Also known as: Päpstliches Institut für die auswärtigen Missionen (Deutsch) / Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere (Italiano) / 宗座外方傳教會 (正體中文) / 教皇庁立外国宣教会 (日本語) / Pontificium Institutum pro Missionibus Exteris (latine)
Type: Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right (for Men)
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Statistics: 40 houses, 559 members (393 priests) (2020)
Address: Via Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi 11, 00152 Roma, Italy
Phone: 06.583.91.51
Website:
| Superior General: |   Fr. Ferruccio Brambillasca, P.I.M.E. (58) (2013.05.20 – ...) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Gian Battista Zanchi, P.I.M.E. (2001.07.01 – 2013.05.20) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Franco Cagnasso, P.I.M.E. (1989 – 2001) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Fernando Galbiati, P.I.M.E. (1983 – 1989) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Fedele Giannini, P.I.M.E. (1977 – 1983) |
| Superior General: |  Bishop Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E. (1965.03.27 – 1977) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Augusto Lombardi, P.I.M.E. (1957.10 – 1964.01.30) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Luigi Risso, P.I.M.E. (1947 – 1957.10) |
| Superior General: |  Archbishop Lorenzo Maria Balconi (巴明善), P.I.M.E. (1934.03 – 1947) |
| Superior General: | Blessed Fr. Paolo Manna, P.I.M.E. (1926.05.23 – 1934.03.16) |
| Founder: | Bishop Angelo Francesco Ramazzotti (later Patriarch) (1850) |
2022:  Bishop Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Kurnool (India) |
2021:  Bishop Carlos Pedro Zilli, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Bafatá (Guinea-Bissau) |
2003: Bishop João Risatti (Giovanni), P.I.M.E., Bishop of Macapá (Brazil) |
1999:  Bishop John Baptist Gobbato, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Taunggyi (Myanmar) |
1998: Bishop Alphonsus Beretta, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Warangal (India) |
1997: Bishop Aristide Pirovano, P.I.M.E., Bishop-Prelate of Macapá (Brazil) and Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions |
1997: Bishop Gino Malvestio, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Parintins (Brazil) |
1992: Bishop José Maritano, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Macapá (Brazil) |
1991: Archbishop Gaetano Pollio (陽霖), P.I.M.E., Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) and Bishop of Campagna (Italy) |
1990: Bishop Arcângelo Cerqua, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Parintins (Brazil) |
1983:  Bishop Lorenzo Bianchi (白英奇), P.I.M.E., Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) |
1979: Bishop Amerigo Galbiati, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Jalpaiguri (India) |
1978: Bishop Pietro Massa (梅先春), P.I.M.E., Bishop of Nanyang 南陽 (China) |
1973: Bishop Ferdinand Guercilena, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Kengtung (Myanmar) |
1972:  Bishop Joseph Obert, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh) |
1971: Bishop Ambrose De Battista, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Vijayawada (India) |
1969: Archbishop Lorenzo Maria Balconi (巴明善), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China) and Superior General of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions |
1966: Bishop Mario Civelli (祁濟眾), P.I.M.E., Bishop of Jixian 級縣 (China) |
1963: Bishop Giuseppe Maggi (孟守道), P.I.M.E., Bishop of Hanzhong 漢中 (China) |
1959: Bishop Alfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Toungoo (Myanmar) |
1958: Bishop Antonio Maria Capettini (康道華), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Hanzhongfu 漢中府 (China) and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy) |
1957:  Bishop Francisco Santos Santiago, P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge (Colombia) |
1953: Bishop Giovanni Battista Anselmo, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh) |
1951: Bishop Enrico Valtorta (恩理覺), P.I.M.E., Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) |
1951: Bishop Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Vijayawada (India) |
1948: Bishop Martino Chiolino (林栋臣), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China) |
1945: Bishop Flaminio Belotti (包海容), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Nanyangfu 南陽府 (China) |
1943: Archbishop Pietro-Adamo Brioschi, P.I.M.E., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cartagena (Colombia) |
1943: Bishop Giovanni Menicatti (梅占魁), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China) |
1942: Bishop Noè Giuseppe Tacconi (譚維新), P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Kaifengfu 開封府 (China) |
>1936: Bishop Emmanuel Segrada, P.I.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Toungoo (Myanmar) |
1928: Bishop Santino Taveggia, P.I.M.E., Bishop of Dinajpur (Bangladesh) |
1924: Bishop Domenico Pozzoni (師多敏), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) |
1921: Bishop Pierre-André Viganò, M.E.M., Bishop of Hyderabad (India) and Auxiliary Bishop of Tortona (Italy) |
1918: Bishop Pio Giuseppe Passerini (拔士林), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shensi 陝西南境 (China) |
1910: Bishop Angelo Cattaneo (何安業), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan 河南南境 (China) |
1908: Bishop Rocco Tornatore, M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Burma (Myanmar) |
1905: Bishop Francesco Pozzi, M.E.M., Bishop of Krishnagar (India) |
1904: Bishop Simeone Volonteri (安西滿), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Honan 河南南境 (China) |
1904: Bishop Luigi Piazzoli (和 / 安西滿), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) |
1902: Bishop Stefano Scarella (司德望), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Honan 河南北境 (China) |
1897: Bishop Pietro Caprotti, M.E.M., Bishop of Hyderabad (India) |
1896: Bishop Eugenio Biffi, M.E.M., Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) |
1894: Bishop Giovanni Timoleone Raimondi (高雷門), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) |
1881: Bishop Jean-Dominique Barbero, M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Hyderabad (India) |
2017: Fr. Piero Gheddo, P.I.M.E. |
2012: Fr. Massimo Cenci, P.I.M.E., Undersecretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples |
1954: Fr. Luigi Nogara (羅克信), P.I.M.E., Apostolic Administrator of Kaifengfu 開封府 (China) |
1949: Fr. Erminio Bonetta, P.I.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Kengtung (Myanmar) |
1945:  Fr. Gabriele Arosio, P.I.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Neghelli (Ethiopia) |
1941: Msgr. Antonio Barosi (畢性和), P.I.M.E., Apostolic Administrator of Kaifengfu 開封府 (China) |
1902: Fr. Gregorio Antoniucci (安廷相), M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shensi 陝西南境 (China) |
1892: Fr. Antonio Marietti, M.E.M., Prefect Apostolic of Central Bengal (India) |
1870: Fr. Luigi Limana, M.E.M., Ecclesiastical Superior of Central Bengal (India) |
1864: Fr. Albino Parietti, M.E.M., Ecclesiastical Superior of Central Bengal (India) |
1861:  Fr. Paolo Reina, M.E.M., Vicar Apostolic of Melanesia (Papua New Guinea) |
