Oblates of St. Francis de Sales

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Bishop(s)

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life Founded: 1871 Clerical Religious Congregation Mailing Address: 1621 Otis Str. N.E., Washington, DC 20018-2321, USA Telephone: (202)269-5677 Fax: 269-5668

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Past and Present Ordinaries

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1871	Founded		Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
8 December 1897	Approbation		Oblates of St. Francis de Sales

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1959		1,175		ap1960
1990	634	792		ap1991
2000	523	682		ap2001
2001	510	656		ap2002
2002	492	630	236	ap2003
2004	471	613	234	ap2005

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S. (Member: 17 Sep 1963; Priest: 29 Jun 1967 to 25 Jan 1995)
• John Baptist Minder, O.S.F.S. (Priest: 3 Jun 1950 to 12 Oct 1967)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. † (Priest: 27 Jun 1965 to 28 May 1993)
• Mattia Eder, O.S.F.S. †
• John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. † (Priest: 16 May 1914 to 21 Apr 1942)
• Francis Xavier Esser, O.S.F.S. † (Priest: 14 Mar 1937 to 13 Jan 1949)
• Odilon Fages, O.S.F.S. † (Priest: 29 Mar 1899 to 15 Jun 1928)
• Joseph Klemann, O.S.F.S. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1912 to 24 Feb 1931)
• Stanislao von Krolikowski, O.S.F.S. †
• Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. † (Priest: 17 Dec 1938 to 24 Mar 1956)
• Jean-Marie Simon, O.S.F.S. †
• Henry Joseph Thünemann, O.S.F.S. † (Priest: 15 Aug 1922 to 9 Jul 1940)