Congregation of the Sons of Mary Immaculate (F.M.I.)

Also known as: Hijos de Maria Inmaculada (español) / Fils de Marie Immaculée de France (Pères de Chavagnes) (français) / Congregatio Filiorium B.M.V. Immaculatæ (latine) / Congregazione dei Figli di Maria Immacolata (Italiano)

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

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

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History

1828: Established as Congregation of the Sons of Mary Immaculate (English) / Hijos de Maria Inmaculada (español) / Fils de Marie Immaculée de France (Pères de Chavagnes) (français) / Congregatio Filiorium B.M.V. Immaculatæ (latine) / Congregazione dei Figli di Maria Immacolata (Italiano) / F.M.I.

Contact Info

Address: B.P. 5, Ste. Marie Chavagnes-en-Paillers, 85250 Saint-Fulgent, France

Phone: 2.51.43.14.14

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Rafael Enrique Serrano Moran, F.M.I. (2016.07.28 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Daniel Boulier, F.M.I. (2011 – 2016.07.28)

Founder

Founder:

Fr. Louis-Marie Baudouin, F.M.I. (1828)

Living Bishops (1 Archbishop)

Archbishop Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. (84), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Deceased Bishops (2 Bishops)

1984: Bishop Charles Alphonse Gachet, F.M.I., Bishop of Castries (Saint Lucia)

1952: Bishop Augstín Barrere, F.M.I., Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina)

Argentina

Iglesia San Felipe Neri, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Houses: 13

Members: 79 (57 priests)

Last updated on 2025.12.21

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