Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Past and Present Ordinaries

• St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † ( 1816 Appointed - 1 Oct 1832 Appointed, Titular Bishop of Icosium)
• Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I. † (20 Sep 1908 Appointed - 30 Nov 1931 Died)
• Léo Deschâtelets, O.M.I. † (2 May 1947 Appointed - 5 May 1972 Resigned)

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1959		7,307		ap1960
1966	5,279	7,890	1,503	ap1967
1971	5,330	7,176	1,700	ap1972
1976	4,935	6,374	1,623	ap1977
1981	4,600	5,923	1,592	ap1982
1986	4,248	5,731	1,460	ap1987
1990	4,075	5,485		ap1991
1991	4,005	5,407	1,362	ap1992
2000	3,508	4,831		ap2001
2001	3,432	4,760		ap2002
2002	3,391	4,696	1,127	ap2003
2004	3,307	4,587	1,215	ap2005
2009	3,140	4,354	1,083	ap2010
2010	3,100	4,264	1,057	ap2011
2011	3,061	4,236	1,023	ap2012

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Lucio Alfert, O.M.I. (Member: 17 Feb 1972; Priest: 15 Apr 1972 to 24 Jan 1986)
• Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I. (Member: 8 Sep 1974; Priest: 10 May 1980 to 14 Nov 2003)
• Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I. (Member: 6 Jan 1971; Priest: 23 Jan 1977 to 30 Jun 2009)
• Jean-Claude Bouchard, O.M.I. (Priest: 30 Aug 1969 to 26 Feb 1977)
• Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I. (Priest: 17 Dec 1966 to 26 Nov 1991)
• Gilles Cazabon, O.M.I. (Priest: 11 Jun 1960 to 13 Mar 1992)
• Claude Champagne, O.M.I. (Member: 8 Jun 1975; Priest: 9 Aug 1975 to 25 Mar 2003)
• Evans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I. (Member: 5 Feb 1994; Priest: 19 Aug 2000 to 15 Feb 2011)
• David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. (Member: 16 Sep 1973; Priest: 27 Sep 1975 to 24 Oct 1997)
• Denis Croteau, O.M.I. (Member: 8 Sep 1956; Priest: 31 Aug 1958 to 24 Jan 1986)
• Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. (Member: 1 Nov 1986; Priest: 20 Feb 1987 to 19 Feb 2005)
• Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I. (Priest: 14 Mar 1959 to 24 Jan 1997)
• Joseph Djida, O.M.I. (Priest: 5 Dec 1976 to 23 Oct 2000)
• Georges-Hilaire Dupont, O.M.I. (Priest: 9 May 1943 to 16 Jan 1964)
• Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. (Priest: 7 Jul 1957 to 16 Jan 1974)
• Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. (Priest: 21 Dec 1963 to 10 Jul 1990)
• Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I. (Member: 31 May 1963; Priest: 21 Dec 1966 to 9 Nov 2001)
• Erwin Hecht, O.M.I. (Priest: 26 Jul 1959 to 3 Feb 1972)
• Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. (Priest: 17 May 1964 to 20 May 1991)
• Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. (Priest: 26 Jan 1975 to 19 Nov 1982)
• Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. (Priest: 21 Dec 1956 to 10 Nov 1977)
• Anthony Wieslaw Krótki, O.M.I. (Member: 8 Sep 1988; Priest: 19 Jun 1990 to 16 Feb 2013)
• Angelito R. Lampon, O.M.I. (Priest: 1 Apr 1977 to 21 Nov 1997)
• Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I. (Member: 17 Feb 1974; Priest: 19 Oct 1974 to 11 Jul 2005)
• Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, O.M.I. (Member: 25 Jan 1976; Priest: 3 Jan 1982 to 30 Jun 2009)
• Andrzej Madej, O.M.I. (Priest: 19 Jun 1977 to 29 Sep 1997)
• Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. (Priest: 26 Jan 1962 to 4 Jun 1984)
• Bernard Mohlalisi, O.M.I. (Member: 1955; Priest: 14 Jul 1963 to 11 Jun 1990)
• Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. (Priest: 25 Jun 1988 to 5 Nov 1998)
• Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I. (Priest: 2 Sep 1974 to 8 Jul 2002)
• Pierre-Antoine Paulo, O.M.I. (Member: 2 Aug 1963; Priest: 20 Dec 1969 to 7 Jul 2001)
• Michael David Pfeifer, O.M.I. (Priest: 21 Dec 1964 to 31 May 1985)
• Philipp Pöllitzer, O.M.I. (Member: 1960; Priest: 17 Dec 1965 to 31 May 2007)
• Jacek Pyl, O.M.I. (Member: 8 Sep 1986; Priest: 20 Jun 1988 to 23 Nov 2012)
• Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I. (Priest: 5 Jun 1964 to 23 Jul 1980)
• Edward Gabriel Risi, O.M.I. (Priest: 12 Jul 1974 to 5 Jul 2000)
• Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I. (Member: 1955; Priest: 2 Feb 1963 to 15 May 1987)
• Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I. (Priest: 20 Dec 1967 to 12 Dec 1989)
• Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I. (Priest: 20 Dec 1980 to 14 Mar 1994)
• Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I. (Priest: 17 Mar 1956 to 26 Sep 1968)
• Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I. (Priest: 22 Oct 1960 to 9 May 1974)
• Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. (Member: 1967; Priest: 29 Aug 1976 to 2 Jan 1999)
• Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete, O.M.I. (Priest: 19 Feb 1950 to 9 Nov 1965)
• Gerald William Wiesner, O.M.I. (Priest: 23 Feb 1963 to 6 Oct 1992)
• Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I. (Priest: 11 Apr 1954 to 14 Apr 1977)
• Barry Wood, O.M.I. (Member: 1965; Priest: 14 Jul 1968 to 10 Oct 2005)
• Radosław Zmitrowicz, O.M.I. (Member: 21 May 1987; Priest: 17 Jun 1989 to 29 Nov 2012)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Marie-Jean-François Allard, O.M.I. † (Priest: 15 Jun 1830 to 31 Jan 1851)
• Matthieu-Victor-Félicien Balaïn, O.M.I. † (Priest: 6 Mar 1852 to 28 Dec 1877)
• Henri Belleau, O.M.I. † (Priest: 18 Dec 1920 to 11 Dec 1939)
• Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. † (Priest: 12 Jul 1952 to 11 Mar 1968)
• Leonello Berti, O.M.I. † (Priest: 20 Jun 1948 to 18 Jun 1962)
• Mathurin Blanchet, O.M.I. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1921 to 18 Feb 1946)
• John Boekenfoehr, O.M.I. † (Priest: 11 Jul 1927 to 24 Mar 1953)
• Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. † (Priest: 18 May 1918 to 25 Apr 1933)
• Christophe-Etienne Bonjean, O.M.I. † (Priest: 19 Dec 1846 to 24 Jul 1868)
• Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. † (Priest: 10 Aug 1913 to 12 Feb 1948)
• Jules-André Brault, O.M.I. † (Priest: 29 Sep 1890 to 5 Aug 1919)
• Enrico Breuer, O.M.I. †
• Gabriel Joseph Élie Breynat, O.M.I. † (Priest: 21 Feb 1891 to 31 Jul 1901)
• Émile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. † (Priest: 28 Mar 1891 to 13 Jun 1917)
• Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. † (Priest: 7 Jul 1957 to 30 Jul 1972)
• Jules-Joseph Cénez, O.M.I. † (Priest: 8 Sep 1890 to 25 Jan 1909)
• Ovide Charlebois, O.M.I. † (Priest: 17 Jul 1887 to 8 Aug 1910)
• Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. † (Priest: 29 Sep 1951 to 11 Mar 1968)
• Armand Clabaut, O.M.I. † (Priest: 4 Jul 1926 to 1 Jul 1937)
• Isidore Clut, O.M.I. † (Priest: 20 Dec 1857 to 3 Aug 1864)
• Jean Louis Joseph Collignon, O.M.I. † (Priest: 28 Jun 1931 to 30 Sep 1942)
• Hubert Constant, O.M.I. † (Priest: 15 Sep 1958 to 31 Jan 1991)
• Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. † (Priest: 23 Jun 1929 to 14 Dec 1945)
• Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. † (Priest: 10 Apr 1886 to 28 Jun 1898)
• Jean-Louis-Antoine-Joseph Coudert, O.M.I. † (Priest: 2 Nov 1919 to 27 Jan 1936)
