Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (S.Sp.S.)

Also known as: Missionarie Serve dello Spirito Santo (Italiano) / Congregatio Missionalis Servarum Spiritus Sancti (latine)

Type: Centralized Religious Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right (for Women)

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

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History

Contact Info

Address: Via Cassia, 645, 00189 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.33.25.661

Superiors

Superior General:GermanySr. Maria Angelika Altenhofen Altenhofen, S.Sp.S. (2022.01.22 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:Sr. Maria Theresia Hornemann, S.Sp.S. (2014.05.16 – 2022.01.22)
Superior General:NetherlandsBlessed Sr. Maria Virgo Stollenwerk (Helena), S.Sp.S. (1890 – 1898.08.12)

Founders

Founder:NetherlandsBlessed Sr. Maria Virgo Stollenwerk (Helena), S.Sp.S. (1889)
Founder:NetherlandsBlessed Sr. Josepha Stenmanns (Hendrina), S.Sp.S. (1889)
Founder:GermanySaint Fr. Arnold Janssen, S.V.D. (1889)

Blesseds (2)

1903: NetherlandsBlessed Josepha (Hendrina Stenmanns), religious

1900: NetherlandsBlessed Maria Virgo (Helena Stollenwerk), religious

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 401

Members: 2,783

Houses

Members

Last updated on 2026.02.24

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