Society of Mary

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Bishop(s)

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life Founded: 2 October 1817 Clerical Religious Congregation Web Site: http://www.marianist.org/ Mailing Address: Via Latina, 22, 00179 Roma, Italia Telephone: 06.70.47.58.92 Fax: 06.700.04.06

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Past and Present Ordinaries

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
2 October 1817	Founded		Society of Mary
11 August 1865	Approbation		Society of Mary

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1959		3,110		ap1960
1990	581	1,884		ap1991
2000	500	1,575		ap2001
2001	496	1,556		ap2002
2002	485	1,546	217	ap2003
2004	466	1,503	210	ap2005

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

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Affiliated Bishops

• Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S.M. † (Priest: 29 Mar 1963 to 16 Dec 1982)
• Próspero M. Gustavo Bernardi, S.M. † (Priest: 19 May 1894 to 15 Dec 1919)
• James Herbert Blenk, S.M. † (Priest: 16 Aug 1885 to 12 Jun 1899)
• John Edward Gunn, S.M. † (Priest: 2 Feb 1890 to 29 Jun 1911)
• Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. † (Priest: 21 Jun 1907 to 27 Jun 1922)
• Jacques Mangers, S.M. † (Priest: 3 Apr 1920 to 12 Jul 1932)
• Antônio Julio Maria Mattioli, S.M. † (Priest: 9 Aug 1925 to 10 Jan 1948)
• Alexandre Poncet, S.M. † (Priest: 4 Jul 1909 to 11 Nov 1935)
• Franz Justus Rarkowski, S.M. † (Member: 1896; Priest: 9 Jan 1898 to 7 Jan 1938)
• Raymond Roussin, S.M. (Member: 22 Aug 1961; Priest: 21 Mar 1970 to 10 Apr 1995)
• José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. † (Priest: 22 Dec 1951 to 18 May 1970)
• Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. (Priest: 23 Apr 1962 to 21 Nov 1992)
• Gerald Shaughnessy, S.M. † (Priest: 20 Jun 1920 to 1 Jul 1933)
• Peregrin-François Stagni, S.M. †
• Paul Vollmar, S.M. (Priest: 14 Mar 1964 to 4 Mar 1993)