Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries (C.M.M.)

Also known as: Mariannhiller Missionare (Deutsch) / Missionnaires de Mariannhill (français) / Missionari di Mariannhill (Italiano) / Congregatio Missionariorum de Mariannhill (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

1909: Established as Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries (English) / Mariannhiller Missionare (Deutsch) / Missionnaires de Mariannhill (français) / Missionari di Mariannhill (Italiano) / Congregatio Missionariorum de Mariannhill (latine) / C.M.M.

Contact Info

Address: Via S. Giovanni Eudes 91, 00163 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.66.41.19.09; 06.66.41.90.23

Superiors

Superior General: Germany Fr. Michael Maß, C.M.M. (45) Fr. Michael Maß , C.M.M. (45) (2022年10月10日 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General: South Africa Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M. (53) Fr. Thulani Victor Mbuyisa , C.M.M. (53) (later Bishop) (2016年10月08日 – 2022年04月06日)

Superior General: Switzerland Fr. Damian Weber, C.M.M. (2004年06月14日 – 2016年10月08日)

Superior General: Germany Fr. Dieter Gahlen, C.M.M. (2002.06 – 2004年01月25日)

Superior General: Fr. Yves La Fonteine, C.M.M. (1990 – 2002)

Superior General: Switzerland Fr. Fridolin Zueger, C.M.M. (1979 – 1990)

Superior General: Fr. Pius Rudlof, C.M.M. (1973 – 1979)

Superior General: Fr. Ferdinand Holzner, C.M.M. (1957 – 1972)

Superior General: Fr. Reginald Weinmann, C.M.M. (1932 – 1957)

Superior General: Fr. Hermann Arndt, C.M.M. (1926 – 1930)

Superior General: South Africa Bishop Joseph Adalbert Fleischer , C.M.M. (1920 – 1926)

Founder

Founder: Austria Fr. Franz Pfanner , C.M.M. (later Abbot) (1909)

Other Former Members (1)

>2009: Zimbabwe Fr. Martin Schupp , C.M.M., Apostolic Administrator of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Living Bishops (2 Archbishops, 1 Bishop)

South Africa Archbishop Mandla Siegfried Jwara, C.M.M. (69) Archbishop Mandla Siegfried Jwara , C.M.M. (69), Metropolitan Archbishop of Durban (South Africa) and Second Vice-President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference

South Africa Archbishop Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M. (79) Archbishop Paul Mandla Khumalo , C.M.M. (79), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pretoria (South Africa) and Military Ordinary emeritus of South African Defence Force (South Africa)

South Africa Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M. (53) Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa , C.M.M. (53), Bishop of Kokstad (South Africa) and Apostolic Administrator of Mthatha (South Africa)

Deceased Bishops (1 Archbishop, 8 Bishops)

2019: Papua New Guinea Bishop Christian Conrad Blouin , C.M.M., Bishop of Lae (Papua New Guinea)

2012: Zimbabwe Archbishop Ernst Heinrich Karlen , C.M.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

2009: Papua New Guinea Bishop Henry Anthony A. van Lieshout , C.M.M., Bishop of Lae (Papua New Guinea)

1980: South Africa Bishop Martin Elmar Schmid , C.M.M., Bishop of Mariannhill (South Africa)

1976: South Africa Bishop Joseph Grueter , C.M.M., Bishop of Mthatha (South Africa)

1976: Zimbabwe Bishop Adolph Gregory Schmitt , C.M.M., Bishop of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

1970: South Africa Bishop Alphonse Streit , C.M.M., Bishop of Mariannhill (South Africa)

1963: South Africa Bishop Joseph Adalbert Fleischer , C.M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Mariannhill (South Africa)

1940: South Africa Bishop Emanuele Hanisch , C.M.M., Vicar Apostolic of Umtata (South Africa)

Blesseds (1)

1945: Germany Blessed Engelmar Unzeitig , priest and martyr

South Africa South Africa

Church of Our Lady of Health of Vailanganni Church of Our Lady of Health of Vailanganni, Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu-Natal

Statistics (2023年12月31日)

Houses: 29

Members: 321 (206 priests)

Houses

Members

Last updated on 2026年05月04日