Missionary Servants of the Poor (S.d.P.)

Morsel of the Poor

Also known as: Missionari Servi dei Poveri (Italiano) / Opera del Boccone del Povero (Italiano) / Congregatio Missionariorum Servorum Pauperum (latine)

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

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

Statistics: 32 houses, 160 members (107 priests) (2021)

Address: Via Ippolito Pindemonte 1/E, 90129 Palermo, Italy

Phone: 091.42.20.63

History

1887: Established as Missionary Servants of the Poor (Morsel of the Poor) (English) / Missionari Servi dei Poveri (Italiano) / Opera del Boccone del Povero (Italiano) / Congregatio Missionariorum Servorum Pauperum (latine) / S.d.P.

Churches

1 church

Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Salvatore Russo, S.d.P. (2012.07 – ...)
Superior General:	Fr. Giuseppe Civiletto, S.d.P. (2006.09.08 – 2012.07)

Living Bishops (1 Archbishop)

Archbishop Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. (76), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Catanzaro–Squillace (Italy)

Saints (1 blessed)

1964: Blessed Francesco Spoto, priest and martyr

Last updated on 2023.06.11