List of Ministers General of the Order of Friars Minor

This is a list of the ministers general of the Order of Friars Minor.

Ministers General up to 1517[]

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226), portrait by Giacomo Cavedone, ca. 1660

Bonaventure (1221–1274), portrait by Vittore Crivelli (c1440-1501)

• Francis of Assisi (1210–1226)
• Giovanni Parenti (1227–1232) 1st Minister General
• Elias of Cortona (1232–1239) 2nd Minister General
• Albert of Pisa (1239–1240) 3rd Minister General
• Haymo of Faversham (1240–1243) 4th Minister General
• Crescentius of Jesi (1244–1247) 5th Minister General
• Johannes of Parma (1247–1257) 6th Minister General
• Bonaventura of Bagnoreggio (1257–1274) 7th Minister General
• Girolamo Masci d'Ascoli (1274–1279), later Pope Nicholas IV, 8th Minister General
• Bonagratia of Bologna (1279–1285), 9th Minister General
• Arlotto of Prato (1285–1287), 10th Minister General
• Matteo de Acquasparta (1287–1289), 11th Minister General
• Raimund Godefroy (1289–1295), 12th Minister General
• Giovanni Mincio of Murrovalle (1296–1304), 13th Minister General
• Gonsalvus Hispanus (1304–1313), 14th Minister General
• Alessandro Bonini di Alessandria (1313–1314), 15th Minister General
• Michael of Cesena (1316–1328), 16th Minister General
  • Cardinal Bertrand de Turre (1328–1329), general Vicar
• Gerardo Odónis (1329–1342), 17th Minister General
• Fortanerio de Vassal (1343–1348), 18th Minister General
• Guillaume Farinier (1348–1357), 19th Minister General
• (1357–1358), 20th Minister General
• Marcus of Viterbo (1359–1366), 21st Minister General
• Thomas of Frignano (1367–1372), 22nd Minister General
• (1373–1378), 23rd Minister General

During the Great Schism, the following ministers general headed the order in the Roman obedience:

• Ludovico Donati (1379–1383), 24th Minister General
• (1383–1384), 25th Minister General
• de Rivarolo (1384–1387), 26th Minister General
• (1387–1405), 27th Minister General
• de Pereto (1405–1408), 28th Minister General
  • (1408–1409), general Vicar
• (1410–1415), 29th Minister General (for the first year general Vicar)
• de Pereto (1415–1420), second appointment

At the same time, the following presided over the order in the obedience of Avignon:

• (1379–1391)
• (1391–1402)
• (1403–1417)

After the conclusion of the schism, the order was reunited under Antonio Vinitti.

• (1421–1424), 30th Minister General
• (1424–1430), 31st Minister General
• Guillermo Robazoglio da Casale (1430–1442), 32nd Minister General
  • Alberto Berdini de Sarteano (1442–1443) ( general Vicar)
• (1443–1449), 33rd Minister General
• del Toscano (1450–1453), 34th Minister General
• de Mozzanica (1454–1457), 35th Minister General
• (1458–1464), 36th Minister General
• Francesco della Rovere (1464–1469), 37th Minister General, later Pope Sixtus IV.
• (1469–1475), 38th Minister General
• Francesco Nanni called Samson (1475–1499), 39th Minister General
• de Amelia (1500–1506), 40th Minister General
• de Cotignola (1506–1510), 41st Minister General
• de Bagnacavallo (1510–1511), 42nd Minister General
  • (1511–1512), general Vicar
• (1511–1517), 43rd Minister General (for the first year as general Vicar)

Ministers General of the Friars Minor (OFM)[]

