gcatholic.org

Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (O.S.C./O.Cruc.)

History

1211.09.14: Established as Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosiers) (English) / Orden vom Heiligen Kreuz (Kruisheren) (Deutsch) / Padres Crúzios (español) / Chanoines réguliers de la Sainte-Croix (Pères Croisiers) (français) / Ordine della Santa Croce (Italiano) / Canonici Regulares Ordinis S. Crucis (Crucigeri) (latine) / O.S.C. / O.Cruc.

Contact Info

Address: Via del Velabro 19, 00186 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.69.20.451

Superiors

Past Superiors

Master General:	Fr. Glen Adrian Lewandowski, O.S.C. (2003 – 2015.06.23)
Master General:	Fr. Guglielmo Van Hees, O.S.C. (1980? – 1982?)

Founder

Other Former Members (2)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

Deceased Bishops (1 Archbishop, 14 Bishops)

2014: Bishop Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, O.S.C., Bishop of Agats (Indonesia)

1984: Bishop Petrus Marinus Arntz, O.S.C., Bishop of Bandung (Indonesia)

1971: Bishop André Creemers, O.S.C., Bishop of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1962: Bishop Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C., Vicar Apostolic of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1953: Bishop Jacobus Hubertus Goumans, O.S.C., Vicar Apostolic of Bandung (Indonesia)

1794: Bishop Wilhelm von Alhaus, O.S.C., Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

1656: Archbishop Bernardo Florio, O.Cruc., Metropolitan Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

>1638: Bishop Henri Sylvius, O.S.C., Titular Bishop of Dionysias and Auxiliary Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

>1594: Bishop Aloisio Bollani, O.Cruc., Bishop of Milopotamus (Greece)

>1594: Bishop Benedictus Leoni, O.S.C., Bishop of Arcadia (Greece)

>1592: Bishop Ottaviano Semitecolo, O.Cruc., Bishop of Milopotamus (Greece)

>1582: Bishop Nicola Stridonio, O.Cruc., Bishop of Milopotamus (Greece)

1513: Bishop Giovanni Chericato, O.Cruc., Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro)

>1410: Bishop Theodore Bloc, O.S.C., Bishop of Man (Isle of Man)

>1346: Bishop Paolo Adam, O.Cruc., Bishop of Graeca Alba (Serbia)

Blesseds (1)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 34

Members: 359 (222 priests)