Saint Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions (S.P.S.)

Also known as: St. Patrick’s Gesellschaft für auswärtige Missionen (Deutsch) / Società di San Patrizio per le Missioni Estere (Italiano) / Societas Sancti Patritii pro Missionibus ad Exteros (latine)

Type: Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Contact Info

Address: St. Patrick’s, Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

Phone: (508) 73.600

Superiors

Superior General: Nigeria Fr. Richard Tombari Filima, S.P.S. (47) Fr. Richard Tombari Filima , S.P.S. (47) (2022年05月13日 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General: Ireland Fr. Victor Dunne, S.P.S. (2014年06月20日 – 2022年05月13日)
Superior General: Ireland Fr. Seamus O’Neill, S.P.S. (? – 2014年06月20日)

Founder

Founder: Nigeria Msgr. Patrick Joseph Whitney , S.P.S. (1932年03月17日)

Other Former Members (2)

>1995: Malawi Fr. John Vincent Roche , S.P.S., Apostolic Administrator of Mzuzu (Malawi)

>1971: Kenya Fr. Denis Newman , S.P.S., Apostolic Administrator of Nakuru (Kenya)

Living Bishops (1 Archbishop, 4 Bishops)

Deceased Bishops (6 Bishops)

2004: Kenya Bishop John Christopher Mahon , S.P.S., Bishop of Lodwar (Kenya)

2002: Kenya Bishop William Dunne , S.P.S., Bishop of Kitui (Kenya)

1988: Nigeria Bishop Thomas McGettrick , S.P.S., Bishop of Abakaliki (Nigeria)

1985: Nigeria Bishop James Moynagh , S.P.S., Bishop of Calabar (Nigeria)

1975: Kenya Bishop Joseph Brendan Houlihan , S.P.S., Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya)

Brazil Brazil

South Africa South Africa

Statistics (2023年12月31日)

Houses: 24

Members: 309 (218 priests)

Last updated on 2026年05月04日

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