Congregation of the Passion (C.P.)

Passionists

Also known as: Congregation of Discalced Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (English) / Kongregation vom Leiden Jesu Christi (Passionisten) (Deutsch) / Congregación de la Pasión (Pasionistas) (español) / Congrégation de la Passion de Jésus-Christ (Passionistes) (français) / Congregazione della Passione di Gesù Cristo (Passionisti) (Italiano) / Zgromadzenie Męki Pańskiej (Pasjoniści) (polski) / Congregação da Paixão de Jesus Cristo (Passionistas) (Português) / 耶穌苦難會 (正體中文) / Congregatio Passionis Iesu Christi (latine)

Type: Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right (for Men)

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

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Sorrows

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History

Contact Info

Address: Piazza SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 13, 00184 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.77.27.11

Superiors

Superior General: Italy Fr. Giuseppe Adobati Carrara, C.P. (56) Fr. Giuseppe Adobati Carrara , C.P. (56) (2024年10月17日 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General: Australia Fr. Joachim Xavier Rego, C.P. (2012年09月27日 – 2024年10月17日)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Ottaviano D’Egidio, C.P. (2000 – 2012年09月27日)
Superior General: Fr. José Augustín Orbegozo Jáuregui, C.P. (1988 – 2000)
Superior General: Jamaica Fr. Paul Michael Boyle , C.P. (later Bishop) (1976 – 1988)
Superior General: USA Fr. Theodore Bible Foley, C.P. (1964年05月07日 – 1974年10月09日)
Superior General: USA Fr. Malcolm La Velle, C.P. (1952 – 1964)
Superior General: Argentina Fr. Alberto Deane , C.P. (later Bishop) (1946 – 1952)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Tito Cerroni, C.P. (1937 – 1946)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Tito Finocchi, C.P. (1931 – 1937)
Superior General: Netherlands Fr. Leo Peter Kierkels , C.P. (later Archbishop) (1926 – 1931年03月23日)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Silvio Di Vezza, C.P. (1914 – 1926)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Geremia Angelucci, C.P. (1908 – 1914)
Superior General: Italy Blessed Fr. Bernardo Maria di Gesù Silvestrelli (Cesare), C.P. (1893 – 1907)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Francesco Saverio Del Principe, C.P. (1890 – 1892)
Superior General: Italy Blessed Fr. Bernardo Maria di Gesù Silvestrelli (Cesare), C.P. (1878 – 1889)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Bernardo Prelini, C.P. (1875 – 1878)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Domenico Giacchini, C.P. (1869 – 1875)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Pietro Paolo Cayro, C.P. (1863 – 1869)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Antonio Testa, C.P. (1839 – 1862)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Antonio Colombo, C.P. (1827 – 1839)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Paolo Luigi Pighi, C.P. (1820 – 1827)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Tommaso Albesano, C.P. (1809 – 1820)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Giuseppe Maria Claris, C.P. (1796 – 1809)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Giovanni Battista Gorresio, C.P. (1790 – 1796)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Giovanni Maria Cioni, C.P. (1784 – 1790)
Superior General: Italy Fr. Giovanni Battista Gorresio, C.P. (1778 – 1784)
Superior General: Italy Saint Fr. Paolo Francesco Danei (Paul of the Cross), C.P. (1741 – 1775年10月18日)
Vicar General: Italy Fr. Francesco Saverio Del Principe, C.P. (1889 – 1890)
Vicar General: Italy Fr. Giovanni Battista Gorresio, C.P. (1775 – 1778)

Founder

Founder: Italy Saint Fr. Paolo Francesco Danei (Paul of the Cross), C.P. (1720)

Other Present Members (1)

Other Former Members (8)

2017: Indonesia Fr. Michele Di Simone , C.P., Prefect Apostolic of Sekadau (Indonesia)

>2016: Italy Fr. Ciro Benedettini , C.P., Vice-Director of Press Office of the Holy See

>2013: Mozambique Fr. Fernando Domingos Costa , C.P., Apostolic Administrator of Pemba (Mozambique)

>1991: Papua New Guinea Fr. David Wilkie , C.P., Apostolic Administrator of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea)

>1985: Indonesia Fr. Domenico Luca Spinosi , C.P. (later Mr.), Prefect Apostolic of Sekadau (Indonesia)

1941: Tanzania Fr. Stanislao dell’Addolorata , C.P., Prefect Apostolic of Dodoma (Tanzania)

