Oblates of the Virgin Mary (O.M.V.)

Also known as: Congregazione degli Oblati di Maria Vergine (Italiano) / Congregatio Oblatorum Beatæ Mariæ Virginis (latine) / Oblats de la Vierge Marie (français) / Congregação dos Oblatos de Maria Virgem (Português)

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

1815: Established as Oblates of the Virgin Mary (English) / Congregazione degli Oblati di Maria Vergine (Italiano) / Congregatio Oblatorum Beatæ Mariæ Virginis (latine) / Oblats de la Vierge Marie (français) / Congregação dos Oblatos de Maria Virgem (Português) / O.M.V.

Contact Info

Address: Viale Trenta Aprile 17, 00153 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.58.39.23.01

Superiors

Rector Major: Argentina Fr. Luis Alberto Constantino Ávila, O.M.V. Fr. Luis Alberto Constantino Ávila , O.M.V. (2022年07月19日 – ...)

Past Superiors

Rector Major: USA Fr. David Nicgorski, O.M.V. (2015年07月14日 – 2022年07月19日)

Rector Major: Italy Fr. Sergio Zirattu, O.M.V. (2009年07月20日 – 2015年07月14日)

Rector Major: Canada Fr. Patrice Véraquin, O.M.V. (1997年07月25日 – 2009年07月20日)

Founder

Founder: Italy Venerable Fr. Pio Brunone Lanteri , O.M.V. (1815)

Other Present Members (1)

Canada Fr. Pierre Paul, O.M.V. Fr. Pierre Paul , O.M.V., Bureau Chief of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Deceased Bishops (2 Archbishops, 1 Bishop)

1892: Italy Archbishop Vincenzo Gregorio Berchialla , O.M.V., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

1881: Italy Archbishop Giovanni Antonio Balma , O.M.V., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

1855: Myanmar Bishop Giovanni Dominico Faustino Ceretti , O.M.V., Vicar Apostolic of Ava and Pegu (Myanmar)

Statistics (2023年12月31日)

Houses: 36

Members: 178 (146 priests)

Last updated on 2026年05月04日

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