Christian Brothers (C.F.C.)

Also known as: Hermanos Cristianos (español) / Frères chrétiens (français) / Fratelli Cristiani (Italiano) / Braci w Chrystusie (polski) / Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum (latine) / Christliche Brüder (Deutsch)

Type: Lay 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

1802: Established as Christian Brothers (English) / Hermanos Cristianos (español) / Frères chrétiens (français) / Fratelli Cristiani (Italiano) / Braci w Chrystusie (polski) / Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum (latine) / Christliche Brüder (Deutsch) / C.F.C.

Contact Info

Address: Via Marcantonio Colonna 9, 00192 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.32.11.03.63

Superiors

Superior General: Br. John Gerard Casey , C.F.C. (2024年01月28日 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General: Australia Br. Peter Bernard Clinch, C.F.C. (2022.02 – 2024年01月28日)

Superior General: Canada Br. Hugh James O’Neill, C.F.C. (2014年03月25日 – 2022.02)

Superior General: India Br. Philip Pinto, C.F.C. (2002年03月21日 – 2014年03月25日)

Superior General: Br. Alvaro Rodríguez Echeverría, C.F.C. (2001 – 2002年03月21日)

Superior General: Br. Edmund Michael Garvey, C.F.C. (1997 – 2001)

Superior General: Br. Jeremiah Columba Keating, C.F.C. (1990 – 1997)

Superior General: Br. Gerald Gabriel McHugh, C.F.C. (1978 – 1990)

Superior General: Br. Justin Linus Ketty, C.F.C. (1972 – 1978)

Superior General: Br. Arthur Austin Loftus, C.F.C. (1966 – 1972)

Superior General: Br. Edward Ferdinand Clancy, C.F.C. (1950 – 1966)

Superior General: Br. Joseph Pius Noonan, C.F.C. (1930 – 1950)

Superior General: Br. Jerome Hennessey, C.F.C. (1920 – 1930)

Superior General: Br. Calasanctius Whitty, C.F.C. (1905 – 1920)

Superior General: Br. Michael Titus Moylan, C.F.C. (1900 – 1905)

Superior General: Br. Richard Anthony Maxwell, C.F.C. (1880 – 1900)

Superior General: Ireland Br. James Aloysius Hoare, C.F.C. (1862 – 1880)

Superior General: Ireland Br. Michael Paul Riordan, C.F.C. (1838.07 – 1862.02)

Superior General: Ireland Blessed Br. Edmund Ignatius Rice , C.F.C. (1820 – 1838.07)

Founder

Founder: Ireland Blessed Br. Edmund Ignatius Rice , C.F.C. (1802)

Blesseds (1)

1844: Ireland Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice , religious

USA USA

Chapel of Blessed Edmund Rice Chapel of Blessed Edmund Rice, Salinas, California

Statistics (2023年12月31日)

Houses: 142

Members: 695

Houses

Members

Last updated on 2026年05月04日