Portuguese Missionary Society (S.M.P./S.M.B.N.) 𝐖

Also known as: Società Portoghese per le Missioni (Italiano) / Sociedade Missionária Portuguesa (Português) / Sociedade Missionários da Boa Nova (Português) / Societas Lusitano pro Missionibus (latine)

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

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Contact Info

Address: Rua da Bempostinha 30, 1150-066 Lisboa, Portugal

Phone: 21.885.15.46

Superiors

Superior General:PortugalFr. Adelino Ascenso, S.M.P. (70)Fr. Adelino Ascenso, S.M.P. (70) (2014.07.25 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:PortugalFr. Albino Manuel Valente dos Anjos, S.M.P. (2007.10.02 – 2014.07.25)
Superior General:PortugalBishop António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. (72)Fr. António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. (72) (later Bishop) (2002.07.29 – 2007.07.06)

Founder

Founder:PortugalArchbishop João Evangelista de Lima Vidal (1930.10.03)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

PortugalBishop António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. (72)Bishop António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. (72), Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

Deceased Bishops (1 Bishop)

2010: MozambiqueBishop José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P., Bishop of Porto Amélia (Mozambique)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 15

Members: 89 (70 priests)

Houses

Members

Last updated on 2024.12.16

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