Society of Mary (S.M.)

Marists

Also known as: Gesellschaft Mariens (Maristenpatres) (Deutsch) / Sociedad de María (Maristas) (español) / Société de Marie (Maristes) (français) / Società di Maria (Maristi) (Italiano) / Societas Mariæ (latine)

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: Villa S. Maria, Via Alessandro Poerio 63, 00152, Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.589.90.41

Superiors

Superior General: Ireland Fr. Declan Marmion, S.M. (64) Fr. Declan Marmion , S.M. (64) (2025年10月02日 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General: New Zealand Fr. John Larsen, S.M. (2017年09月30日 – 2025年10月02日)
Superior General: Ireland Fr. John Hannan, S.M. (2009年09月10日 – 2017年09月30日)
Superior General: Netherlands Fr. Jan Hulshof, S.M. (2001年09月20日 – 2009年09月10日)
Superior General: Spain Fr. Joaquín Fernández Viejo, S.M. (1993年09月14日 – 2001年09月20日)
Superior General: Australia Fr. John Jago, S.M. (1985年09月21日 – 1993年09月13日)
Superior General: New Zealand Fr. Bernard Ryan, S.M. (1977年09月19日 – 1985年09月20日)
Superior General: France Fr. Roger Dumortier, S.M. (1969年12月08日 – 1977年09月18日)
Superior General: USA Fr. Joseph Buckley, S.M. (1961年08月26日 – 1969年12月08日)
Superior General: USA Fr. Alcime Cyr, S.M. (1947年09月21日 – 1961年08月26日)
Superior General: Fr. Ernest Rieu, S.M. (1923年08月11日 – 1947年09月20日)
Superior General: Fr. Jean-Claude Raffin, S.M. (1905年08月07日 – 1922年07月31日)
Superior General: Fr. Antoine Martin, S.M. (1886年08月21日 – 1905年03月25日)
Superior General: Fr. Julien Favre, S.M. (1854年05月10日 – 1885年03月25日)
Superior General: France Fr. Jean-Claude-Marie Colin , S.M. (1836年09月24日 – 1854年05月09日)

Founder

Founder: France Fr. Jean-Claude-Marie Colin , S.M. (1816年07月23日)

Other Former Members (9)

2016: Tuvalu Fr. Camille DesRosiers , S.M., Ecclesiastical Superior of Funafuti (Tuvalu)

>1887: Fiji Fr. Jean-Baptiste Bréhéret , S.M., Prefect Apostolic of Fiji Island (Fiji)

Living Bishops (4 Archbishops, 9 Bishops)

USA Bishop Joel Matthias Konzen, S.M. (75) Bishop Joel Matthias Konzen , S.M. (75), Titular Bishop of Leavenworth and Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (USA)

Canada Bishop Yvan Mathieu, S.M. (65) Bishop Yvan Mathieu , S.M. (65), Titular Bishop of Vazari and Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa–Cornwall (Canada)

Deceased Bishops (1 Cardinal, 9 Archbishops, 45 Bishops)

2020: Peru Archbishop Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre , S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

2018: Solomon Islands Bishop John Doaninoel , S.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara (Solomon Islands)

2015: Fiji Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce , S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Suva (Fiji)

2013: Tonga Bishop Soane Lilo Foliaki , S.M., Bishop of Tonga (Tonga)

2006: Samoa Cardinal Pio Taofinu’u , S.M., Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa)

1997: Tuvalu Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers , S.M., Bishop of Rarotonga (Cook Islands) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Funafuti (Tuvalu)

1987: Fiji Archbishop Victor Frederick Foley , S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Suva (Fiji)

1987: Vanuatu Archbishop Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin , S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Nouméa (New Caledonia)

1972: Norway Bishop Jacques Mangers , S.M., Bishop of Oslo (Norway)

1962: Tonga Bishop Joseph-Felix Blanc , S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Tonga Islands (Tonga)

1959: USA Bishop Michael Joseph Keyes , S.M., Bishop of Savannah (USA)

1955: Vanuatu Bishop Jules Halbert , S.M., Vicar Apostolic of New Hebrides (Vanuatu)

1954: New Zealand Archbishop Thomas O’Shea , S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

1950: USA Bishop Gerald Shaughnessy , S.M., Bishop of Seattle (USA)

1941: Fiji Bishop Charles-Joseph Nicolas , S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island (Fiji)

1935: New Zealand Archbishop Francis Mary Redwood , S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)

1924: USA Bishop John Edward Gunn , S.M., Bishop of Natchez (USA)

1922: Fiji Bishop Julien Vidal , S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Fiji Island (Fiji)

1917: USA Archbishop James Herbert Blenk , S.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

1911: Tonga Bishop Armand Olier , S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania (Tonga)

1906: Tonga Bishop Jean-Amand Lamaze , S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania (Tonga)

1878: Tonga Bishop Aloys Elloy , S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania (Tonga)

1877: Tonga Bishop Pierre Bataillon , S.M., Vicar Apostolic of Central Oceania (Tonga)

Saints (2)

1841: Wallis and Futuna Saint Pierre Louis Marie Chanel , priest and martyr

Australia Australia

Fiji Fiji

Italy Italy

New Zealand New Zealand

USA USA

Statistics (2023年12月31日)

Houses: 114

Members: 589 (521 priests)

Last updated on 2026年05月04日

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