Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Sacred Heart Missionaries

Past and Present Leaders

• Jozef (Joseph Paulinus Amandus) Van Kerckhoven, M.S.C. † ( 1958 Appointed - 1969 Ceased)

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Houses	Source
1954		2,916		ap1955
1959		3,000		ap1960
1963		3,215		ap1964
1966	2,074	3,315	460	ap1967
1967	2,074	3,315	460	ap1968
1971	2,100	3,014	665	ap1972
1974	2,025	2,771	466	ap1975
1976	1,965	2,637	465	ap1977
1977	1,939	2,599	465	ap1978
1981	1,855	2,536	456	ap1982
1986	1,766	2,480	192	ap1987
1990	1,723	2,439		ap1991
1991	1,719	2,414	248	ap1992
1995	1,641	2,400	250	ap1996
2000	1,481	2,188		ap2001
2001	1,476	2,141		ap2002
2002	1,473	2,134	221	ap2003
2004	1,448	2,096	220	ap2005
2009	1,383	1,961	291	ap2010
2010	1,374	1,921	319	ap2011
2011	1,365	1,937	192	ap2012
2012	1,341	1,872	166	ap2013
2013	1,305	1,829	180	ap2014
2014	1,293	1,831	162	ap2015
2017	1,248	1,724	155	ap2018
2020	1,242	1,682	163	ap2021
2022	1,183	1,612	156	ap2023

Affiliated Members, Living

• Narciso Villaver Abellana, M.S.C. (Member: 2 Jun 1977; Priest: 28 Dec 1978 to 15 Oct 2013)
• Nicolaus Adi Seputra, M.S.C. (Priest: 1 Feb 1989 to 7 Apr 2004)
• Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, M.S.C. (Member: 2 Feb 1988; Priest: 12 Dec 1992 to 12 Feb 2014)
• Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C. (Member: 2 Feb 1979; Priest: 2 Jul 1982 to 29 Jul 2020)
• Manoel Ferreira dos Santos, Júnior, M.S.C. (Member: 2 Feb 1991; Deacon: 15 May 1994; Priest: 7 Jan 1995 to 16 May 2018)
• Ariel Galido, M.S.C. (Priest: 9 Jun 2004)
• Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C. (Member: 2 Feb 1990; Priest: 16 Nov 1991 to 23 Oct 2024)
• Toussaint Iluku Bolumbu, M.S.C. (Member: 1994; Priest: 23 Jul 1995 to 13 May 2019)
• Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. (Priest: 6 Aug 1955 to Jul 1972)
• Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. (Priest: 18 Dec 1975 to 10 Jun 1994)
• Simon Samendra Mani, M.S.C. (Member: 25 Jan 1991; Priest: 30 Nov 1996 to 2 May 2024)
• Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C. (Priest: 29 Jun 1963 to 3 Jul 1979)
• Fernando Panico, M.S.C. (Priest: 31 Oct 1971 to 2 Jun 1993)
• Valentín Reynoso Hidalgo, M.S.C. (Member: 8 Sep 1972; Priest: 8 Nov 1975 to 22 Oct 2007)
• John Ribat, M.S.C. (Member: 2 Feb 1979; Priest: 1 Dec 1985 to 30 Oct 2000)
• Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C. (Member: 8 Sep 1984; Priest: 10 Jun 1989 to 23 Feb 2015)
• Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C. (Member: 15 Aug 1990; Priest: 9 Jan 2001 to 6 Nov 2018)
• Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C. (Priest: 3 Nov 1973 to 19 Dec 1992)
• Joseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C. (Priest: 8 Jan 1969 to 8 Feb 1990)
• Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. (Member: 2 Feb 1983; Priest: 26 Nov 1989 to 8 Jul 2005)
• Benedictus Estephanus Rolly Untu, M.S.C. (Member: 15 Jan 1983; Priest: 29 Jun 1983 to 12 Apr 2017)
• Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (Member: 15 Aug 1984; Priest: 22 Jul 1988 to 18 Jun 2005)