• Cristoforo Numai (1517–1518), 44th Minister General
• (1518–1520), 45th Minister General
• (1520–1523), 46th Minister General (for the first year as general Vicar)
• Francisco de Quiñones, 47th Minister General (1523–1527)
  • (1527–1529), general Vicar
• (1529–1533), 48th Minister General
• (1535–1541), 49th Minister General
• de Calvi (1541–1547), 50th Minister General
• (1547–1553), 51st Minister General
• (1553–1557), 52nd Minister General
  • (An unknown general Vicar) (1557–1559)
• de Cuenca (1559–1565), 53rd Minister General
• da Borgonuovo (1565–1571), 54th Minister General
• (1571–1579), 55th Minister General
• (1579–1587), 56th Minister General, Chronist
• (1587–1593), 57th Minister General
• da Caltagirone (1593–1600), 58th Minister General
• de Toledo (1600–1606), 59th Minister General
• de Messina (1606–1612), 60th Minister General
• (1612–1613), 61st Minister General
  • (1613–1618), general Vicar
• (1618–1625), 62nd Minister General
• (1625–1631), 63rd Minister General
• (1633–1639), 64th Minister General
• de Madrid (1639–1645), 65th Minister General
• , 1645–1648, 66th Minister General
• (1651–1655), 67th Minister General
• de Sambuca (1658–1664), 68th Minister General
• (1664–1670), 69th Minister General
• (1670–1674), 70th Minister General
• (1674–1676), 71st Minister General
• (1676–1682), 72nd Minister General
• (1682–1688), 73rd Minister General
• (1688–1690), 74th Minister General
• (1690–1694), 75th Minister General
• Bonaventura Poerio de Taverna (1694–1697), 76th Minister General, https://web.archive.org/web/20160310081346/http://www.poerioweb.it/bonaventura.php
• (1697–1700), 77th Minister General
• (1700–1701), 78th Minister General
• (1702–1716), 79th Minister General
• (1717–1723), 80th Minister General
• Lorenzo Cozza de S. Lorenzo (1723–1726), 81st Minister General
• de Parete (1727–1729), 82nd Minister General
• (1729–1736), 83rd Minister General
• (1736–1740), 84th Minister General
• de Laurino (1740–1744), 85th Minister General
• de Lugagnano (1744–1750), 86th Minister General
• de Molina (1750–1756), 87th Minister General
• de Palermo (1756–1762), 88th Minister General
• de Molina (1762–1768), 89th Minister General (second appointment)
• de Varese (1768–1791), 90th Minister General
• (1792–1806), 91st Minister General
• de Montemagno (1806–1814), 92nd Minister General
• (1814–1817), 93rd Minister General
• (1817–1824), 94th Minister General
• de Capestrano (1824–1830), 95th Minister General
• (1830–1834), 96th Minister General
• (1835–1838), 97th Minister General
• (1838–1844), 98th Minister General
• de Loreto (1844–1850), 99th Minister General
• de Celano (1850–1856), 100th Minister General
• de Montefranco (1856–1832), 101st Minister General
• de Pontecci Marconi (1862–1869), 102nd Minister General
• da Portogruaro (1869–1889), 103rd Minister General
• (1889–1897), 104th Minister General
• (1897–1901), 105th Minister General
  • (1901–1915), general Vicar
• (1903–1911), 106th Minister General
• (1911–1915), 107th Minister General
• Serafino Cimino da Capri (1915–1921), 108th Minister General
• (1921–1927), 109th Minister General
• (1927–1933), 110th Minister General
• (1933–1944), 111th Minister General
  • (1944–1945), general Vicar
• Valentine Theodore Schaaf (1945–1946), 112th Minister General
• (1947–1952), 113th Minister General
• Augustin-Joseph Sépinski (1952–1965), 114th Minister General
• (1965–1979), 115th Minister General (for the first two years as general Vicar)
• John Vaughn (1979–1991), 116th Minister General
• (1991–1997), 117th Minister General
• Giacomo Bini (1997–2003), 118th Minister General
• José Rodríguez Carballo (2003–2013), 119th Minister General
• Michael Anthony Perry (2013-2021), 120th Minister General
• (Since 2021), 121st Minister General^[1][2]

Ministers General of the Conventuals (OFM Conv.)[]

