Bethlehem Mission Society, S.M.B.

Also known as: Missionsgesellschaft Bethlehem (Deutsch) / Sociedad Misionera de Belén (español) / Société Missionnaires de Bethléem (français) / Società missionaria di Bethlehem (Italiano) / 白冷外方傳教會 (正體中文) / Societas missionaria de Bethlehem (latine)

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

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1921.05.20: Established as Bethlehem Mission Society (English) / Missionsgesellschaft Bethlehem (Deutsch) / Sociedad Misionera de Belén (español) / Société Missionnaires de Bethléem (français) / Società missionaria di Bethlehem (Italiano) / 白冷外方傳教會 (正體中文) / Societas missionaria de Bethlehem (latine) / S.M.B.

Contact Info

Address: Im Bethlehem 3, CH‑6405 Immensee, Switzerland

Phone: (041) 854.11.00

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Ludovic Nobel, S.M.B. (46) (2023.10.01 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Josef Meili, S.M.B. (2018.10.01 – 2023.10.01)
Superior General:	Fr. Ernst Wildi, S.M.B. (2013.05.28 – 2018)
Superior General:	Fr. Josef Meili, S.M.B. (2008.10.01 – 2013.10.01)
Superior General:	Fr. Emil Näf, S.M.B. (2003 – 2008.09.30)
Superior General:	Fr. Josef Meili, S.M.B. (1993 – 2003)

Other Former Members (1)

1972: Fr. Paul Hugentobler (胡干普), S.M.B., Prefect Apostolic of Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (China)

Deceased Bishops (1 Bishop)

1999: Bishop Aloysius Haene, S.M.B., Bishop of Gwelo (Zimbabwe)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 5

Members: 45 (38 priests)

Houses

Members