St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions
Kiltegan Fathers

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Patrick Joseph Whitney, S.P.S. † (17 Mar 1932 Appointed - 1938 Appointed, Prefect of Ogoja)

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1966	294	470	5	ap1967
1971	335	495	5	ap1972
1976	383	443	9	ap1977
1981	396	449	9	ap1982
1986	384	439	15	ap1987
1990	378	414		ap1991
1991	376	412	12	ap1992
2000	341	379		ap2001
2001	336	383		ap2002
2002	333	382	18	ap2003
2004	338	403	17	ap2005
2010	302	378	26	ap2011
2011	299	365	26	ap2012

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. (Member: 1 Oct 1971; Priest: 18 May 1975 to 6 Dec 1995)
• Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S. (Member: 1 Oct 1969; Priest: 9 Jun 1973 to 24 Dec 2008)
• Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S. (Priest: 4 Jun 1972 to 3 Apr 1998)
• Thomas Vincent Greenan, S.P.S.
• John Magee, S.P.S. (Member: 17 Sep 1958; Priest: 17 Mar 1962 to 17 Feb 1987)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• William Dunne, S.P.S. † (Priest: 18 Dec 1944 to 19 Oct 1956)
• Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. † (Priest: 9 Apr 1950 to 20 Nov 1975)
• Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. † (Priest: 18 Mar 1937 to 29 Jan 1954)
• John Christopher Mahon, S.P.S. † (Priest: 28 Mar 1948 to 16 Jan 1968)
• Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. † (Priest: 22 Jun 1930 to 10 Nov 1939)
• James Moynagh, S.P.S. † (Priest: 22 Jun 1930 to 12 Jun 1947)
• Patrick Joseph Whitney, S.P.S. † (Superior General: 17 Mar 1932 to 1938)