O.S.F.S., Bishop of Keimoes–Upington (South Africa)

2002: Bishop Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S., Bishop of Keetmanshoop (Namibia)

1994: Bishop Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S., Vicar Apostolic of Keetmanshoop (Namibia)

1966: Bishop Francis Esser, O.S.F.S., Bishop of Keimoes (South Africa)

1965: Bishop Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S., Bishop of Keimoes (South Africa)

1960: Bishop Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S., Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia)

1947: Bishop John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S., Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand (Namibia)

1939: Bishop Odilon Fages, O.S.F.S., Vicar Apostolic of Orange River (South Africa)

1932: Bishop Jean-Marie Simon, O.S.F.S., Vicar Apostolic of Orange River (South Africa)

Blesseds (1)

1908: Blessed Louis Brisson, priest

Brazil

Igreja Santa Isabel, Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul

Italy

Chiesa di San Francesco di Sales alla Borgata Alessandrina, Roma, Roma, Lazio

USA

Church of Christ Our King, Wilmington, Delaware
Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Vienna, Virginia
Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Wilmington, Delaware
Church of St. John Neumann, Reston, Virginia
Church of St. Mary of the Annunciation, Oakdale, California
Oratory of St. Thomas More, Newark, Delaware

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 149

Members: 394 (306 priests)

Last updated on 2025.02.18

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