Religious of Saint Vincent de Paul (R.S.V.)

Also known as: Religieux de Saint Vincent de Paul (français) / Religiosi di San Vincenzo de’ Paoli (Italiano) / Congregatio Religiosorum Sancti Vincentii a Paulo (latine)

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

1845: Established as Religious of Saint Vincent de Paul (English) / Religieux de Saint Vincent de Paul (français) / Religiosi di San Vincenzo de’ Paoli (Italiano) / Congregatio Religiosorum Sancti Vincentii a Paulo (latine) / R.S.V.

Contact Info

Address: Via Palestro 26, 00185 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.445.74.96

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Bertin Sanon, R.S.V. (2014.05.01 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Philippe Mura, R.S.V. (2008.05.01 – 2014.05.01)
Superior General:	Fr. Yvon Laroche, R.S.V. (1996.05.09 – 2008.05.01)

Founder

Founder:

Venerable Fr. Jean-Léon Le Prévost, R.S.V. (1845)

Deceased Bishops (1 Archbishop)

2018: Archbishop Maurice Couture, R.S.V., Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada)

Blesseds (1)

1871: Blessed Mathieu-Henri Planchat, priest and martyr

Brazil

Igreja Santa Isabel, Marília, São Paulo

Canada

Église de Sainte-Angèle-de-Saint-Malo, Québec, Québec

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Houses: 36

Members: 204 (124 priests)

Last updated on 2025.12.21

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