Missionaries of the Precious Blood (C.PP.S.)

Also known as: Missionari del Preziosissimo Sangue (Italiano) / Congregatio Missionariorum Pretiosissimi Sanguinis (latine)

Type: Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right (for Men)

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

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History

1815.08.15: Established as Missionaries of the Precious Blood (English) / Missionari del Preziosissimo Sangue (Italiano) / Congregatio Missionariorum Pretiosissimi Sanguinis (latine) / C.PP.S.

Contact Info

Address: Viale di Porta Ardeatina 66, 00154 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.574.16.56

Superiors

Moderator General:	Fr. Emanuele Lupi, C.PP.S. (49) (2019.09 – ...)
Moderator General:	Fr. William A. Nordenbrock, C.PP.S. (2013 – 2019.09)
Moderator General:	Fr. Francesco Bartoloni, C.PP.S. (2007 – 2013)
Moderator General:	Fr. Barry Fischer, C.PP.S. (1995 – 2007)

Founder

Founder:

Saint Fr. Gaspare del Bufalo, C.PP.S. (1815.08.15)

Living Bishops (2 Bishops)

Bishop Joseph Leo Charron, C.PP.S. (83), Bishop emeritus of Des Moines (USA)

Bishop Erwin Kräutler, C.PP.S. (84), Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Xingu (Brazil)

Deceased Bishops (1 Cardinal, 2 Archbishops, 4 Bishops)

1995: Bishop Clemente Geiger, C.PP.S., Bishop-Prelate of Xingu (Brazil)

1986: Bishop Eurico Kräutler, C.PP.S., Bishop-Prelate of Xingu (Brazil)

1979: Bishop Joseph Mary Marling, C.PP.S., Bishop of Jefferson City (USA)

1952: Cardinal Alessio Ascalesi, C.PP.S., Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto and Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

1911: Archbishop Gaetano Caporali, C.PP.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy)

1893: Bishop Joseph Gregory Dwenger, C.PP.S., Bishop of Fort Wayne (USA)

1886: Archbishop Eugenio Lachat, C.PP.S., Apostolic Administrator of Ticino (Switzerland) and Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Saints (1)

1837: Saint Gaspare del Bufalo, priest

Canada

Church of St. Alphonsus, York, Ontario
Church of St. Charles Borromeo, York, Ontario
Church of St. Roch, North York, Ontario

Chile

Iglesia San Sebastián, Purranque, Los Lagos

Italy

Chiesa di San Gaspare del Bufalo, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Chiesa di Santa Maria in Trivio, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Chiesa di Santissimo Corpo e Sangue di Cristo, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Chiesa San Francesco, San Piero in Bagno, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia Romagna
Chiesa Santa Maria di Gesù, Messina, Messina, Sicilia

Liechtenstein

Kirche Unbeflecktes Herz Mariens, Schellenberg, Schellenberg

USA

Church of St. Edward, Newark, California
Church of St. Michael, Mishawaka, Indiana

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Houses: 139

Members: 649 (467 priests)

Last updated on 2023.12.03

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