Portuguese Missionary Society (S.M.P./S.M.B.N.)

Also known as: Società Portoghese per le Missioni (Italiano) / Sociedade Missionária Portuguesa (Português) / Sociedade Missionários da Boa Nova (Português) / Societas Lusitano pro Missionibus (latine)

Type: Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Statistics: 15 houses, 87 members (70 priests) (2021)

Address: Rua da Bempostinha 30, 1150-066 Lisboa, Portugal

Phone: 21.885.15.46

Website:

History

1930.10.03: Established as Portuguese Missionary Society (English) / Società Portoghese per le Missioni (Italiano) / Sociedade Missionária Portuguesa (Português) / Sociedade Missionários da Boa Nova (Português) / Societas Lusitano pro Missionibus (latine) / S.M.P. / S.M.B.N.

Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Adelino Ascenso, S.M.P. (68) (2014.07.25 – ...)
Superior General:	Fr. Albino Manuel Valente dos Anjos, S.M.P. (2007.10.02 – 2014.07.25)
Superior General:	Fr. António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. (71) (later Bishop) (2002.07.29 – 2007.07.06)
Founder:	Archbishop João Evangelista de Lima Vidal (1930.10.03)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

Bishop António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. (71), Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

Deceased Bishops (1 Bishop)

2010: Bishop José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P., Bishop of Porto Amélia (Mozambique)

Last updated on 2023.05.17