Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, F.F.I.

Also known as: Frati Francescani dell’Immacolata (Italiano) / Congregatio Fratrum Immaculatæ (latine) / Franziskaner der Immakulata (Deutsch) / Frères Franciscains de l’Immaculée (français) / Franciszkanie Niepokalanej (polski) / Frades Franciscanos da Imaculada (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

1965: Established as Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate (English) / Frati Francescani dell’Immacolata (Italiano) / Congregatio Fratrum Immaculatæ (latine) / Franziskaner der Immakulata (Deutsch) / Frères Franciscains de l’Immaculée (français) / Franciszkanie Niepokalanej (polski) / Frades Franciscanos da Imaculada (Português) / F.F.I. / F.I. (from Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans))

Contact Info

Address: Via Palazzolo 2, 00040 Rocca di Papa, RM, Italy

Phone: 06-94.95.737

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Immacolato M. Acquali, F.F.I. (2022.05.13 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Stefano Maria Pio Manelli, F.F.I. (1990.06.23 – 2013.07.11)
Apostolic Commissioner:	Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J. (82) (later Cardinal) (2021.11.19 – 2022.05.13)
Apostolic Commissioner:	Fr. Sabino Ardito, S.D.B. (2015.07.01 – 2021.11.19)
Apostolic Commissioner:	Fr. Fidenzio Volpi, O.F.M. Cap. (2013.08.12 – 2015.06.07)

Founder

Founder:

Fr. Stefano Maria Pio Manelli, F.F.I. (1965)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 36

Members: 280 (127 priests)

Houses

Members

Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate (F.F.I./F.I.)