Congregation of Holy Cross

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Bishop(s)

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life Founded: 1837 Clerical Religious Congregation Official Web Site: http://www.holycrosscongregation.org/ Mailing Address: Via Framura, 85, 00168 Roma, Italia Telephone: 06.62.76.920 Fax: 06.614.75.47

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Peter Dufal, C.S.C. † (25 Aug 1866 Appointed - 19 Jul 1868 Resigned)

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1837	Founded		Congregation of Holy Cross
18 June 1855	Approbation		Congregation of Holy Cross

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1959		2,837		ap1960
1990	865	1,869		ap1991
2000	786	1,719		ap2001
2001	787	1,704		ap2002
2002	787	1,682	221	ap2003
2003	773	1,641	220	ap2004
2004	773	1,635	231	ap2005

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

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Affiliated Bishops

• George Daniel Breen, C.S.C. † (Priest: 20 Jan 1924 to 21 Mar 1952)
• Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1944 to 6 Jun 1959)
• Moses Costa, C.S.C. (Priest: 5 Feb 1981 to 5 Jul 1996)
• Albert François Cousineau, C.S.C. † (Priest: 25 May 1918 to 10 Jan 1951)
• Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C. † (Priest: 2 Aug 1906 to 26 Jan 1927)
• Michael Atul D'Rozario, C.S.C. (Priest: 10 Jun 1953 to 21 Sep 1970)
• Patrick D'Rozario, C.S.C. (Member: 14 Jun 1962; Priest: 8 Oct 1972 to 21 May 1990)
• Peter Dufal, C.S.C. † (Priest: 29 Sep 1852 to 3 Jul 1860; Superior General: 25 Aug 1866 to 19 Jul 1868)
• George Joseph Finnigan, C.S.C. † (Priest: 13 Jun 1915 to 27 May 1927)
• Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. † (Priest: 6 Jun 1946 to 3 Sep 1960)
• Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C. (Priest: 19 Dec 1964 to 19 Dec 1978)
• Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1923 to 13 Feb 1947)
• Edward Louis Heston, C.S.C. † (Priest: 22 Dec 1934 to 6 Jan 1972)
• Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C. † (Priest: 30 Mar 1880 to 26 Jun 1894)
• Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C. (Priest: 6 Apr 1974 to 21 Oct 1997)
• Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C. (Priest: 19 Nov 1986 to 24 Dec 2003)
• Raymond Larose, C.S.C. † (Priest: 7 Feb 1926 to 20 Mar 1952)
• Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C. † (Priest: 20 Sep 1879 to 16 Aug 1916)
• Alfredo Le Pailleur, C.S.C. † (Priest: 23 Dec 1911 to 18 Jun 1927)
• Frederick Linneborn, C.S.C. †
• Augustin Louage, C.S.C. †
• James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C. (Priest: 29 Jun 1953 to 9 Feb 1978)
• Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1934 to 21 Feb 1961)
• Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. † (Priest: 11 Jun 1949 to 8 Aug 1961)
• Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1935 to 23 Jul 1960)
• Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C. (Priest: 28 Oct 1980 to 11 Jan 1996)
• John Francis O'Hara, C.S.C. † (Priest: 9 Sep 1916 to 11 Dec 1939)
• Yves-Marie Péan, C.S.C. (Priest: 16 Oct 1983 to 21 May 2002)
• André Richard, C.S.C. (Member: 15 Aug 1956; Priest: 17 Feb 1963 to 20 May 1989)
• Stephen Rotluanga, C.S.C. (Priest: 13 Dec 1981 to 2 Oct 2001)
• Joachim J. Rozario, C.S.C. † (Priest: 6 Jun 1962 to 3 Aug 1968)
• Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. (Member: 8 Sep 1976; Priest: 28 Dec 1980 to 10 Dec 2002)
• Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. (Priest: 22 Dec 1951 to 10 Feb 1995)
• Paul Edward Waldschmidt, C.S.C. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1946 to 28 Nov 1977)