• de Petris de Cherso (1517–1520), 44th Minister General
• (1520–1525), 45th Minister General
• (1525–1530), 46th Minister General (first 4 years general Vicar)
• (1530–1537), 47th Minister General (first 4 years general Vicar)
• Lorenzo Spada (1537–1543), 48th Minister General
• (1543–1549), 49th Minister General
• (1549–1551), 50th Minister General
• (1551–1559), 51st Minister General (first 4 years general Vicar)
• (1559–1559), 52nd Minister General
  • (1559–1561), general Vicar
• (1561–1566), 53rd Minister General (first year as general Vicar)
• Felix Peretti de Montalto (1566–1568), general Vicar, later Pope Sixtus V
• (1568–1568), 54th Minister General
• (1568–1574), 55th Minister General (first 3 years general Vicar)
• (1575–1580), 56th Minister General
• (1581–1584), 57th Minister General
• (1584–1586), 58th Minister General
• (1586–1590), 59th Minister General (first year as general Vicar)
• (1590–1590), 60th Minister General
• (1590–1591), 61st Minister General
  • (1592–1593), general Vicar
• (1593–1602), 62nd Minister General
• (1602–1607), 63rd Minister General
• (1608–1612), 64th Minister General
• (1612–1622), 65th Minister General (first 5 years general Vicar)
• (1622–1623), 66th Minister General
• (1625–1632), 67th Minister General
• (1632–1647), 68th Minister General (first 3 years general Vicar)
• (1647–1653), 69th Minister General
• (1653–1659), 70th Minister General
• (1659–1665), 71st Minister General
• (1665–1670), 72nd Minister General
• (1670–1677), 73rd Minister General
• (1677–1683), 74th Minister General
• (1683–1689), 75th Minister General
• , 76th Minister General
• (1695–1701), 77th Minister General
• Vicente Maria Coronelli (1701–1707), 78th Minister General
  • (1701–1704), general Vicar for Vicente Coronelli
• (1707–1713), 79th Minister General
• (1713–1718), 80th Minister General
  • (1718–1719), general Vicar
• (1719–1725), 81st Minister General
• (1725–1731), 82nd Minister General
• (1731–1738), 83rd Minister General
  • (1738–1741), general Vicar
• (1741–1747), 84th Minister General
• (1747–1753), 85th Minister General
• (1753–1759), 86th Minister General
• (1759–1764), 87th Minister General
• (1764–1771), 88th Minister General (first year general Vicar)
• (1771–1777), 89th Minister General
• (1777–1783), 90th Minister General
• (1783–1789), 91st Minister General
• (1789–1795), 92nd Minister General
• (1795–1803), 93rd Minister General
• Nicolas Papini (1803–1809), 94th Minister General
• (1809–1824), 95th Minister General
• (1824–1830), 96th Minister General
• (1830–1832), 97th Minister General
  • (1832–1833), general Vicar
• (1833–1839), 98th Minister General
• (1839–1845), 99th Minister General
• (1845–1851), 100th Minister General
• (1851–1857), 101st Minister General
• (1857–1864), 102nd Minister General
• (1864–1872), 103rd Minister General (first two years as general Vicar)
• (1872–1879), 104th Minister General
• (1879–1891), 105th Minister General
• (1891–1904), 106th Minister General
• (1904–1910), 107th Minister General
• (1910–1919), 108th Minister General
  • (1913–1919), general Vicar
• (1919–1924), 109th Minister General
• (Orlini) (1924–1930), 110th Minister General
• Domingo Maria Tavani (1930–1936), 111th Minister General (second term of office)
• (1936–1953), 112th Minister General
  • (1953–1954), general Vicar
• (1954–1960), 113th Minister General
• (1960–1972), 114th Minister General
• (1972–1984), 115th Minister General
• (1984–1996), 116th Minister General
• Agostino Gardin (1996–2002), 117th Minister General
• Joachim Giermek (2002–2007), 118th Minister General
• Marco Tasca (2007-2019), 119th Minister General
• (since 2019), 120th Minister General

