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Congregation of Jesus and Mary (C.I.M./C.J.M.)

History

  • 1643.03.25: Established as Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists) (English) / Congrégation de Jésus et Marie (Eudistes) (français) / Congregazione di Gesù e Maria (Eudisti) (Italiano) / Congregatio Iesu et Mariæ (Eudistarum) (latine) / C.I.M. / C.J.M.

Contact Info

Address: Via dei Querceti 15, 00184 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.772.66.01

Superiors

Past Superiors

Superior General:ColombiaFr. Camilo Bernal Hadad, C.I.M. (2012.01.02 – 2017.01.07)
Superior General:FranceFr. Jean Camus, C.I.M. (2011 – 2012.01.02)
Superior General:FranceFr. Michel Gérard, C.I.M. (2001 – 2011.03.11)
Superior General:CanadaFr. Pierre Drouin, C.I.M. (1989 – 2001)
Superior General:CanadaFr. Rénald Hébert, C.I.M. (1983 – 1989)
Superior General:FranceFr. Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, C.I.M. (later Bishop) (1971 – 1983)
Superior General:CanadaFr. Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. (later Bishop) (1966.08.19 – 1970.08.19)
Superior General:FranceFr. Armand-François Le Bourgeois, C.I.M. (later Bishop) (1953 – 1966.03.22)
Superior General:FranceFr. François Lebesconte, C.I.M. (1937 – 1953)
Superior General:FranceFr. Charles Le Petit, C.I.M. (1935 – 1936)
Superior General:FranceFr. Mathurin Jéhanno, C.I.M. (1930 – 1935)
Superior General:FranceFr. Albert Lucas, C.I.M. (1919 – 1930)
Superior General:FranceFr. Ange Le Doré, C.I.M. (1870 – 1919)
Superior General:FranceFr. Louis Alexis Marie Gaudaire, C.I.M. (1849 – 1870)
Superior General:FranceFr. Jérôme-Julien Louïs de la Morinière, C.I.M. (1830 – 1849)
Superior General:FranceFr. Charles-Toussaint Blanchard, C.I.M. (1826.01.09 – 1830)
Superior General:FranceFr. François Pierre Dumont, C.I.M. (1777 – 1796)
Superior General:FranceFr. Pierre Le Cocq, C.I.M. (1775 – 1777)
Superior General:FranceFr. Michel Lefèvre, C.I.M. (1770 – 1775)
Superior General:FranceFr. Jean Prosper Auvray de Saint-André, C.I.M. (1751 – 1770)
Superior General:FranceFr. Pierre Cousin, C.I.M. (1727 – 1751)
Superior General:FranceFr. Guy de Fontaines de Neuilly, C.I.M. (1711 – 1727)
Superior General:FranceFr. Jacques Blouet de Camilly, C.I.M. (1680 – 1711)
Superior General:FranceSaint Fr. Jean Eudes (John Eudes), C.I.M. (1643.03.25 – 1680.08.19)
Coadjutor Superior General:FranceBlessed Fr. François-Louis Hébert, C.I.M. (1782 – 1792.09.02)

Founder

Other Former Members (1)

Living Bishops (1 Cardinal, 4 Bishops)

ColombiaCardinal Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (82)Cardinal Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (82), Cardinal-Priest of S. Dorotea and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia)

ColombiaBishop José Mario Bacci Trespalacios, C.I.M. (53)Bishop José Mario Bacci Trespalacios, C.I.M. (53), Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia)

FranceBishop Luc Crepy, C.I.M. (66)Bishop Luc Crepy, C.I.M. (66), Bishop of Versailles (France)

French GuianaBishop Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. (82)Bishop Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. (82), Bishop emeritus of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (France)

VenezuelaBishop Luis Alfonso Márquez Molina, C.I.M. (88)Bishop Luis Alfonso Márquez Molina, C.I.M. (88), Titular Bishop of Turris rotunda and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Mérida (Venezuela)

Deceased Bishops (7 Archbishops, 16 Bishops)

2023: CanadaBishop François Thibodeau, C.I.M., Bishop of Edmundston (Canada)

2022: VenezuelaBishop Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

2021: ColombiaArchbishop Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cali (Colombia)

2021: VenezuelaArchbishop Helímenas de Jesús Rojo Paredes, C.I.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabozo (Venezuela)

2014: FranceBishop Claude Henri Édouard Frikart, C.I.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France)

2012: ColombiaArchbishop Eladio Acosta Arteaga, C.I.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (Colombia)

2012: BeninBishop René-Marie Ehuzu, C.I.M., Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin)

2010: FranceBishop Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, C.I.M., Bishop of Quimper (France)

2005: FranceBishop Armand-François Le Bourgeois, C.I.M., Bishop of Autun (France)

2003: VenezuelaArchbishop Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

1994: CanadaBishop Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M., Bishop of Edmundston (Canada)

1992: ColombiaArchbishop Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla (Colombia)

1988: CanadaArchbishop Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada)

1976: ColombiaBishop Jorge Alberto Giraldo Restrepo, C.I.M., Bishop of Pasto (Colombia)

1973: CanadaBishop Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M., Bishop of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

1959: ColombiaBishop Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M., Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia)

1958: ColombiaArchbishop Joaquín Garcia Benitez, C.I.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia)

1953: CanadaBishop Patrick Albert Bray, C.I.M., Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)

1946: CanadaBishop Julien-Marie Leventoux, C.I.M., Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

1942: CanadaBishop Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M., Bishop of Bathurst (Canada)

1942: Congo-KinshasaBishop Natale de Cleene, C.I.M., Vicar Apostolic of Léopoldville (Congo-Kinshasa)

1916: CanadaBishop Gustave-Maria Blanche, C.I.M., Vicar Apostolic of Golfe Saint-Laurent (Canada)

1878: DominicaBishop René-Marie-Charles Poirier, C.I.M., Bishop of Roseau (Dominica)

Saints (1)

Blesseds (4)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 71

Members: 512 (333 priests)