Community of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (C.F.R.)

Also known as: Franziskaner der Erneuerung (Deutsch) / Frailes Franciscanos de la Renovación (español) / Communauté des Frères Franciscains du Renouveau (français) / Frati Francescani del Rinnovamento (Italiano) / Franciszkanie Odnowy (polski)

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

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

Statistics: 14 houses, 123 members (68 priests) (2020)

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History

1987: Established as Community of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (English) / Franziskaner der Erneuerung (Deutsch) / Frailes Franciscanos de la Renovación (español) / Communauté des Frères Franciscains du Renouveau (français) / Frati Francescani del Rinnovamento (Italiano) / Franciszkanie Odnowy (polski) / C.F.R. (from Order of Capuchin Friars Minor (Capuchin Franciscans))

Churches

2 churches

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. John Paul Ouellette, C.F.R. (2014 – ...)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

Bishop Robert Joseph Lombardo, C.F.R. (64), Titular Bishop of Munatiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA)

as of 2022.05.20