Workers of the Kingdom of Christ (C.O.R.C.)

Also known as: Operarios del Reino de Cristo (español) / Operai del Regno di Cristo (Italiano)

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

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

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History

1963年09月12日: Established as Workers of the Kingdom of Christ (English) / Operarios del Reino de Cristo (español) / Operai del Regno di Cristo (Italiano) / C.O.R.C. (from Diocese of Tacámbaro)

Contact Info

Address: Magnolias 32, Col. Jardines de Qro., 76020 Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico

Phone: (442) 223-0231

Superiors

Director General: Mexico Fr. Pedro Enrique Amezcua Medina, C.O.R.C. Fr. Pedro Enrique Amezcua Medina , C.O.R.C. (2022年10月26日 – ...)

Past Superiors

Director General: Mexico Fr. Esteban Alcocer González, C.O.R.C. (2017 – 2022年10月26日)

Founders

Founder: Mexico Fr. Enrique Amezcua Medina , C.O.R.C. (1963年09月12日)

Founder: Mexico Bishop José Abraham Martínez Betancourt (1963年09月12日)

Founder: Mexico Archbishop Manuel Pío López Estrada (1963年09月12日)

Living Bishops (1 Archbishop, 1 Bishop)

Spain Archbishop Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C. (63) Archbishop Alejandro Arellano Cedillo , C.O.R.C. (63), Titular Archbishop of Besalú, Dean of Tribunal of the Roman Rota, President of Pontifical Commission for the Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy, President of Appeals Court of Vatican City State and Plenipotentiary Pontifical Commissioner for the complex of Torreciudad of Barbastro–Monzón (Spain)

Mexico Bishop Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C. (67) Bishop Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega , C.O.R.C. (67), Bishop of Córdoba (Mexico)

Italy Italy

Chiesa Santi Martiri Giapponesi Chiesa Santi Martiri Giapponesi, Civitavecchia, Roma, Lazio

Spain Spain

Iglesia San Martín Obispo Iglesia San Martín Obispo, San Martín de Pusa, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha
Iglesia Santa Ana Iglesia Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Pusa, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha

USA USA

Church of St. Gertrude Church of St. Gertrude, Stockton, California

Statistics (2022年12月31日)

Houses: 50

Members: 155 (134 priests)

Last updated on 2026年05月04日

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