Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales
Fransalians

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Bishop(s)

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life Founded: 24 October 1838 Clerical Religious Congregation Mailing Address: Chemin de Proupeine, 74000 Annecy, Francia Telephone: 4.50.45.53.17 Fax: 4.50.45.00.53

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Past and Present Ordinaries

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
24 October 1838	Founded		Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales
19 May 1860	Approbation		Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1990	353	646		ap1991
2000	522	1,015		ap2001
2001	556	1,089		ap2002
2002	631	1,183	189	ap2003
2004	651	1,167	256	ap2005

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Mariadas Kagithapu, M.S.F.S. (Priest: 10 Jun 1961 to 19 Dec 1974)
• Joseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S. (Priest: 29 Sep 1944 to 8 May 1955)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S. † (Priest: 2 Aug 1914 to 23 Dec 1941)
• Etienne-Marie Boneventure, M.S.F.S. †
• Bernard Alexis Burquier, C.R.A. † (Member: 1891; Priest: 3 Apr 1897 to 1907)
• Jean-Marie Clerc, M.S.F.S. † (Priest: 25 May 1872 to 19 Feb 1891)
• François-Etienne Coppel, M.S.F.S. † (Priest: 6 Jul 1890 to 22 Jun 1907)
• Eugene Louis D'Souza, M.S.F.S. † (Priest: 29 Sep 1944 to 12 Jul 1951)
• Louis-François Gayet, M.S.F.S. † (Priest: 8 Nov 1908 to 1 Feb 1934)
• Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. † (Priest: 28 Sep 1945 to 10 Dec 1963)
• Charles-Félix Pelvat, M.S.F.S. †
• Jules-François Philippe, M.S.F.S. †
• Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. † (Priest: 5 Jun 1898 to 22 Aug 1918)
• Jean-Marie Tissot, M.S.F.S. †