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Affiliated Members, Deceased

• Arnoldus Johannes Hubertus Aerts, M.S.C. † (Member: 8 Sep 1900; Priest: 6 Aug 1905 to 28 Aug 1920)
• Joseph Bach, M.S.C. † (Priest: 30 May 1896 to 26 Jan 1927)
• Ludwig Baumeister, M.S.C. † (Member: 1921; Priest: 9 Aug 1925)
• Matthias Buchholz, M.S.C. † (Member: 1922; Priest: 7 Apr 1927 to 10 Dec 1937)
• Albert-Leo Bundervoet, M.S.C. † (Priest: 9 Aug 1942 to 6 Mar 1980)
• Théophile Albert Cadoux, M.S.C. † (Priest: 21 Jan 1929 to 29 Mar 1957)
• Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. † (Priest: 17 Dec 1949 to 27 Apr 1970)
• Angelo Cella, M.S.C. † (Priest: 18 Dec 1948 to 26 Jul 1975)
• Edmund John Patrick Collins, M.S.C. † (Priest: 20 Jul 1963 to 28 Apr 1986)
• Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C. † (Priest: 23 Jul 1944 to 19 Dec 1959)
• Louis Couppé, M.S.C. † (Priest: 25 Jul 1880 to 28 Dec 1889)
• Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. † (Priest: 18 Dec 1948 to 17 May 1982)
• Amleto de Angelis, M.S.C. † (Priest: 18 Jul 1943 to 30 May 1963)
• Franz Dietl † (Member: 1953; Priest: 23 Aug 1959 to 1986)
• Francis John Doyle, M.S.C. † (Priest: 30 Nov 1926 to 11 Nov 1956)
• Jacobus Duivenvoorde, M.S.C. † (Priest: 5 Sep 1954 to 26 Jun 1972)
• John Thomas Durkin, M.S.C. † (Priest: 19 Jul 1937 to 15 Feb 1963)
• Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. † (Member: 2 Feb 1979; Deacon: 9 May 1982; Priest: 5 Sep 1982 to 22 Dec 2010)
• Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. † (Priest: 27 Jun 1915 to 18 Jan 1945)
• Jacques Grent, M.S.C. † (Priest: 7 Oct 1914 to 13 Mar 1943)
• Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. † (Priest: 30 May 1896 to 23 Apr 1906)
• Pierre-Auguste-Antoine-Marie Guichet, M.S.C. † (Priest: 24 Mar 1946 to 19 Jul 1961)
• Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C. † (Priest: 10 Feb 1895 to 10 Jun 1899)
• Paschalis Soedita Hardjasoemarta, M.S.C. † (Priest: 2 Sep 1956 to 17 Dec 1973)
• Karl Bernhard Hesse, M.S.C. † (Priest: 23 May 1963 to 27 Apr 1978)
• Johannes Höhne, M.S.C. † (Priest: 14 Mar 1937 to 1 Mar 1963)
• Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C. † (Priest: 10 Aug 1932 to 21 Nov 1957)
• Edward Francis Kelly, M.S.C. † (Priest: 12 Mar 1942 to 6 Feb 1969)
• Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. † (Priest: 7 Jan 1975 to 21 Jan 1991)
• Eugène Klein, M.S.C. † (Priest: 16 May 1943 to 14 Jun 1960)
• Pedro Paulo Koop, M.S.C. † (Priest: 10 Aug 1930 to 27 Jul 1964)
• (Jean-Marie-) Joseph Lebeau, M.S.C. † (Member: 4 Oct 1891; Priest: 10 Feb 1895 to 18 Dec 1933)
• Joseph-Marie Leray, M.S.C. † (Priest: 1886 to 27 Jul 1897)
• Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet, M.S.C. † (Priest: 12 Sep 1948 to 19 Oct 1983)
• Pedro de Guzman Magugat, M.S.C. † (Member: 8 Jan 1949; Deacon: 14 Sep 1952; Priest: 8 Dec 1952 to 23 Apr 1979)
• Paul John Marx, M.S.C. † (Priest: 29 Jun 1963 to 3 May 1985)
