Also known as: Congregation of Discalced Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (English) / Kongregation vom Leiden Jesu Christi (Passionisten) (Deutsch) / Congregación de la Pasión (Pasionistas) (español) / Congrégation de la Passion de Jésus-Christ (Passionistes) (français) / Congregazione della Passione di Gesù Cristo (Passionisti) (Italiano) / Zgromadzenie Męki Pańskiej (Pasjoniści) (polski) / Congregação da Paixão de Jesus Cristo (Passionistas) (Português) / 耶穌苦難會 (正體中文) / Congregatio Passionis Iesu Christi (latine)
Type: Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right (for Men)
Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life
Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Sorrows
Statistics: 360 houses, 1,890 members (1,423 priests) (2020)
Address: Piazza SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 13, 00184 Roma, Italy
Phone: 06.77.27.11
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| Superior General: |   Fr. Joachim Xavier Rego, C.P. (68) (2012.09.27 – ...) |
| Superior General: |  Fr. Ottaviano D’Egidio, C.P. (2000 – 2012.09.27) |
| Superior General: | Fr. José Augustín Orbegozo Jáuregui, C.P. (1988 – 2000) |
| Superior General: |  Fr. Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. (later Bishop) (1976 – 1988) |
| Superior General: |  Fr. Theodore Foley, C.P. (1964.05.07 – 1974.10.09) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Malcolm La Velle, C.P. (1952 – 1964) |
| Superior General: |  Fr. Alberto Deane, C.P. (later Bishop) (1946 – 1952) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Tito Cerroni, C.P. (1937 – 1946) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Tito Finocchi, C.P. (1931 – 1937) |
| Superior General: |  Fr. Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. (later Archbishop) (1926 – 1931.03.23) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Silvio Di Vezza, C.P. (1914 – 1926) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Geremia Angelucci, C.P. (1908 – 1914) |
| Superior General: | Blessed Fr. Bernardo Maria di Gesù Silvestrelli (Cesare), C.P. (1893 – 1907) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Francesco Saverio Del Principe, C.P. (1890 – 1892) |
| Vicar General: | Fr. Francesco Saverio Del Principe, C.P. (1889 – 1890) |
| Superior General: | Blessed Fr. Bernardo Maria di Gesù Silvestrelli (Cesare), C.P. (1878 – 1889) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Bernardo Prelini, C.P. (1875 – 1878) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Domenico Giacchini, C.P. (1869 – 1875) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Pietro Paolo Cayro, C.P. (1863 – 1869) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Antonio Testa, C.P. (1839 – 1862) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Antonio Colombo, C.P. (1827 – 1839) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Paolo Luigi Pighi, C.P. (1820 – 1827) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Tommaso Albesano, C.P. (1809 – 1820) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Giuseppe Maria Claris, C.P. (1796 – 1809) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Giovanni Battista Gorresio, C.P. (1790 – 1796) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Giovanni Maria Cioni, C.P. (1784 – 1790) |
| Superior General: | Fr. Giovanni Battista Gorresio, C.P. (1778 – 1784) |
| Vicar General: | Fr. Giovanni Battista Gorresio, C.P. (1775 – 1778) |
| Superior General: | Saint Fr. Paolo Francesco Danei (Paul of the Cross), C.P. (1741 – 1775.10.18) |
| Founder: | Saint Fr. Paolo Francesco Danei (Paul of the Cross), C.P. (1720) |
  Archbishop Washington Cruz, C.P. (76), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Goiânia (Brazil)
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 Archbishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P. (67), Archbishop-Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil)
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  Bishop Jesús María Aristín Seco, C.P. (68), Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas (Peru)
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Bishop Tommaso Cascianelli, C.P. (75), Bishop of Irecê (Brazil) |
Bishop Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P. (60), Bishop of Guarapuava (Brazil) |
  Bishop Leonard William Kenney, C.P. (76), Titular Bishop of Midica and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Birmingham (England)
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 Bishop Emery Kibal Mansong’loo, C.P. (53), Bishop of Kole (Congo-Kinshasa)
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  Bishop Giulio Mencuccini, C.P. (77), Bishop emeritus of Sanggau (Indonesia)
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Bishop Valentinus Saeng, C.P. (53), Bishop of Sanggau (Indonesia) |
