Order of Cistercians

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Bishop(s)

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life Founded: 21 March 1098 Monastic Order Mailing Address: Piazza del Tempio di Diana, 14, 00153 Roma, Italia Telephone: 06.57.17.021 Fax: 06.57.40.608

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Past and Present Ordinaries

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
21 March 1098	Founded		Order of Cistercians
23 December 1119	Approbation		Order of Cistercians

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1959		1,623		ap1960
1990	813	1,353		ap1991
2000	753	1,463		ap2001
2001	741	1,468		ap2002
2002	735	1,457	88	ap2003
2004	728	1,482	88	ap2005
2005	717	1,470	87	ap2006

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist. (Priest: 7 Sep 1982 to 4 Aug 1998)
• Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist. (Member: 25 Mar 1982; Priest: 12 Dec 1985 to 9 Jan 2008)
• Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. (Priest: 2 Apr 1951 to 11 Feb 1992)
• Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist. (Member: 1952; Priest: 6 Aug 1957 to 19 Aug 1968)
• Carmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist. (Priest: 4 Aug 1946 to 7 Dec 1976)
• Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. (Member: 2 Feb 1969; Priest: 7 Dec 1974 to 26 Feb 1997)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Pedro José Agostini, O. Cist. † (Priest: 20 Oct 1924 to 12 Jul 1969)
• Juan Alvarez Zapata, O. Cist. †
• Hernando de Aragón, O. Cist. † (Priest: 1 Mar 1524 to 21 May 1539)
• Malaquías Asso, O. Cist. †
• Antônio Barreiros, O. Cist. †
• Gaspar Beluer, O. Cist. †
• Juan Benavente, O. Cist. †
• Bernhard Boll, O. Cist. † (Member: 1774; Priest: 28 Sep 1780 to 1802)
• Jean Caramuel y Lobkowitz, O. Cist. † (Member: 1623 to 1657)
• Andrés Cid de San Pedro Fernández, O. Cist. †
• Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist. † (Priest: May 1623 to 24 Jun 1653)
• Thomaz Franciszek Czapski, O. Cist. † (Member: 1701 to 1 Jul 1726)
• Manoel da Cruz Nogueira, O. Cist. † (Priest: 28 Feb 1712 to 3 Sep 1738)
• Luis Díaz Aux de Armendáriz, O. Cist. †
• Francisco Dorda, O. Cist. † (Priest: 16 Jun 1685 to 19 Feb 1710)
• Miguel Escartín Arbeza, O. Cist. †
• Juan Esteban Ferrero, O. Cist. †
• Blas de Fernando, O. Cist. †
• José de Fialho, O. Cist. † (Member: 23 Jan 1696 to 21 Feb 1725)
• Baltasar de Figueroa, O. Cist. †
• Andrés de Fuentsalida, O. Cist. †
• Francisco Javier García Casarrubios y Melgar, O. Cist. †
• Antonio García de Valtorres, O. Cist. †
• Heinrich Suso (Lorenz) Groner, O. Cist. † (Priest: 21 Mar 1920 to 20 Sep 1949)
• Kassian Haid, O. Cist. † (Member: 17 Sep 1898; Priest: 24 May 1903 to 16 Aug 1917)
• László Kádár, O. Cist. † (Priest: 16 Jun 1950 to 8 Feb 1972)
• Endre Kovács, O. Cist. † (Priest: 8 Apr 1951 to 7 Jan 1975)
• Thaddée Le Huu Tu, O. Cist. † (Priest: 23 Dec 1928 to 14 Jun 1945)
• Berndard-Emmanuel (François-Pierre) de Lenzbourg, O. Cist. † (Member: 1741; Priest: 23 Dec 1747 to 2 Nov 1782)
• Wojciech Stanisław Leski, O. Cist. † (Member: 15 Aug 1723; Priest: 27 Mar 1727 to 17 Oct 1746)
• Kazimierz Benedykt Lezeński, O. Cist. †
• Maurice MacGibbon, O. Cist. †
• Angel de Maldonado, O. Cist. †
• Angel Manrique, O. Cist. †
• Eugenio Notz, O. Cist. †
• Ferdinand Oesterhoff, O. Cist. † (Priest: 4 Apr 1699 to 20 Dec 1723)
• Jan Kazimierz Opaliński, O. Cist. † (Priest: 25 Apr 1662 to 8 Jan 1680)
• Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, O. Cist. †
• Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist. †
• Sigismund Pirchan von Rosenberg, O. Cist. †
• Ján Krstitel Ladislav Pyrker (Pryker), O. Cist. † (Priest: 16 May 1796 to 21 Dec 1818)
• Jeronimo Quintanilla, O. Cist. †
• Lorenz Barlomiej Ignacy Antoni Raczynski, O. Cist. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1786 to 27 Mar 1809)
• Erhard von Redwitz, O. Cist. †
• Hieronymus von Reizenstein, O. Cist. † (Member: 1441 to 16 Nov 1474)
• Miguel Rubio, O. Cist. †
• Bernhard Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg, O. Cist. †
• Rodrigo de San Ginés, O. Cist. †
• Miguel de Sanguesa, O. Cist. †
• Fortunato de São Boaventura, O. Cist. †
• Bernhard Graf von Schrattenbach, O. Cist. † (Member: 1641 to 1655)
• Agostino Stöckli, O. Cist. †
• Francisco Ugarte, O. Cist. †
• Martinho de Ulhoa, O. Cist. †
• Sebastián de Valladolid, O. Cist. †
• Crisóstomo Vargas, O. Cist. †
• Gerardo José Andrés Vázquez Parga, O. Cist. † (Member: 18 Dec 1765 to 3 Aug 1807)
• Agustín Vázquez Varela, O. Cist. †
• Tomás Vidal, O. Cist. † (Priest: 20 Dec 1692 to 11 Sep 1730)
• Jean de Watteville, O. Cist. † (Member: 1603 to 10 Jun 1609)
• Dominikus (Martin Karl) Willi, O. Cist. † (Member: 13 Nov 1865; Priest: 2 Jun 1867 to 15 Jun 1898)