Oblates of St. Joseph

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Bishop(s)

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life Founded: 1878 Clerical Religious Congregation Mailing Address: Via Boccea, 364, 00167 Roma, Italia Telephone: 06.660.48.61 Fax: 06.66.01.66.23

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Past and Present Ordinaries

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1878	Founded		Oblates of St. Joseph
1909	Approbation		Oblates of St. Joseph

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1990	285	459		ap1991
2000	327	520		ap2001
2001	332	508		ap2002
2002	329	512	84	ap2003
2004	342	526	87	ap2005

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Armando Círio, O.S.I. (Priest: 29 Jun 1940 to 14 May 1960)
• Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I. (Priest: 6 Jul 1952 to 3 Aug 1967)
• Antonio Santarsiero Rosa, O.S.I. (Priest: 14 Jun 1980 to 13 Jun 2001)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Marco Libardoni, O.S.I. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1940 to 30 Sep 1964)
• Luigi Zanzottera, O.S.I. † (Priest: 4 Jul 1954 to 13 Mar 1969)