Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (O.SS.T.)

Trinitarians

Also known as: Orden de la Santísima Trinidad (Trinitarios) (español) / Ordre de La Très Sainte Trinité (Trinitaires) (français) / Ordine della Santissima Trinità (Trinitari) (Italiano) / Ordo Sanctissimæ Trinitatis (latine)

Type: Mendicant Order 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: Curia generalizia PP Trinitari, Piazza Sidney Sonnino, 44, 00153 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.35.42.05.29

Superiors

Mnister General:ItalyFr. Luigi Buccarello, O.SS.T. (50)Fr. Luigi Buccarello, O.SS.T. (50) (2019.06.14 – ...)

Past Superiors

Mnister General:IndiaFr. Jose T. Narlaly, O.SS.T. (2007.06 – 2019.06.14)
Mnister General:SpainFr. José Hernández Sánchez, O.SS.T. (1995.06.10 – 2007.06)
Mnister General:Fr. José Gamarra-Mayor Sáez, O.SS.T. (1983 – 1995)
Mnister General:Fr. Ignacio Vizcargüénaga Arriortúa, O.SS.T. (1971 – 1983)
Mnister General:Fr. Michael a Iesu, O.SS.T. (1959 – 1971)
Mnister General:Fr. Ignatius a SS. Sacramento, O.SS.T. (1947 – 1959)
Mnister General:Fr. Antoninus ab Assumptione, O.SS.T. (1931 – 1943)
Mnister General:Fr. Franciscus Xaverius ab Immaculata Conceptione, O.SS.T. (1919 – 1931)
Mnister General:Fr. Antoninus ab Assumptione, O.SS.T. (1906 – 1919)
Mnister General:Fr. Gregorius a Jesu et Maria, O.SS.T. (1900 – 1906)
Mnister General:Fr. Franciscus Marti, O.SS.T. (1831 – 1853)
Mnister General:Fr. Paulus Hernández, O.SS.T. (1825 – 1826)
Mnister General:Fr. Silvester Calvo, O.SS.T. (1805 – 1813)
Mnister General:Fr. Petrus Chauvier, O.SS.T. (1781 – 1792)
Mnister General:Fr. Franciscus Pichault, O.SS.T. (1765 – 1780)
Mnister General:Fr. Gullielmus Lefevre, O.SS.T. (1749 – 1764)
Mnister General:Fr. Claudius Massac, O.SS.T. (1716 – 1748)
Mnister General:Fr. Gregorius de la Forge, O.SS.T. (1693 – 1704)
Mnister General:Fr. Eustachius Teissier, O.SS.T. (1683 – 1693)
Mnister General:Fr. Petrus Mercier, O.SS.T. (1655 – 1683)
Mnister General:Fr. Claudius Ralle, O.SS.T. (1652 – 1654)
Mnister General:Fr. Ludovicus Petit, O.SS.T. (1612 – 1652)
Mnister General:Fr. Franciscus Petit, O.SS.T. (1598 – 1612)
Mnister General:Fr. Bernardus Dominici de Metis, O.SS.T. (1570 – 1597)
Mnister General:Fr. Theobaldus Molitor, O.SS.T. (1546 – 1568)
Mnister General:Fr. Nicolaus Multoris, O.SS.T. (1509 – 1545)
Mnister General:Fr. Guido Multoris, O.SS.T. (1502 – 1508)
Mnister General:Fr. Robertus Gaguinus, O.SS.T. (1473 – 1501)
Mnister General:Fr. Radalphus de Vivario, O.SS.T. (1460 – 1472)
Mnister General:Fr. Iohannes Theobaldus, O.SS.T. (1440 – 1460)
Mnister General:Fr. Iohannes Halboud de Trecis, O.SS.T. (1421 – 1439)
Mnister General:Fr. Petrus Candoté, O.SS.T. (1415 – 1420)
Mnister General:Fr. Theodoricus Varreland, O.SS.T. (1410 – 1413)
Mnister General:Fr. Reginaldus de Marchia, O.SS.T. (1392 – 1410)
Mnister General:Fr. Iohannes de Marchia, O.SS.T. (1374 – 1392)
Mnister General:Fr. Petrus de Burreio, O.SS.T. (1358 – 1373)
Mnister General:Fr. Thomas Loquet, O.SS.T. (1337 – 1357?)
Mnister General:Fr. Iohannes Brunet, O.SS.T. (1324 – 1337)
Mnister General:Fr. Bertaudus, O.SS.T. (1315 – 1324)
Mnister General:Fr. Petrus de Cusiaco, O.SS.T. (1291 – 1315)
Mnister General:Fr. Iohannes Boileau, O.SS.T. (1272 – 1291)
Mnister General:Fr. Alardus, O.SS.T. (1262 – 1272?)
Mnister General:Fr. Hugo, O.SS.T. (1258 – 1262)
Mnister General:Fr. Iacobus Flamingus, O.SS.T. (1257 – 1258?)
Mnister General:Fr. Nicolaus, O.SS.T. (1231 – 1257)
Mnister General:Fr. Michael Hispanus, O.SS.T. (1227 – 1230)
Mnister General:Fr. Rogerius, O.SS.T. (1223 – 1227)
Mnister General:Fr. Gullielmus Scotus, O.SS.T. (1217 – 1222)
Mnister General:Fr. Iohannes Anglicus, O.SS.T. (1214 – 1217)
Mnister General:FranceSaint Fr. Jean de Matha, O.SS.T. (1198.12.17 – 1213.12.17)

Founder

Founder:FranceSaint Fr. Jean de Matha, O.SS.T. (1198.12.17)

Other Former Members (3)

>1994: ItalyFr. Giovanni Vella, O.SS.T., Counsellor of Apostolic Penitentiary

1924: SomaliaFr. Alessandro dei Santi, O.SS.T., Prefect Apostolic of Benadir (Somalia)