• Luke Paul Matlatarea, M.S.C. † (Priest: 10 Jan 1971 to 21 Jun 1988)
• Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea, M.S.C. † (Priest: 18 Jan 1969 to 15 Nov 1978)
• Desmond Charles Moore, M.S.C. † (Priest: 27 Jul 1957 to 7 Mar 1970)
• Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. † (Priest: 13 Mar 1937 to 13 Apr 1967)
• Louis-André Navarre, M.S.C. † (Priest: 26 May 1872 to 17 May 1887)
• Matthijs Nijens, M.S.C. † (Member: 1887; Priest: 1896 to 1902)
• Hendrik Nollen, M.S.C. † (Member: 1891; Priest: 1897 to 6 Nov 1914)
• John Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C. † (Priest: 30 Nov 1935 to 13 Jan 1949)
• Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C. † (Priest: 21 Dec 1909 to 1 Feb 1934)
• Juan Perelló y Pou, M.S.C. †
• John Ikataere Rarikin, M.S.C. † (Member: 2 Mar 1966; Priest: 30 Sep 1972 to 24 Sep 2010)
• Raymundo Taco Sabio, M.S.C. † (Member: 29 Jun 1969; Priest: 28 Dec 1971)
• Leo Isidore Scharmach, M.S.C. † (Priest: 25 Jul 1924 to 13 Jun 1939)
• Bruno Schinxe, M.S.C. †
• Germán Schmitz Sauerborn, M.S.C. † (Priest: 20 Jul 1958 to 17 Aug 1970)
• Willem Schoemaker, M.S.C. † (Priest: 10 Aug 1933 to 31 May 1950)
• Hugh Patrick Slattery, M.S.C. † (Priest: 16 Jul 1958 to 22 Jun 1984)
• Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. † (Member: 21 Sep 1935; Priest: 10 Aug 1940 to 10 Dec 1963)
• André Sorin, M.S.C. † (Priest: 4 Aug 1929 to 13 Jun 1946)
• Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. † (Member: 12 Oct 1935; Deacon: 9 Mar 1940; Priest: 23 Jun 1940 to 5 Jul 1957)
• Patrick Taval, M.S.C. † (Priest: 8 Jan 1984 to 22 Jun 1999)
• Octave-Marie Terrienne, M.S.C. † (Priest: 27 Jan 1929 to 2 Dec 1937)
• Josephus Tethool, M.S.C. † (Priest: 20 Dec 1961 to 2 Apr 1982)
• Herman Tillemans, M.S.C. † (Priest: 19 Aug 1928 to 25 Jun 1950)
• Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. † (Priest: 22 Dec 1928 to 1946)
• Charles Van den Ouwelant, M.S.C. † (Priest: 10 Aug 1936 to 23 Mar 1955)
• Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. † (Priest: 14 Jun 1937 to 21 Sep 1970)
• Edouard van Goethem, M.S.C. † (Member: 17 Oct 1894; Priest: 23 Dec 1899 to 29 Nov 1932)
• Jozef (Joseph Paulinus Amandus) Van Kerckhoven, M.S.C. † (Member: 21 Sep 1928; Priest: 30 Jul 1933; Superior General: 1958 to 1969)
• Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. † (Priest: 15 Aug 1922 to 13 Mar 1947)
• Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. † (Priest: 1 Nov 1883 to 10 May 1889)
• Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. † (Member: 4 Oct 1907; Priest: 15 Aug 1912 to 10 Apr 1947)
• Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. † (Priest: 28 Oct 1903 to 16 Feb 1923)
• Bernardo Visser, M.S.C. †
• Johannes Christianus Vrakking, M.S.C. † (Priest: 13 Aug 1911 to 25 May 1940)
• Joseph Weigl, M.S.C. † (Priest: 11 Jul 1937 to 11 Sep 1961)
• Pierre Wijnants, M.S.C. † (Priest: 6 Aug 1939 to 21 Apr 1964)

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