Order of Brothers of Bethlehem (O.F.B.)

Bethlehemites

Also known as: Orden de los Hermanos de Belén (Bethlemitas) (español) / Ordine dei Fratelli di Betlemme (Betlemiti) (Italiano) / Ordo Fratrum Bethlemitarum (latine) / Ordre des frères de Bethléem (français) / Ordem dos Irmãos de Nossa Senhora de Belém (Betlemitas) (Português)

Type: Mendicant Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)

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

Statistics: 3 houses, 13 members (2015)

Address: Calle San Agustin 44, 28202 La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Phone: 922.26.40.05

Website:

History

1658: Established as Order of Brothers of Bethlehem (Bethlehemites) (English) / Orden de los Hermanos de Belén (Bethlemitas) (español) / Ordine dei Fratelli di Betlemme (Betlemiti) (Italiano) / Ordo Fratrum Bethlemitarum (latine) / Ordre des frères de Bethléem (français) / Ordem dos Irmãos de Nossa Senhora de Belém (Betlemitas) (Português) / O.F.B.
1820: Suppressed
1984: Restored as Order of Brothers of Bethlehem (Bethlehemites) (English) / Orden de los Hermanos de Belén (Bethlemitas) (español) / Ordine dei Fratelli di Betlemme (Betlemiti) (Italiano) / Ordo Fratrum Bethlemitarum (latine) / Ordre des frères de Bethléem (français) / Ordem dos Irmãos de Nossa Senhora de Belém (Betlemitas) (Português) / O.F.B.

Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Daniel José Padilla Piñero, O.F.B. (2016? – ...)
Superior General:	Fr. José Luis Argaña Macaya, O.F.B. (? – 2016?)
Superior General:	Fr. Asterio Niño Picado, O.F.B. (2008? – ?)
Founder:	Br. Pedro de San José de Betancur, O.F.B. (later Saint) (1658)

Saints (1 saint)

1667: Saint Pedro de San José de Betancur, religious

as of 2020.07.07