>1523: SpainFr. Diego Gayangos, O.SS.T., Bishop of Jaén (Spain)

Living Bishops (1 Archbishop, 1 Bishop)

MadagascarArchbishop Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T. (64)Archbishop Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T. (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toliara (Madagascar)

KuwaitBishop Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T. (61)Bishop Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T. (61), Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia (Kuwait)

Deceased Bishops (1 Cardinal, 7 Archbishops, 23 Bishops)

2023: MadagascarBishop Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T., Bishop of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar)

2004: MadagascarBishop François Vòllaro, O.SS.T., Bishop of Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar)

1981: MadagascarBishop Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T., Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar)

1952: ItalyBishop Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T., Bishop of Andria (Italy)

1829: SpainBishop Pablo Hernandez, O.SS.T., Bishop of Ceuta (Spain)

1828: SpainBishop Jerónimo Fernandez de Castro Delgado, O.SS.T., Bishop of Albarracin (Spain)

1780: SpainBishop Alonso Cano Nieto, O.SS.T., Bishop of Segorbe (Spain)

1757: SpainBishop Miguel Valejo Berlanga, O.SS.T., Bishop of Guadix–Baza (Spain)

1755: Dominican RepublicArchbishop José Moreno Guriel, O.SS.T., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

1746: SpainBishop Francisco Zarceño Martínez, O.SS.T., Bishop of Solsona (Spain)

1742: PhilippinesArchbishop Angel Rodríguez, O.SS.T., Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)

1730: PeruArchbishop Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T., Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

1729: ArgentinaBishop Pedro de Fajardo, O.SS.T., Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

1728: SpainBishop Juan Muñoz de la Cueva, O.SS.T., Bishop of Ourense (Spain)

1724: BrazilBishop José Delgarte, O.SS.T., Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

1712: SpainBishop Juan Bonilla Vargas, O.SS.T., Bishop of Córdoba (Spain)

>1693: AlgeriaBishop José Gianola, O.SS.T., Vicar Apostolic of Alger (Algeria)

1692: SpainArchbishop Alonso Bernardo de Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T., Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain)

1676: PeruArchbishop Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T., Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

1652: PanamaBishop Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, O.SS.T., Bishop of Panamá (Panama)

1648: Puerto RicoBishop Damián López de Haro y Villarda, O.SS.T., Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

1640: ColombiaBishop Luis Córdoba Ronquillo, O.SS.T., Bishop of Trujillo (Peru)

1639: NicaraguaBishop Fernando Núñez Sagredo, O.SS.T., Bishop of León (Nicaragua)

1630: SpainBishop Rafael Díaz de Cabrera, O.SS.T., Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain)

>1613: PortugalBishop Juan Suárez, O.SS.T., Titular Bishop of Madauros and Auxiliary Bishop of Évora (Portugal)

1601: SpainArchbishop Diego Gómez de Lamadrid, O.SS.T., Archbishop-Bishop of Badajoz (Spain)

>1596: PortugalBishop Cristovão de Jesu Fonseca, O.SS.T., Titular Bishop of Nicomedia and Auxiliary Bishop of Évora (Portugal)

1589: ItalyBishop Jerónimo García, O.SS.T., Bishop of Bosa (Italy)

1551: IrelandArchbishop Edmund Butler, O.SS.T., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel (Ireland)

1545: SpainBishop Pedro de Ponte, O.SS.T., Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain)

1459: ItalyCardinal Antonio Cerdà i Lloscos, O.SS.T., Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono and Bishop of Lérida (Spain)

Saints (5)

1625: SpainSaint Michael de Sanctis (Miguel de los Santos / Miquel Argemir i Mitjà), priest

1624: SpainSaint Simón de Rojas, priest

1613: SpainSaint Juan Bautista de la Concepción (Juan García Xixón), priest

1213: FranceSaint Jean de Matha, priest

1212: FranceSaint Félix de Valois, priest

Blesseds (17)

1937: SpainBlessed Juan de Jesús y María (Juan Otazua y Madariaga), priest and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed Mariano de San José (Santiago Altolaguirre Altolaguirre), priest and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed Prudencio de la Cruz (Prudencio Gueréquiz y Guezuraga), priest and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed Segundo de Santa Teresa (Segundo García y Cabezas), priest and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed José de Jesús y María (José Vicente Ormaechea y Apoitia), priest and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed Luis de San Miguel de los Santos (Luis Erdoiza y Zamalloa), priest and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed Melchor del Espíritu Santo (Melchor Rodríguez Villastrigo), priest and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed Santiago de Jesús (Santiago Arriaga y Arrien), priest and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed Hermenegildo de la Asunción (Hermenegildo Iza y Aregita), priest and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed Buenaventura de Santa Catalina (Buenaventura Gabika-Etxebarria Gerrikabeitia), priest and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed Francisco de San Lorenzo (Francisco Euba y Gorroño), priest and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed Plácido de Jesús (Plácido Camino Fernández), priest and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed Antonio de Jesús y María (Juan Antonio Salútregui Iribarren), priest and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed Juan de la Virgen del Castellar (Juan Francisco Joya y Corralero), religious and martyr

1936: SpainBlessed Esteban de San José (Esteban Ciriaco Barrenechea Arriaga), religious and martyr

1927: SpainBlessed Domingo del Santísmo Sacramento (Domingo Iturrate Zubero), priest

1569: SpainBlessed Marco Criado, priest and martyr

Argentina Argentina

Brazil Brazil

Canada Canada

Italy Italy

Lithuania Lithuania

Luxembourg Luxembourg

Spain Spain

USA USA

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 90

Members: 569 (394 priests)

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Last updated on 2025.01.12

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