• Charles Cox, O.M.I. † (Priest: 20 Dec 1873 to 15 Jul 1914)
• Benjamin D. de Jesus, O.M.I. † (Priest: 29 Dec 1967 to 11 Oct 1991)
• Henri Delalle, O.M.I. † (Priest: 29 Jul 1894 to 19 Dec 1903)
• Léo Deschâtelets, O.M.I. † (Member: 13 May 1919; Priest: 9 Jun 1925; Superior General: 2 May 1947 to 5 May 1972)
• Joseph Delphis Des Rosiers, O.M.I. † (Priest: 6 Jul 1930 to 11 Mar 1948)
• Louis-Joseph D’Herbomez, O.M.I. † (Member: 23 Nov 1848; Priest: 14 Oct 1849 to 22 Dec 1863)
• George Eli Dion, O.M.I. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1936 to 28 Jan 1980)
• Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I. † (Member: 15 Aug 1880; Priest: 30 May 1885 to 3 Apr 1897; Superior General: 20 Sep 1908 to 30 Nov 1931)
• Paul Francis Duffy, O.M.I. † (Priest: 22 Dec 1962 to 14 Jun 1997)
• Paul Dumouchel, O.M.I. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1936 to 25 Feb 1955)
• Pierre-Paul Durieu, O.M.I. † (Member: 1 Nov 1849; Priest: 11 Mar 1854 to 8 Jun 1875)
• Félix Erviti Barcelona, O.M.I. † (Priest: 19 Feb 1933 to 19 Jul 1954)
• Pierre-Armand-Albert-Lucien Fallaize, O.M.I. † (Priest: 11 Jul 1912 to 23 Jun 1931)
• Michael Francis Fallon, O.M.I. † (Priest: 29 Jul 1894 to 14 Dec 1909)
• Henri Joseph Faraud, O.M.I. † (Priest: 8 May 1847 to 16 May 1863)
• Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † (Priest: 6 Aug 1949 to 9 Apr 1968)
• Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald, O.M.I. † (Priest: 25 May 1940 to 6 Aug 1966)
• Anthony Gaughren, O.M.I. † (Member: 1866; Priest: 16 Mar 1872 to 8 Jun 1886)
• Matthew Gaughren, O.M.I. † (Priest: 23 Apr 1867 to 23 Jan 1902)
• Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. † (Priest: 16 Mar 1951 to 18 Mar 1982)
• Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. † (Priest: 15 May 1905 to 18 May 1926)
• Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. † (Priest: 17 Jun 1956 to 27 Apr 1987)
• Vital-Justin Grandin, O.M.I. † (Priest: 23 Apr 1854 to 11 Dec 1857)
• Pierre-Emile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie Grouard, O.M.I. † (Priest: 3 May 1862 to 18 Oct 1890)
• Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (Priest: 14 Aug 1825 to 24 Jan 1842)
• Joseph-Eugène-Bruno Guigues, O.M.I. † (Priest: 13 May 1828 to 9 Jul 1847)
• Joseph-Wilfrid Guy, O.M.I. † (Priest: 9 Jun 1906 to 19 Dec 1929)
• Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. † (Priest: 11 Jul 1909 to 16 Jan 1924)
• Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (Priest: 9 Jul 1939 to 12 Dec 1946)
• Jacques Jeancard, O.M.I. †
• Charles-Constant Jolivet, O.M.I. † (Member: 1848; Priest: 13 May 1849 to 15 Sep 1874)
• Anthony Jordan, O.M.I. † (Priest: 23 Jun 1929 to 22 Jun 1945)
• Henri Joulain, O.M.I. † (Priest: 22 May 1875 to 20 Jul 1893)
• Honoré Jouneaux, O.M.I. †
• Célestin-Henri Joussard, O.M.I. † (Priest: 21 Feb 1880 to 11 May 1909)
• Dominic Joseph Chwane Khumalo, O.M.I. † (Priest: 3 Jul 1946 to 27 Feb 1978)
• Charles Eugène Klaeyle, O.M.I. † (Priest: 21 May 1903)
• Rudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I. † (Priest: 10 Apr 1938 to 26 Jan 1957)
• Marc Lacroix, O.M.I. † (Priest: 21 May 1933 to 18 Dec 1942)
• Martin Joseph-Honoré Lajeunesse, O.M.I. † (Priest: 11 Apr 1920 to 25 Apr 1933)
• Louis Philip Adélard Langevin, O.M.I. † (Priest: 30 Jul 1882 to 8 Jan 1895)
• Ubald Langlois, O.M.I. † (Priest: 6 Jun 1914 to 30 Mar 1938)
• Emile Joseph Legal, O.M.I. † (Priest: 1880 to 29 Mar 1897)
• Henri Légaré, O.M.I. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1943 to 13 Jul 1967)