General Vicars and Ministers General of the Capuchins (OFMcap)[]

• (1529), 1st general Vicar
• (1529–1535), 2nd general Vicar
• (1535–1538), 3rd general Vicar
• Bernardino Ochino (1538–1542), 4th general Vicar
• (1542–1546), 5th general Vicar
• Bernardino de Asti (1546–1552), (second term)
• (1552–1558), 6th general Vicar
• (1558–1564), 7th general Vicar
• (1564–1567), 8th general Vicar
• (1567–1573), 9th general Vicar, Chronist
• (1573–1574), 10th general Vicar
• (1574–1581), 11th general Vicar
• (1581–1584), 12th general Vicar
• (1584–1587), 13th general Vicar
• (1587–1593), 14th general Vicar
• (1593–1596), 15th general Vicar
• (1596–1599), 16th general Vicar
• (1599–1602), 17th general Vicar
• San Lorenzo de Brindisi (1602–1605), 18th general Vicar
• (1605–1608), 19th general Vicar
  • (1608–1613), 2nd Amtszeit
• (1613–1618), 20th general Vicar
• (1618–1619), 21st general Vicar
• (1619–1625), Minister General
• (1625–1631), 22nd Minister General
  • (1631–1632), general Vicar
  • (1632–1634), general Vicar
• (1634–1637), 23rd Minister General
• (1637–1643), 24th Minister General
• (1643–1650), 25th Minister General
• (1650–1656), 26th Minister General
• (1656–1662), 27th Minister General
• (1662–1665), 28th Minister General
  • (1665–1667), general Vicar
• Fortunato de Cadore (1667–1669), (second term)
  • (1669–1671), general Vicar
• (1671–1678), 29th Minister General
• (1678–1684), 30th Minister General
  • (1684–1685), general Vicar
• (1685–1691), 31st Minister General
• (1691–1698), 32nd Minister General
• (1698–1700), 33rd Minister General
  • (1700–1702), general Vicar
• (1702–1709), 34th Minister General
• (1709–1710), 35th Minister General
  • (1710–1712), general Vicar
• (1712–1719), 36th Minister General
• (1719–1721), 37th Minister General
  • (1721–1726), general Vicar
• (1726–1731), 38th Minister General
• (1731–1740), 39th Minister General
• (1740–1747), 40th Minister General
• (1747–1753), 41st Minister General
  • (1753–1754), general Vicar
• (1754–1761), 42nd Minister General
• (1761–1766), 43rd Minister General
  • (1766–1768), general Vicar
• (1768–1773), 44th Minister General
• (1773–1789), 45th Minister General (first two years general Vicar)
• (1789–1796), 46th Minister General
• (1796–1806), 47th Minister General
• (1806–1814), 48th Minister General
  • (1814–1818), general Vicar
• (1818–1824), 49th Minister General
• (1824–1830), 50th Minister General
• (1830–1838), 51st Minister General
• (1838–1844), 52nd Minister General
• (1844–1845), 53rd Minister General
  • (1845–1847), general Vicar
• (1847–1853), 54th Minister General
• (1853–1859), 55th Minister General
• (1859–1872), 56th Minister General
• (1872–1884), 57th Minister General
• (1884–1908), 58th Minister General
• (1908–1914), 59th Minister General
• (1914–1920), 60th Minister General
• (1920–1926), 61st Minister General
• (1926–1932), 62nd Minister General
• (1932–1938), 63rd Minister General
• (1938–1946), 64th Minister General
• (1946–1952), 65th Minister General
• (1952–1958), 66th Minister General
• Clement of Milwaukee (1958–1964), 67th Minister General (second term)
• (1964–1970), 68th Minister General
• (1970–1982), 69th Minister General
• (1982–1994), 70th Minister General
• John Dennis Corriveau (1994–2006), 71st Minister General
• Mauro Jöhri (2006-2018), 72nd Minister General
• (since 2018), 73rd Minister General

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