Consolata Missionaries

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Institute of Consolata Missionaries
Institutum Missionum a Consolata (Latin)[1]
Santuario della Consolata Torino.JPG
Santuario della Consolata, Torino
AbbreviationI.M.C. (post-nominal letters) [2]
Formation29 January 1901; 120 years ago (1901-01-29)[3]
FounderBlessed Fr. Giuseppe Allamano, IMC[4]
Founded atTurin, Italy
TypeClerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right (for Men)[5]
HeadquartersGeneralate
Viale della Mura Aurelie 11-13, Rome, Italy[6]
Members
947 members (737 priests) as of 2018[7]
Motto
Latin:

English:
Superior General
Fr. Stefano Camerlengo, IMC[8]
Parent organization
Roman Catholic Church
Websitehttp://www.consolata.org/

The Institute of Consolata Missionaries (Latin: Institutum Missionum a Consolata), commonly called the Consolata Missionaries is a Roman Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men. Its members add the nominal I.M.C. after their names to indicate membership in the Institute.

History[]

The Instituto Missioni Consolata [Italian) hence the abbreviation I.M.C. was established on 29 January 1901 by the beatified Italian priest Giuseppe Allamano. Its headquarters is in Viale della Mura Aurelie 11-13, Rome, Italy.

Statistics[]

In 2018, the congregation had 227 houses, 947 members (737 priests).

Superiors general[]

  • Bishop Filippo Perlo (1926 – 1929)
  • Domenico Fiorina (1949 – 1969)
  • Mario Bianchi (1970 - 1981)
  • Giuseppe Inverardi (1982 - 1993)
  • Pietro Trabucco, I.M.C. (1993 – 2005)
  • Aquileo Fiorentini, I.M.C. (2005 – 2011)
  • Fr. Stefano Camerlengo, I.M.C. (2011– present)

Prelates from their ranks[]

Deceased (by year of death)
  • 1930: Fr. Giuseppe Balbo, Apostolic Prefect of Meru (Kenya)
  • 1933: Fr. Gaudenzio Barlassina, Apostolic Prefect of Kaffa (Ethiopia)
  • 1935: Fr. Francesco Cagliero, Prefect Apostolic of Iringa (Tanzania)
  • 1944: Bishop Giuseppe Perrachon, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Nyeri (Kenya)
  • 1948: Bishop Gabriele Perlo, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Mogadishu (Somalia)
  • 1948: Bishop Filippo Perlo, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Kenya (Kenya) and Superior General emeritus of Consolata Missionaries
  • 1953: Bishop Luigi Santa, Bishop of Rimini (Italy)
  • 1960: Bishop Antonio Torasso, Apostolic Vicar of Florencia (Colombia)
  • 1965: Bishop Attilio Beltramino, Bishop of Iringa (Tanzania)
  • 1966: Bishop José Nepote-Fus, emeritus of Roraima (Brazil)
  • 1976: Bishop Lawrence Victor Bessone, Bishop of Meru (Kenya)
  • 1978: Bishop Carlo Re, Bishop emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio (Italy)
  • 1990: Bishop Carlo Maria Cavallera, Bishop emeritus of Marsabit (Kenya)
  • 2012: Bishop Angelo Cuniberti, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Florencia (Colombia)
  • 2014: Bishop José Luis Serna Alzate, Bishop emeritus of Líbano–Honda (Colombia)
  • 2014: Bishop Servílio Conti, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Roraima (Brazil)
Alive
  • Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia) and President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia
  • Bishop Evaristo Marc Chengula, Bishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)
  • Bishop Giovanni Crippa, Bishop of Estância (Brazil)
  • Bishop Carillo Gritti, Bishop-Prelate of Itacoatiara (Brazil)
  • Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, Apostolic Vicar of Isiolo (Kenya) and Titular Bishop of Rusguniæ
  • Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki, Bishop of Marsabit (Kenya)
  • Bishop Francisco Lerma Martínez, Bishop of Gurué (Mozambique)
  • Bishop Aldo Mongiano, Bishop emeritus of Roraima (Brazil)
  • Bishop Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, Apostolic Vicar of San Vicente del Caguán (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Numidia
  • Bishop Virgilio Pante, Bishop of Maralal (Kenya)
  • Bishop Joaquím Humberto Pinzón Güiza, Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Leguízamo–Solano (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Otočac
  • Bishop José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, Bishop of Manzini (Swaziland).
  • Bishop Elio Rama, Bishop of Pinheiro (Brazil)
  • Bishop Ambrogio Ravasi, Bishop emeritus of Marsabit (Kenya)
  • Bishop Inácio Saure, Bishop of Tete (Mozambique)
  • Bishop Walmir Alberto Valle, Bishop emeritus of Joaçaba (Brazil)
  • Fr. Alberto Trevisiol, Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical Urbaniana University

Source and external links[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/022.htm
  2. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/022.htm
  3. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/022.htm
  4. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/022.htm
  5. ^ http://www. gcatholic.org/orders/022.htm
  6. ^ http://www.gcatholic. org/orders/022.htm
  7. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/022.htm
  8. ^ http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/022.htm
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