 Bishop Neil Edward Tiedemann, C.P. (75), Titular Bishop of Cova and Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA)
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1934:  Saint Inocencio de la Inmaculada (Manuel Canoura Arnau), priest and martyr |
1893:  Saint Karel van Sint Andries (Joannes Andreas Houben), priest |
1862: Saint Gabriele dell’Addolorata (Francesco Possenti), religious |
1824: Saint Vincenzo Maria Strambi, bishop |
1775: Saint Paul of the Cross (Paolo Francesco Danei), priest |
1952:  Blessed Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff, bishop and martyr |
1936: Blessed Germán de Jesús y María (Manuel Pérez Jiménez), priest and martyr |
1936: Blessed Felipe del Niño Jesús (Felipe Valcobado Granado), priest and martyr |
1936: Blessed Nicéforo de Jesús y María (Vicente Díez Tejerina), priest and martyr |
1936: Blessed Pedro del Corazón de Jesús (Pedro Largo Redondo), priest and martyr |
1936: Blessed Juan Pedro de San Antonio (José María Bengoa Aranguren), priest and martyr |
1936: Blessed Ildefonso de la Cruz (Anatolio García Nozal), priest and martyr |
1936: Blessed Justiniano de San Gabriel de la Dolorosa (Justiniano Cuesta Redondo), priest and martyr |
1936: Blessed Anacario de la Inmaculada (Anacario Benito Lozal), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Felipe de San Miguel (Felipe Ruiz Fraile), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Maurilio del Niño Jesús (Murilio Macho Rodríguez), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed José de Jesús y María (José Osés Sáinz), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Julio del Corazón de Jesús (Julio Mediavilla Consejero), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed José María de Jesús Agonizante (José María Ruiz Martínez), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Laurino de Jesús Crucificado (Laurino Proaño Cuesta), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed José de los Sagrados Corazones (José Estalayo García), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Epifanio de San Miguel (Epifanio Sierra Conde), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Abilio de la Cruz (Abilio Ramos y Ramos), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Zacarías del Santísimo Sacramento (Zacarías Fernández Crespo), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Benito de la Virgen de Villar (Benito Solana Ruiz), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Félix de las Cinco Heridas (Félix Ugalde Irurzun), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Pablo María de San José (Pedro Leoz Portillo), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Eufrasio del Amor Misericordioso (Eufrasio de Celis Santos), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Tomás del Santísimo Sacramento (Tomás Cuartero Gascón), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Honorino de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (Honorio Carracedo Ramos), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed Fulgencio del Corazón de María (Fulgencio Calvo Sánchez), religious and martyr |
1936: Blessed José María de Jesús y María (José María Cuartero Gascón), religious and martyr |
1916:  Blessed Isidore of Saint Joseph (Isidore De Loor), religious |
1911: Blessed Bernardo Maria di Gesù (Cesare Silvestrelli), priest |
1902: Blessed Grimoaldo della Purificazione (Ferdinando Santamaria), religious |
1889: Blessed Pio di San Luigi (Luigi Campidelli), religious |
1856: Blessed Lorenzo Maria di San Francesco Saverio (Lorenzo Salvi), priest |
1849: Blessed Domenico della Madre di Dio (Domenico Barberi), priest |
2023:  Bishop Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P., Bishop-Prelate of Corocoro (Bolivia) |
2021:  Bishop Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P., Bishop of Arecibo (Puerto Rico) |
2021: Bishop Afonso Fioreze, C.P., Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil) |
2018: Bishop Miguel Irízar Campos, C.P., Bishop of Callao (Peru) |
2017: Bishop José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P., Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas (Peru) |
2013: Bishop Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P., Bishop of Orlando (USA) |
2009: Archbishop Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P., Archbishop of Camerino–San Severino Marche (Italy) and Secretary of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life |
2008: Bishop Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P., Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru) |
2008: Bishop Paul Michael Boyle, C.P., Bishop of Mandeville (Jamaica) |
2007: Bishop José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P., Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru) |
