Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona (E.C.M.C.)

Also known as: Eremiti Camaldolesi di Monte Corona (Italiano) / Congregatio Eremitarum Camaldulensium Montis Coronæ (latine) / Eremitas Camaldulenses de Monte Corona (español) / Kongregacja Kamedułów Eremitów Góry Koronnej (polski)

Type: Monastic Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)

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

History

1025: Established as Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona (English) / Eremiti Camaldolesi di Monte Corona (Italiano) / Congregatio Eremitarum Camaldulensium Montis Coronæ (latine) / Eremitas Camaldulenses de Monte Corona (español) / Kongregacja Kamedułów Eremitów Góry Koronnej (polski) / E.C.M.C.

Contact Info

Address: Sacro Eremo Tuscolano, 00040 Monteporzio Catone, Italy

Phone: 06.944.90.06

Superiors

Father Major:

Fr. Emir José Castillo Zárate, E.C.M.C. (64) (2012.09 – ...)

Past Superiors

Father Major:

Fr. Lanfranco Longhi, E.C.M.C. (? – 2012.09)

Deceased Bishops (1 Bishop)

1938: Bishop Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C., Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil)

Saints (1)

1027: Saint Romualdo di Camaldoli, abbot

Blesseds (4)

1350: Blessed Alberto da Sassoferrato, religious

1313: Blessed Angelo di Acquapagana, religious

1224: Blessed Bartolomeo Aiutamicristo da Pisa, religious

1219: Blessed Domenico Vernagalli, priest

Italy

Eremo di Santa Maria Annunziata di Monte Rua, Torreglia, Padova, Veneto
Sacro Eremo Tuscolano, Monte Porzio Catone, Roma, Lazio

Poland

Bazylika Wniebowzięcia NMP Królowej Polski, Kraków, Małopolskie
Erem Ojców Kamedulów, Kazimierz Biskupi, Wielkopolskie

USA

Hermitage of the Holy Family, Bloomingdale, Ohio

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 10

Members: 53 (29 priests)

Last updated on 2025.09.09

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