Workers of the Kingdom of Christ (C.O.R.C.)

Also known as: Operarios del Reino de Cristo (español) / Operai del Regno di Cristo (Italiano)

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

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

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History

1963.09.12: Established as Workers of the Kingdom of Christ (English) / Operarios del Reino de Cristo (español) / Operai del Regno di Cristo (Italiano) / C.O.R.C. (from Diocese of Tacámbaro)

Contact Info

Address: Magnolias 32, Col. Jardines de Qro., 76020 Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico

Phone: (442) 223-0231

Superiors

Director General:

Fr. Pedro Enrique Amezcua Medina, C.O.R.C. (2022.11 – ...)

Past Superiors

Director General:

Fr. Esteban Alcocer González, C.O.R.C. (2017 – 2022.11)

Founders

Founder:	Fr. Enrique Amezcua Medina, C.O.R.C. (1963.09.12)
Founder:	Bishop José Abraham Martínez Betancourt (1963.09.12)
Founder:	Archbishop Manuel Pío López Estrada (1963.09.12)

Living Bishops (1 Archbishop, 1 Bishop)

Archbishop Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C. (63), Titular Archbishop of Besalú, Dean of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, President of Pontifical Commission for the Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy, President of Appeals Court of Vatican City State and Plenipotentiary Pontifical Commissioner for the complex of Torreciudad of Barbastro–Monzón (Spain)

Bishop Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C. (66), Bishop of Córdoba (Mexico)

Italy

Chiesa Santi Martiri Giapponesi, Civitavecchia, Roma, Lazio

Spain

Iglesia San Martín Obispo, San Martín de Pusa, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha
Iglesia Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Pusa, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha

USA

Church of St. Gertrude, Stockton, California

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 50

Members: 155 (134 priests)

Last updated on 2025.09.09

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