1939: China Fr. Dominic Langenbacher (藍堅牧), C.P., Prefect Apostolic of Chenzhou 辰州 (China)

1874: Turkiye Msgr. Joseph Pluym , C.P., Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye)

Living Bishops (2 Archbishops, 11 Bishops)

Brazil Archbishop Washington Cruz, C.P. (79) Archbishop Washington Cruz , C.P. (79), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Goiânia (Brazil)

Bolivia Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia, C.P. (57) Bishop Pedro Luis Fuentes Valencia , C.P. (57), Titular Bishop of Temuniana, Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) and Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Bolivia (Bolivia)

England Bishop Leonard William Kenney, C.P. (79) Bishop Leonard William Kenney , C.P. (79), Titular Bishop of Midica and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Birmingham (England)

USA Bishop Neil Edward Tiedemann, C.P. (78) Bishop Neil Edward Tiedemann , C.P. (78), Titular Bishop of Cova and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brooklyn (USA)

Deceased Bishops (8 Archbishops, 41 Bishops)

2021: Brazil Bishop Afonso Fioreze , C.P., Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil)

2018: Peru Bishop Miguel Irízar Campos , C.P., Bishop of Callao (Peru)

2017: Peru Bishop José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde , C.P., Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas (Peru)

2008: Peru Bishop Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte , C.P., Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru)

1981: Italy Bishop Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli , C.P., Bishop of Teramo (Italy) and Bishop of Atri (Italy)

1976: Peru Bishop Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga , C.P., Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas (Peru)

1968: China Bishop Cutbert Martin O’Gara (歐克瀾), C.P., Bishop of Yuanling 沅陵 (China)

1966: Peru Bishop Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi , C.P., Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru)

1963: Italy Archbishop Giovanni Battista Peruzzo , C.P., Bishop of Agrigento (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam

1957: Netherlands Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels , C.P., Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)

1918: Italy Archbishop Pietro Paolo Camillo Moreschini , C.P., Archbishop of Camerino (Italy) and Bishop of Treia (Italy)

1897: Italy Bishop Costantino Costa , C.P., Bishop of Segni (Italy)

1893: Bulgaria Bishop Ippolito Agosto , C.P., Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

1885: Romania Archbishop Ignazio Paoli , C.P., Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania)

1874: Bulgaria Archbishop Anton Pluim , C.P., Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

1847: Italy Bishop Fortunato Maria Ercolani , C.P., Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy), Bishop of Orte (Italy) and Bishop of Gallese (Italy)

1824: Italy Saint Bishop Vincenzo Maria Strambi , C.P., Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino (Italy)

1780: Italy Bishop Tommaso Struzzieri , C.P., Bishop of Todi (Italy)

Saints (5)

1824: Italy Saint Vincenzo Maria Strambi , bishop

Blesseds (33)

1952: Bulgaria Blessed Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff , bishop and martyr

1936: Spain Blessed Ildefonso de la Cruz (Anatolio García Nozal) , priest and martyr

1936: Spain Blessed Anacario de la Inmaculada (Anacario Benito Lozal) , religious and martyr

1936: Spain Blessed Felipe de San Miguel (Felipe Ruiz Fraile) , religious and martyr

1936: Spain Blessed Maurilio del Niño Jesús (Murilio Macho Rodríguez) , religious and martyr

1936: Spain Blessed José de Jesús y María (José Osés Sáinz) , religious and martyr

1936: Spain Blessed Epifanio de San Miguel (Epifanio Sierra Conde) , religious and martyr

1936: Spain Blessed Abilio de la Cruz (Abilio Ramos y Ramos) , religious and martyr

1936: Spain Blessed Benito de la Virgen de Villar (Benito Solana Ruiz) , religious and martyr

1936: Spain Blessed Félix de las Cinco Heridas (Félix Ugalde Irurzun) , religious and martyr

1936: Spain Blessed Pablo María de San José (Pedro Leoz Portillo) , religious and martyr

1889: Italy Blessed Pio di San Luigi (Luigi Campidelli) , religious

Argentina Argentina

Australia Australia

Austria Austria

Brazil Brazil

Canada Canada

England England

Indonesia Indonesia

Italy Italy

Jamaica Jamaica

Japan Japan

Philippines Philippines

Poland Poland

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico

Spain Spain

Sweden Sweden

USA USA

Statistics (2023年12月31日)

Houses: 341

Members: 1,795 (1,368 priests)

Last updated on 2026年05月04日

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