Congregation of the Passion
Passionists

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Malcolm La Velle, C.P. † ( 1952 Appointed - 1964 Resigned)
• Theodore Foley, C.P. † (7 May 1964 Appointed - 9 Oct 1974 Died)

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1959		3,870		ap1960
1966	2,725	4,340	211	ap1967
1971	2,700	3,767	415	ap1972
1976	2,454	3,239	425	ap1977
1981	2,343	3,052	435	ap1982
1986	2,200	2,855	429	ap1987
1990	2,028	2,713		ap1991
1991	2,005	2,694	419	ap1992
2000	1,793	2,391		ap2001
2001	1,786	2,356		ap2002
2002	1,783	2,351	391	ap2003
2004	1,755	2,329	383	ap2005
2009	1,653	2,167	363	ap2010
2010	1,647	2,169	365	ap2011
2011	1,639	2,123	361	ap2012

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P. (Priest: 1 Feb 1964 to 26 Nov 1991)
• Tommaso Cascianelli, C.P. (Priest: 7 Apr 1973 to 5 Jul 2000)
• Washington Cruz, C.P. (Priest: 25 Jul 1971 to 10 Feb 1987)
• Afonso Fioreze, C.P. (Member: 3 Feb 1964; Priest: 26 Jul 1970 to 5 Nov 2003)
• Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. (Priest: 16 Mar 1957 to 25 Mar 1972)
• Leonard William Kenney, C.P. (Priest: 29 Jun 1969 to 13 May 1987)
• Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. (Priest: 14 Mar 1954 to 10 Jun 1966)
• Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, C.P. (Priest: 27 Mar 1956 to 14 Dec 1991)
• Giulio Mencuccini, C.P. (Member: 5 Sep 1964; Priest: 6 Aug 1973 to 22 Jan 1990)
• Domenico Luca Spinosi, C.P.
• Neil Edward Tiedemann, C.P. (Member: 22 Aug 1971; Priest: 16 May 1975 to 20 May 2008)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Ippolito Agosto, C.P. †
• Reginald Edward Vincent Arliss, C.P. † (Priest: 28 Apr 1934 to 18 Nov 1969)
• Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. †
• Leonardo Baumbach, C.P. †
• Bl. Vincent Eugène Bossilkov (Bossilkoff), C.P. † (Member: 18 Apr 1919; Priest: 25 Jul 1926 to 26 Jul 1947)
• Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. † (Member: 9 Jul 1946; Priest: 30 May 1953 to 15 Apr 1991)
• Michele Cardella, C.P. † (Priest: 19 Sep 1868 to 30 Nov 1896)
• Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. † (Priest: 21 Sep 1929 to 7 Mar 1953)
• Costantino Costa, C.P. †
• Alberto Deane, C.P. † (Priest: 28 Apr 1933 to 13 Mar 1957)
• Stanislao dell’Addolorata, C.P. †
• Michael Di Simone, C.P. †
• Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. † (Member: 15 Aug 1949; Priest: 28 Apr 1956 to 10 Jan 1986)
• Henri Doulcet, C.P. † (Priest: 18 Oct 1888 to 7 Jan 1895)
• Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P. † (Priest: 13 Jul 1924 to 15 Jan 1949)
• Fortunato Maria Ercolani, C.P. †
• John Etheridge, C.P. † (Priest: 13 Jan 1971 to 24 Apr 1980)
• Eugenio Raffaele Faggiano, C.P. † (Priest: 31 May 1903 to 15 Feb 1936)
• Francesco Maria Ferreri, C.P. †
• Theodore Foley, C.P. † (Member: 15 Aug 1933; Priest: 23 Apr 1940; Superior General: 7 May 1964 to 9 Oct 1974)
• Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. † (Priest: 2 Jan 1921 to 28 Jul 1936)
• Carlos Francisco Hanlon, C.P. † (Priest: 20 Sep 1913 to 13 Sep 1934)
• José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. † (Member: 26 May 1946; Priest: 29 Mar 1952 to 30 May 1998)
• Atanasio Celestino Jáuregui y Goiri, C.P. † (Priest: 6 Apr 1901 to 3 Jun 1936)
• Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (Priest: 22 Dec 1906 to 23 Mar 1931)
• Dominic Langenbacher, C.P. † (Member: 1900; Priest: 30 Jun 1906 to 16 Jul 1925)
• Malcolm La Velle, C.P. † (Priest: 1929; Superior General: 1952 to 1964)
• Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. † (Priest: 30 Sep 1915 to 16 Nov 1935)
• Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P. † (Priest: 23 Sep 1939 to 9 Nov 1960)
• Giuseppe-Maria Molajoni, C.P. † (Member: 1804 to 23 Sep 1825)
• Pietro Paolo Camillo Moreschini, C.P. †
• Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P. † (Priest: 25 May 1945 to 24 Apr 1959)
• Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. † (Priest: 30 Aug 1959 to 23 Jul 1993)
• Henry John Paul Joseph Nussbaum, C.P. † (Priest: 20 May 1894 to 4 Apr 1913)
• Cutbert Martin O’Gara, C.P. † (Member: 1914; Priest: 26 May 1915 to 28 May 1934)
• Gregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. † (Priest: 15 Sep 1935 to 11 Dec 1952)
• Charles Quentin Bertram Olwell, C.P. † (Priest: 4 Feb 1923 to 19 Jan 1961)
• Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. † (Priest: 7 Aug 1949 to 25 Aug 1967)
• Paolo Giuseppe Palma, C.P. †
• Ignazio Paoli, C.P. †
• Angelo Parsi, C.P. †
• José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. † (Member: 1981; Priest: 7 Jul 1984 to 5 Jul 2000)
• Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. † (Member: 26 Jul 1894; Priest: 13 Jan 1901 to 5 Jan 1924)
• Anthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P. † (Priest: 24 Sep 1932 to 10 May 1951)
• Antonio Giuseppe Pluym, C.P. † (Priest: 1832 to 15 Sep 1863)
• Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P. † (Priest: 10 May 1936 to 2 Apr 1962)
• St. Vincenzo Maria Strambi, C.P. † (Priest: 19 Dec 1767 to 20 Jul 1801)
• Tommaso Struzzieri, C.P. † (Priest: May 1745 to 12 Oct 1764)
• Paschal Sweeney, C.P. † (Priest: 11 Jul 1935 to 20 Sep 1963)
• Damian Johannes Theelen, C.P. † (Priest: 23 Sep 1899 to 21 May 1915)
• Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis, C.P. † (Priest: 10 May 1936 to 26 Nov 1962)