Order of Friars Minor Conventual

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Bishop(s)

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life Founded: 1209 Mendicant Order Web Site: http://www.ofmconv.org/ Mailing Address: Piazza SS. Apostoli, 51, 00187 Roma, Italia Telephone: 06.69.95.71 Fax: 06.69.95.73.21

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Past and Present Ordinaries

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1209	Founded		Order of Friars Minor Conventual
1223	Approbation		Order of Friars Minor Conventual

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1959		4,348		ap1960
1990	2,665	4,308		ap1991
2000	2,783	4,499		ap2001
2001	2,826	4,523		ap2002
2002	2,848	4,553	642	ap2003
2003	2,873	4,535	650	ap2004
2004	2,873	4,565	639	ap2005
2005	2,927	4,595	650	ap2006

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv. (Member: 17 Sep 1959; Priest: 18 Dec 1966 to 8 Feb 1993)
• William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv. (Member: 11 Aug 1970; Priest: 30 Apr 1977 to 30 Oct 2007)
• Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. (Priest: 15 Dec 1985 to 18 Oct 1994)
• Luís d’Andrea, O.F.M. Conv. (Member: 4 Oct 1952; Priest: 19 Dec 1959 to 29 Oct 1987)
• Stanislaw Dowlaszewicz Billman, O.F.M. Conv.
• Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. (Member: 4 Oct 1965; Priest: 21 Mar 1970 to 10 Jul 2006)
• Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv. (Priest: 17 Feb 1963 to 15 Nov 2006)
• Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv. (Member: 4 Oct 1954; Priest: 3 Aug 1958 to 29 Mar 1989)
• John Jukes, O.F.M. Conv.
• Marian Blazej Kruszylowicz, O.F.M. Conv. (Priest: 7 Feb 1960 to 9 Dec 1989)
• Krzysztof Kukulka, O.F.M. Conv. (Priest: 1 Jun 1985 to 29 Sep 1997)
• Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv. (Member: 2 Oct 1994; Priest: 22 Jun 1996 to 1 Apr 2005)
• João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv. (Member: 20 Feb 1974; Priest: 21 Apr 1978 to 26 Apr 2006)
• Elias James Manning, O.F.M. Conv. (Priest: 30 Oct 1965 to 14 Mar 1990)
• Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv. (Priest: 3 Apr 1971 to 3 Mar 1999)
• Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. (Priest: 2 Sep 1973 to 4 Nov 2000)
• Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. (Priest: 21 Dec 1967 to 24 Jan 1997)
• João Casimiro Wilk, O.F.M. Conv. (Priest: 24 Jun 1976 to 28 Jan 1998)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 18 Mar 1934 to 2 Apr 1962)
• Pietro-Raffaele Arduino, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Pietro Balestra, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Berardo Barracciu, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Giuseppe Maria Beneventi, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 24 Oct 1756 to 26 Mar 1792)
• Giuseppe Bonventura Berardi, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: Aug 1890 to 31 Aug 1907)
• Jean Antoine Blavier, O.F.M. Conv. † (Member: 1639; Priest: 23 Oct 1644 to 4 May 1654)
• Antonio Vitale Bommarco, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 8 Dec 1949 to 11 Nov 1982)
• Luigi Bondini, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Bonaventura Carenzi, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Vittorio Maria Costantini, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 7 Jul 1929 to 28 May 1962)
• Ioan Duma, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Lorenzo Fabbri (Fabri), O.F.M. Conv. †
• Emilio Favarato, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Francesco Antonio Frasella, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Lorenzo (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio) Ganganelli, O.F.M. Conv. † (Member: 1724 to 24 Sep 1759)
• Tommaso Antonio Gigli, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv. † (Member: 5 Jan 1848; Priest: 22 Sep 1849 to 14 Apr 1874)
• Henri Henrard, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Rupert Hillerich, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Dominique Jacquet (Jaquet), O.F.M. Conv. †
• Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1939 to 16 Jan 1991)
• Pietro Maleddu, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Ludovico Marangoni, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 1843 to 31 Dec 1874)
• Francis Costantin Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 10 Aug 1912 to 13 Jan 1949)
• Girolamo Maria Mileta, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 23 Sep 1893 to 14 Feb 1922)
• Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 29 Mar 1900 to 16 Dec 1920)
• Antonio Francesco Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Giiuseppe Maria Palatucci, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 29 May 1915 to 20 Sep 1937)
• Antonio Maria (Niccolò) Panebianco, O.F.M. Conv. † (Member: 1823 to 27 Sep 1861)
• Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 1547 to 1566)
• Miguel Ponte, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Severinah Abdon Potani, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 17 Aug 1949)
• Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 21 Nov 1909 to 27 Nov 1941)
• Giuseppe Salandri, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Juan Salazar, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Giovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 30 May 1896 to 14 Dec 1914)
• Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 13 Mar 1954 to 3 Sep 1975)
• Giovanni Battista Siciliani, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Giovanni Soggiu, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Antonio de Stefano, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Gregorio Téllez, O.F.M. Conv. †
• Silvestro Todaro, O.F.M. Conv. † (Priest: 23 Dec 1775 to 18 Sep 1807)
• Franz Bernardin Verbeck, O.F.M. Conv. † (Member: 1705; Priest: 1 Apr 1713 to 19 Sep 1746)
• Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv. †