• Jules Leguerrier, O.M.I. † (Priest: 19 Jun 1943 to 21 Apr 1964)
• Thomas Joseph Lobsinger, O.M.I. † (Member: 2 Aug 1947; Priest: 29 May 1954 to 3 Jul 1987)
• Etienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I. † (Priest: 16 Jul 1933 to 13 Mar 1952)
• Sinforiano Lucas Rojo, O.M.I. † (Priest: 23 Feb 1929 to 24 Aug 1962)
• Emanuel Mabathoama, O.M.I. † (Priest: 28 Jun 1934 to 11 Dec 1952)
• Pierre-Guillaume Marque, O.M.I. † (Priest: 2 Apr 1907 to 16 Dec 1929)
• Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. † (Priest: 7 Jul 1901 to 14 Jun 1938)
• St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (Priest: 21 Dec 1811; Superior General: 1816 to 1 Oct 1832)
• Jean-Henri Mazoyer, O.M.I. †
• Francis Joseph McSorley, O.M.I. † (Priest: 30 May 1939 to 12 Jul 1958)
• André-Théophile Mélizan, O.M.I. † (Member: 1864 to 8 Aug 1879)
• Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. † (Priest: 9 Jul 1911 to 19 Dec 1929)
• William Miller, O.M.I. † (Priest: 24 Apr 1881 to 17 Sep 1904)
• Gérard Mongeau, O.M.I. † (Priest: 14 Jun 1924 to 27 Mar 1951)
• Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I. † (Priest: 14 Dec 1958 to 13 Apr 1967)
• James Philip Mulvihill, O.M.I. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1937 to 18 Dec 1965)
• Antonino Nepomuceno, O.M.I. † (Priest: 23 May 1953 to 11 Jul 1969)
• Hubert Patrick O’Connor, O.M.I. † (Priest: 5 Jun 1954 to 15 Oct 1971)
• John Fergus O’Grady, O.M.I. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1934 to 19 Dec 1955)
• David O’Leary, O.M.I. † (Priest: 10 Jul 1910 to 13 May 1925)
• Albert Pascal, O.M.I. † (Priest: 1 Nov 1873 to 2 Jun 1891)
• Jean-Marie-Joseph-Augustin Pasquier, O.M.I. † (Priest: 19 Feb 1950 to 29 May 1969)
• Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. † (Priest: 25 Feb 1924 to 12 Jan 1940)
• Louis Perera, O.M.I. † (Priest: 1921 to 5 Jan 1939)
• Ignatius Phakoe, O.M.I. † (Priest: 7 Jul 1952 to 3 Jan 1961)
• Paul Piché, O.M.I. † (Priest: 23 Dec 1934 to 5 Mar 1959)
• Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. † (Priest: 7 Jul 1929 to 10 Mar 1949)
• Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1937 to 24 Mar 1953)
• Louis Rhéaume, O.M.I. † (Priest: 2 Apr 1904 to 8 Jun 1923)
• Omer Alfred Robidoux, O.M.I. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1939 to 7 Mar 1970)
• Giuseppe Rose, O.M.I. †
• Henri Routhier, O.M.I. † (Priest: 7 Sep 1924 to 15 Jun 1945)
• Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. † (Member: 2 Aug 1931; Priest: 24 May 1936 to 12 Aug 1957)
• Lionel Scheffer, O.M.I. † (Priest: 14 Jun 1931 to 14 Mar 1946)
• Jean-Etienne Sémeria, O.M.I. †
• Pedro Shaw, O.M.I. † (Priest: 30 Sep 1951 to 22 Apr 1981)
• Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. † (Priest: 29 Oct 1950 to 26 Jun 1972)
• Alexander-Antonine Taché, O.M.I. † (Priest: 12 Oct 1845 to 14 Jun 1850)
• John Edward Taylor, O.M.I. † (Priest: 25 May 1940 to 2 Jul 1962)
• René Toussaint, O.M.I. † (Priest: 8 Jul 1945 to 16 Jan 1958)
• Joseph-Marie Trocellier, O.M.I. † (Priest: 25 May 1920 to 26 Jun 1940)
• Louis-Eugène-Arsène Turquetil, O.M.I. † (Priest: 23 Dec 1899 to 15 Dec 1931)
• Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, O.M.I. † (Priest: 17 Mar 1945 to 10 Jul 1994)
• Karl Walter Vervoort, O.M.I. † (Priest: 4 Jul 1926 to 15 Jul 1950)
• Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, O.M.I. † (Priest: 25 May 1907 to 3 Jul 1930)
• William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. † (Priest: 21 Jun 1931 to 11 Mar 1948)
• Marcello Zago, O.M.I. † (Priest: 13 Sep 1959 to 28 Mar 1998)