Order of Canons Regular of the Holy Cross (O.R.C.)

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Also known as: Orden der Regularkanoniker vom Heiligen Kreuz (Deutsch) / Orden de los Canonigos Regulares de la Santa Cruz (español) / Canonici Regolari della Santa Croce (Fratelli dalla Croce) (Italiano) / Ordem dos Cônegos Regulares da Santa Cruz (Português) / Ordo Canonicorum Regularium Sancæ Crucis (latine)

Type: Order of Canons Regular of Pontifical Right (for Men)

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

Patron Saint: Saint Odilia of Cologne

Statistics: 13 houses, 149 members (83 priests) (2021)

Address: Via Casale Vecchio di Aguzzano 85, 00137 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.82.00.32.61

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History

Churches

Superiors

Prior General:GermanyFr. Nathaniel Thanner, O.R.C.Fr. Nathaniel Thanner (Hubert Anton), O.R.C. (2021.07.05 – ...)
Prior General:GermanyFr. Thomas Joachim Welz, O.R.C. (2002.09.25 – 2021.07.05)
Prior General:PortugalBishop João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C. (1980 – 1984.06)
Founder:PortugalSaint Fr. Teotónio, O.R.C. (1131.06.28)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

KazakhstanBishop Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C. (62)Bishop Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C. (62), Titular Bishop of Celerina and Auxiliary Bishop of Most Holy Mary in Astana (Kazakhstan)

Saints (1 saint)

1162: PortugalSaint Teotónio, priest

Deceased Bishops (1 Bishop)

1985: PortugalBishop João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C., Bishop of Leiria (Portugal) and Prior General of Order of Canons Regular of the Holy Cross

Last updated on 2023.05.17

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