Society of African Missions

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Bishop(s) Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A., Priest

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Society of Apostolic Life Founded: 8 December 1856 Mailing Address: Via della Nocetta, 111, 00164 Roma, Italia Telephone: 06.661.68.41 Fax: 06.66.16.84.90

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Paul Pellet, S.M.A. † (9 Sep 1907 Appointed - 11 Mar 1914 Died)
• Augustin Duret, S.M.A. † (Oct 1914 Appointed - 29 Aug 1920 Died)

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
8 December 1856	Founded		Society of African Missions
23 August 1900	Approbation		Society of African Missions

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1959		1,778		ap1960
1990	1,179	1,239		ap1991
2000	874	1,023		ap2001
2001	868	1,010		ap2002
2002	870	1,007	80	ap2003
2004	851	971	81	ap2005

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

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Affiliated Bishops

• Maximilien Albert, S.M.A. † (Priest: 14 Jul 1889 to 27 May 1901)
• Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. † (Priest: 22 Dec 1923 to 15 Mar 1939)
• Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. (Priest: 7 Dec 1954 to 28 Nov 1992)
• Noël Laurent Boucheix, S.M.A. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1924 to 11 Mar 1953)
• Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. † (Priest: 15 Jul 1906 to 24 Aug 1918)
• John Francis Brown, S.M.A.
• Francis Carroll, S.M.A. † (Priest: 20 Dec 1936 to 20 Dec 1960)
• Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A. (Priest: 20 Dec 1965 to 30 Apr 2002)
• Michel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A. (Priest: 1 Jul 1979 to 18 May 1999)
• Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. † (Priest: 19 Jul 1908)
• Jean-Baptiste Chausse, S.M.A. † (Priest: 21 Aug 1871 to 12 May 1891)
• Robert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A. †
• John Collins, S.M.A. † (Priest: 15 Jun 1913 to 9 Apr 1934)
• Louis-Auguste Dartois, S.M.A. † (Priest: 3 Jul 1888 to 25 May 1901)
• Joseph Diss, S.M.A. † (Priest: 7 Jul 1901 to 8 Jul 1921)
• André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. † (Priest: 6 Jan 1934 to 26 Oct 1951)
• Augustin Duret, S.M.A. † (Priest: 17 Dec 1870 to 17 Sep 1909; Superior General: Oct 1914 to 29 Aug 1920)
• Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A. † (Priest: 8 Jan 1933 to 15 May 1952)
• Jean Marie Etrillard, S.M.A. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1925 to 29 Feb 1956)
• François Faroud, S.M.A. † (Priest: 13 Nov 1910 to 5 Sep 1963)
• William Richard Field, S.M.A. † (Priest: 10 Jun 1934 to 16 Jan 1958)
• Richard Finn, S.M.A. † (Priest: 14 Dec 1941 to 13 Mar 1953)
• Jules Girard, S.M.A. † (Priest: 19 Sep 1886)
• Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A. † (Priest: 6 Feb 1954 to 7 May 1962)
• Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, S.M.A. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1921 to 17 Jun 1937)
• Patrick Joseph Harrington, S.M.A. (Priest: 16 Dec 1964 to 17 Feb 2000)
• Ernest Hauger, S.M.A. † (Priest: 5 Jul 1896 to 13 Feb 1925)
• Augustin Hermann, S.M.A. † (Priest: 20 Jul 1902 to 26 Mar 1923)
• Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A. † (Priest: 10 Jun 1928 to 11 Jul 1946)
• Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. † (Priest: 28 Jun 1924 to 7 Apr 1959)
• Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. † (Priest: 16 Jun 1927 to 12 Jan 1943)
• François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. † (Priest: 5 Jul 1896 to 6 Mar 1906)
• Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1921 to 11 Dec 1939)
• Pietro Maria Kernivinen, S.M.A. †
• Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. † (Priest: 10 Jul 1910 to 9 Apr 1940)
• Isidore Klaus, S.M.A. † (Priest: 13 Jul 1890 to 4 Mar 1904)
• Antoon Konings, S.M.A. † (Priest: 15 Jun 1935 to 21 Feb 1954)
• Joseph-Antoine Lang, S.M.A. † (Priest: 19 Jul 1891 to 19 Jul 1902)
• Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A. † (Priest: 3 Jan 1932 to 7 Jun 1946)
• William Lumley, S.M.A. †
• John MacCarthy, S.M.A. † (Priest: 9 Jun 1929 to 14 May 1943)
• William Mahony, S.M.A. † (Priest: 17 Jun 1947 to 6 Dec 1960)
• Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. (Priest: 14 May 1978)
• John Moore, S.M.A. (Priest: 20 Dec 1965 to 5 Jul 1996)
• Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. † (Priest: 30 May 1897 to 17 Jan 1911)
• Giovanni Ogé, S.M.A. †
• Noel Charles O'Regan, S.M.A. (Priest: 18 Dec 1967 to 10 Jul 1995)
• François O'Rourke, S.M.A. † (Priest: 15 Jul 1906 to 17 May 1929)
• Louis Parisot, S.M.A. † (Priest: 17 Oct 1909 to 11 Mar 1935)
• Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A. † (Priest: 12 Jun 1904 to 29 Nov 1932)
• Paul Pellet, S.M.A. † (Priest: 19 May 1883 to 15 Jan 1895; Superior General: 9 Sep 1907 to 11 Mar 1914)
• François Person, S.M.A. † (Priest: 11 Jul 1920 to 9 Dec 1935)
• William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (Priest: 14 Jul 1918 to 25 Apr 1933)
• John J. Reddington, S.M.A. † (Priest: 10 Jun 1934 to 10 Apr 1954)
• Patient Honoré Pierre Yvon Redois, S.M.A. † (Priest: 9 Feb 1950 to 10 Feb 1964)
• Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. (Priest: 4 Jul 1948 to 4 Jul 1956)
• François Steinmetz, S.M.A. † (Priest: 13 Jul 1890 to 20 May 1906)
• Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. † (Priest: 10 Jul 1921 to 8 Nov 1945)
• Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. † (Priest: 21 Jun 1914 to 26 Feb 1934)
• Ferdinand Terrien, S.M.A. † (Priest: 15 Jul 1900 to 1 Mar 1912)
• André van den Bronk, S.M.A. † (Priest: 19 Dec 1931 to 30 Jul 1946)
• Louis Wach, S.M.A. †
• Osvaldo Waller, S.M.A. †
• Carlo Zappa, S.M.A. †