Oblates of the Virgin Mary (O.M.V.)

Also known as: Congregazione degli Oblati di Maria Vergine (Italiano) / Congregatio Oblatorum Beatæ Mariæ Virginis (latine) / Oblats de la Vierge Marie (français) / Congregação dos Oblatos de Maria Virgem (Português)

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: Viale Trenta Aprile 17, 00153 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.58.39.23.01

Superiors

Rector Major:ArgentinaFr. Luis Alberto Constantino Ávila, O.M.V.Fr. Luis Alberto Constantino Ávila, O.M.V. (2022.07 – ...)

Past Superiors

Rector Major:USAFr. David Nicgorski, O.M.V. (2015.07.14 – 2022.07)
Rector Major:ItalyFr. Sergio Zirattu, O.M.V. (2009.07.20 – 2015.07.14)
Rector Major:CanadaFr. Patrice Véraquin, O.M.V. (1997.07.25 – 2009.07.20)

Founder

Founder:ItalyVenerable Fr. Pio Brunone Lanteri, O.M.V. (1815)

Deceased Bishops (2 Archbishops, 1 Bishop)

1892: ItalyArchbishop Vincenzo Gregorio Berchialla, O.M.V., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

1881: ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Antonio Balma, O.M.V., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

1855: MyanmarBishop Giovanni Dominico Faustino Ceretti, O.M.V., Vicar Apostolic of Ava and Pegu (Myanmar)

Argentina Argentina

Canada Canada

Italy Italy

USA USA

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 38

Members: 176 (146 priests)

Houses

Members

Last updated on 2024.11.22

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