Xaverian Missionary Fathers (S.X.) 𝐖

Xaverians

Also known as: Pia Società di San Francesco Saverio per le missioni estere (Saveriani) (Italiano) / Pia Sociedade de São Francisco Xavier para as Missões Estrangeiras (Português) / 聖方濟沙勿略會 (正體中文) / Pia Societas Sancti Francisci Xaverii pro exteris missionibus (latine) / Gesellschaft des hl. Franz Xaver für auswärtige Missionen (Xaverianer-Missionare) (Deutsch) / Javerianos (español) / Société de saint François Xavier pour les missions étrangères (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

1895.12.03: Established as Xaverian Missionary Fathers (Xaverians) (English) / Pia Società di San Francesco Saverio per le missioni estere (Saveriani) (Italiano) / Pia Sociedade de São Francisco Xavier para as Missões Estrangeiras (Português) / 聖方濟沙勿略會 (正體中文) / Pia Societas Sancti Francisci Xaverii pro exteris missionibus (latine) / Gesellschaft des hl. Franz Xaver für auswärtige Missionen (Xaverianer-Missionare) (Deutsch) / Javerianos (español) / Société de saint François Xavier pour les missions étrangères (français) / S.X.

Contact Info

Address: Viale Vaticano 40, 00165 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.39.37.54.21

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez, S.X. (2017.08.14 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Mario Carmelo Mula, S.X. (2016.12.18 – 2017.08.14)
Superior General:	Fr. Luigi Menegazzo, S.X. (2013.07.04 – 2016.12.18)
Superior General:	Fr. Rino Benzoni, S.X. (2001? – 2013.07)
Superior General:	Fr. Francesco Marini, S.X. (1989 – 2001?)
Superior General:	Fr. Gabriele Ferrari, S.X. (1977 – 1989)

Founder

Founder:

Fr. Guido Maria Conforti (later Archbishop, Saint) (1895.12.03)

Other Present Members (1)

Fr. Paulin Batairwa Kubuya, S.X. (53), Undersecretary of Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Other Former Members (1)

1961: Fr. Pascal de Martino, S.X., Prefect Apostolic of Padang (Indonesia)

Living Bishops (4 Bishops)

Bishop Paolo Andreolli, S.X. (52), Titular Bishop of Altava and Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Bishop Natale Paganelli, S.X. (67), Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala and President of Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Gambia and Sierra Leone / ITCABIC

Bishop Adolfo Zon Pereira, S.X. (68), Bishop of Alto Solimões (Brazil)

Bishop Vitus Rubianto Solichin, S.X. (56), Bishop of Padang (Indonesia)

Deceased Bishops (9 Bishops)

2024: Bishop George Biguzzi, S.X., Bishop of Makeni (Sierra Leone)

2004: Bishop Danilo Catarzi, S.X., Bishop of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa)

1995: Bishop Angelo Frosi, S.X., Bishop of Abaetetuba (Brazil)

1992: Bishop Augusto Fermo Azzolini, S.X., Bishop of Makeni (Sierra Leone)

1991: Bishop Faustino M. Tissot (丁玉守), S.X., Bishop of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China)

1991: Bishop Raimondo Cesare Bergamin, S.X., Bishop of Padang (Indonesia)

1978: Bishop Dante Battaglierin, S.X., Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh)

1970: Bishop Assuero Teogano Bassi (巴友仁), S.X., Bishop of Luoyang 洛陽 (China)

1944: Bishop Luigi Calza (賈師誼), S.X., Vicar Apostolic of Zhengzhou 鄭州 (China)

Blesseds (3)

1964: Blessed Luigi Carrara, priest and martyr

1964: Blessed Giovanni Didonè, priest and martyr

1964: Blessed Vittorio Faccin, religious and martyr

Brazil

Igreja Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, Abaetetuba, Pará
Igreja Sagrado Coração de Jesus, São Paulo, São Paulo
Igreja Santa Maria, Tomé-Açu, Pará
Igreja Santa Rosa de Lima, Abaetetuba, Pará
Igreja São Francisco Xavier, Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais
Igreja São José, Acará, Pará
Igreja São Paulo, Abaetetuba, Pará
Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Piedade, Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais

Philippines

Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Marikina, National Capital Region

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 127

Members: 668 (532 priests)

Last updated on 2024.12.16

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