2006: Bishop José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P., Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) |
2002:  Bishop John Etheridge, C.P., Bishop of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea) |
1998: Bishop Estanislau Arnoldo van Melis, C.P., Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos (Brazil) |
1996:  Bishop Reginald Edward Vincent Arliss, C.P., Bishop-Prelate of Marbel (Philippines) |
1991: Bishop Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P., Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil) |
1987:  Bishop Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P., Bishop of Cienfuegos (Cuba) |
1985: Bishop Alberto Deane, C.P., Bishop of Villa María (Argentina) |
1981: Bishop Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P., Bishop of Teramo (Italy) and Bishop of Atri (Italy) |
1981: Bishop Gabriel W. Sillekens, C.P., Bishop of Ketapang (Indonesia) |
1981:  Bishop Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P., Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana) |
1981: Bishop Paschal Sweeney, C.P., Bishop of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea) |
1976: Bishop Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P., Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) |
1976: Bishop Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P., Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas (Peru) |
1972: Bishop Quintino Carlo Bertamo Olwell, C.P., Bishop-Prelate of Marbel (Philippines) |
1971:  Bishop Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P., Bishop of Dodoma (Tanzania) |
1968:  Bishop Cutbert Martin O’Gara (歐克瀾), C.P., Bishop of Yuanling 沅陵 (China) |
1966: Bishop Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P., Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru) |
1965: Bishop Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P., Bishop-Prelate of Corocoro (Bolivia) |
1963: Archbishop Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P., Bishop of Agrigento (Italy) and Archbishop ad personam |
1960: Bishop Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano, C.P., Bishop of Cariati (Italy) |
1959: Bishop Carlos Francisco Hanlon, C.P., Bishop of Catamarca (Argentina) |
1957: Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P., Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists) |
1957: Bishop Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P., Vicar Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón (Peru) |
1952: Blessed Bishop Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff, C.P., Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria) |
1946: Bishop Damian Johannes Theelen, C.P., Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria) |
1935: Bishop Paul Joseph Nussbaum, C.P., Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette |
1918: Archbishop Pietro Paolo Camillo Moreschini, C.P., Archbishop of Camerino (Italy) and Bishop of Treia |
1916: Archbishop Henri Doulcet, C.P., Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria) |
1916: Bishop Michele Cardella, C.P., Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy) |
1915: Bishop Leonardo Baumbach, C.P., Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria) |
1897: Bishop Costantino Costa, C.P., Bishop of Segni (Italy) |
1893: Bishop Ippolito Agosto, C.P., Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria) |
1892:  Archbishop Paolo Giuseppe Palma, C.P., Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania) |
1885: Archbishop Ignazio Paoli, C.P., Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania) |
1874: Archbishop Antonio Giuseppe Pluym, C.P., Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria) |
1847: Bishop Fortunato Maria Ercolani, C.P., Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy), Bishop of Orte and Bishop of Gallese |
1824: Saint Bishop Vincenzo Maria Strambi, C.P., Bishop of Macerata (Italy) and Bishop of Tolentino |
1814: Bishop Francesco Maria Ferreri, C.P., Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria) |
1780: Bishop Tommaso Struzzieri, C.P., Bishop of Todi (Italy) |
>2016: Fr. Ciro Benedettini, C.P., Deputy Director of Press Office of the Holy See |
>2013:  Fr. Fernando Domingos Costa, C.P., Apostolic Administrator of Pemba (Mozambique) |
1995: Fr. Barnabas Mary Ahern, C.P. |
>1991: Fr. David Wilkie, C.P., Apostolic Administrator of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea) |
1982: Fr. Domenico Luca Spinosi, C.P., Prefect Apostolic of Sekadau (Indonesia) |
1973: Fr. Fabian Flynn, C.P. |
1972: Fr. Michele Di Simone, C.P., Prefect Apostolic of Sekadau (Indonesia) |
1941: Fr. Stanislao dell’Addolorata, C.P., Prefect Apostolic of Dodoma (Tanzania) |
1939: Fr. Dominic Langenbacher (藍堅牧), C.P., Prefect Apostolic of Chenzhou 辰州 (China) |
1874:  Msgr. Joseph Pluym, C.P., Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye) |
