Institute of Charity (I.C.)

Rosminians

Also known as: Istituto della Carità (Rosminiani) (Italiano) / Institutum Caritatis (latine) / Institution der Nächstenliebe (Rosminianer) (Deutsch) / Institut de la Charité (français)

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

Contact Info

Address: Via di Porta Latina 17, 00179 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.70.49.56.01

Superiors

Superior General:ItalyFr. Marco Andrea Tanghetti, I.C. (59)Fr. Marco Andrea Tanghetti, I.C. (59) (2021.10.28 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:ItalyFr. Vito Nardin, I.C. (2013.03.14 – 2021.10.28)
Superior General:IrelandFr. James Flynn, I.C. (1997.04.18 – 2013.03.14)
Superior General:ItalyFr. Giambattista Zantedeschi, I.C. (1981.04.05 – 1997.01.07)
Superior General:ItalyFr. Giovanni Ferdinando Angelo Gaddo, I.C. (1956.06.23 – 1981.04.05)
Superior General:ItalyFr. Giuseppe Bozzetti, I.C. (1935 – 1956)
Superior General:ItalyFr. Bernardino Balsari, I.C. (1901 – 1935)
Superior General:ItalyFr. Lanzoni, I.C. (1877 – 1901)
Superior General:ItalyFr. Cappa, I.C. (1874 – 1877)
Superior General:ItalyFr. Bertetti, I.C. (1860 – 1874)
Superior General:ItalyFr. Giambattista Pagani, I.C. (1855 – 1860)
Superior General:ItalyBlessed Fr. Antonio Rosmini, I.C. (1828.02.20 – 1855.07.01)

Founder

Founder:ItalyBlessed Fr. Antonio Rosmini, I.C. (1828.02.20)

Other Present Members (1)

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaFr. Tom Thomas, I.C. (53)Fr. Tom Thomas, I.C. (53), Ecclesiastical Superior of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha) and Apostolic Administrator of Falkland Islands (Falkland Islands)

Deceased Bishops (2 Archbishops, 4 Bishops)

2017: ItalyBishop Antonio Riboldi, I.C., Bishop of Acerra (Italy)

1999: ItalyBishop Clemente Riva, I.C., Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy)

1978: TanzaniaBishop Eugène Cornelius Arthurs, I.C., Bishop of Tanga (Tanzania)

1916: PortugalArchbishop Antonio Ayres de Gouvea, I.C., Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon

1883: ItalyArchbishop Lorenzo Gastaldi, I.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)

1870: BrazilBishop Francisco Cardoso Aires, I.C., Bishop of Olinda (Brazil)

Blesseds (1)

1855: ItalyBlessed Antonio Rosmini, priest

Italy Italy

New Zealand New Zealand

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 65

Members: 253 (172 priests)

Houses

Members

Last updated on 2025.02.18

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