Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (M.Sp.S.)

Also known as: Misioneros del Espíritu Santo (español) / Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit (français) / Missionari dello Spirito Santo (Italiano) / Missionários do Espírito Santo (Português) / Missionarii a Spiritu Sancto (latine)

Type: Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Statistics: 51 houses, 271 members (209 priests) (2021)

Address: Universidad, 1702, C.P. 21.984, 04010 Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Phone: (52) 56.58.74.33

Website:

History

1914.12.25: Established as Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (English) / Misioneros del Espíritu Santo (español) / Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit (français) / Missionari dello Spirito Santo (Italiano) / Missionários do Espírito Santo (Português) / Missionarii a Spiritu Sancto (latine) / M.Sp.S.

Churches

10 churches

Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. José Luis Loyola Abogado, M.Sp.S. (2021.05.07 – ...)
Superior General:	Fr. Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S. (later Bishop) (2016 – 2020.01.25)
Superior General:	Fr. Fernando Torre Medina Mora, M.Sp.S. (2010.02 – 2016)
Superior General:	Fr. Domenico Di Raimondo Romo, M.Sp.S. (2004 – 2010.02)
Superior General:	Fr. Jorge Ortiz González, M.Sp.S. (1992 – 2004)
Superior General:	Fr. Melecio Picazo, M.Sp.S. (1986 – 1992)
Superior General:	Fr. Manuel Castillo, M.Sp.S. (1974 – 1986)
Superior General:	Fr. José Guzmán, M.Sp.S. (1968 – 1974)
Superior General:	Fr. Jesús María Padilla, M.Sp.S. (1962 – 1968)
Superior General:	Fr. Ángel María Oñate, M.Sp.S. (1950 – 1962)
Superior General:	Fr. Edmundo Iturbide Reygondaud, M.Sp.S. (1938 – 1950)
Superior General:	Venerable Fr. Félix de Jesús Rougier, M.Sp.S. (1914.12.25 – 1938.01.10)
Founder:	Venerable Fr. Félix de Jesús Rougier, M.Sp.S. (1914.12.25)

Living Bishops (1 Archbishop, 1 Bishop)

Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of San Antonio (USA)

Bishop Eusebio de la Luz Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S. (68), Titular Bishop of Acholla and Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (USA)

Deceased Bishops (5 Bishops)

2021: Bishop Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S., Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

2018: Bishop Felipe Tejeda García, M.Sp.S., Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

2017: Bishop José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S., Bishop of Fresno (USA) and Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA)

2011: Bishop Ricardo Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S., Bishop of Tepic (Mexico)

1984: Bishop Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S., Bishop of Tijuana (Mexico)

Other Former Prelates (1)

>1965: Fr. Francisco Javier Asencio Dávalos, M.Sp.S., Founder of School of the Cross

Last updated on 2023.05.17