Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (A.A.)

Assumptionists

Also known as: Assumptionisten (Deutsch) / Asuncionistas (español) / Congrégation des Augustins de l’Assomption (français) / Agostiniani dell’Assunzione (Italiano) / Congregatio Augustinianorum ab Assumptione (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: Via San Pio V 55, 00165 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.662.39.98

Superiors

Superior General: Congo-Kinshasa Fr. Ngoa Ya Tshihemba, A.A. (55) Fr. Ngoa Ya Tshihemba , A.A. (55) (2023年06月12日 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General: France Fr. Benoît Grière, A.A. (2011年05月11日 – 2023年06月12日)
Superior General: USA Fr. Richard E. Lamoureux, A.A. (1999年05月11日 – 2011年05月11日)
Superior General: Fr. Claude Maréchal, A.A. (1987 – 1999)
Superior General: Fr. Hervé Stéphan, A.A. (1975 – 1987)
Superior General: Fr. Paul Charpentier, A.A. (1969 – 1975)
Superior General: USA Fr. Wilfrid Dufault, A.A. (1952 – 1969)
Superior General: Fr. Gervais Quenard, A.A. (1923 – 1952)
Superior General: Fr. Emmauel Bailly, A.A. (1903 – 1917)
Superior General: Fr. François Picard, A.A. (1880 – 1903)
Superior General: France Fr. Emmanuel d’Alzon , A.A. (1845 – 1880)
Vicar General: Fr. Joseph Maubon, A.A. (1918 – 1922)

Founder

Founder: France Fr. Emmanuel d’Alzon , A.A. (1845)

Living Bishops (3 Bishops)

France Bishop Benoît Gschwind, A.A. (62) Bishop Benoît Gschwind , A.A. (62), Bishop of Pamiers (France)

Belgium Bishop Fabien Lejeusne, A.A. (52) Bishop Fabien Lejeusne , A.A. (52), Bishop of Namur (Belgium)

Turkiye Bishop Louis-Armel Pelâtre, A.A. (85) Bishop Louis-Armel Pelâtre , A.A. (85), Titular Bishop of Sasima, Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Istanbul (Turkiye), former Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul of the Greeks (Turkiye) and former Patriarchal Administrator of Istanbul of the Greek-Melkites (Turkiye)

Deceased Bishops (5 Archbishops, 7 Bishops)

2022: Brazil Bishop José Geraldo da Cruz , A.A., Bishop of Juazeiro (Brazil)

2007: Greece Archbishop Antónios Varthalítis , A.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece)

2006: Bulgaria Archbishop Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev , A.A., Apostolic Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria)

2005: Congo-Kinshasa Archbishop Charles Kambale Mbogha , A.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa)

2000: Romania Bishop Vasile Cristea , A.A., Titular Bishop of Lebedus

1998: Bulgaria Bishop Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine , A.A., Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria)

1991: Madagascar Bishop Michel-Henri Canonne , A.A., Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar)

1979: Brazil Bishop Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis , A.A., Bishop of Jales (Brazil)

1978: England Archbishop George Andrew Beck , A.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Liverpool (England)

1975: Congo-Kinshasa Bishop Henri Joseph Marius Piérard , A.A., Bishop of Beni (Congo-Kinshasa)

1968: Greece Archbishop Antonio Gregorio Vuccino , A.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece)

1946: France Bishop Pie Eugène Joseph Neveu , A.A., Titular Bishop of Citrus

Blesseds (3)

1952: Bulgaria Blessed Kamen (Petăr Vichev / Петър Камен Вичев) , priest and martyr

1952: Bulgaria Blessed Pavel (Josif Džidžov / Йосиф Павел Джиджов) , priest and martyr

1952: Bulgaria Blessed Josafat (Robert Matej Šiškov / Роберт Матей Йосафат Шишков) , priest and martyr

Brazil Brazil

England England

Greece Greece

Palestine Palestine

Russia Russia

Statistics (2023年12月31日)

Houses: 129

Members: 962 (552 priests)

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Last updated on 2026年05月04日

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