Consolata Missionaries

Institute of Consolata Missionaries
Institutum Missionum a Consolata
AbbreviationI.M.C.
Formation29 January 1901; 123 years ago (1901-01-29)
FounderFr. Giuseppe Allamano
Members
947 members (737 priests) as of 2018
Fr. James Bhola Lengarin, IMC
Parent organization
Roman Catholic Church
Websitehttp://www.consolata.org/

The Institute of Consolata Missionaries (Latin: Institutum Missionum a Consolata), commonly called the Consolata Missionaries, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men. Its members add the nominal I.M.C. after their names to indicate membership in the Institute.[1]

The Institute was established on 29 January 1901 by the beatified Italian priest Giuseppe Allamano in Turin. Its headquarters is in Viale della Mura Aurelie 11-13, Rome, Italy. In 2018, the congregation had 227 houses, 947 members (737 priests). Superiors of the institute include:[1]

  • Bishop Filippo Perlo (1926–1929)
  • Domenico Fiorina (1949–1969)
  • Mario Bianchi (1970–1981)
  • Giuseppe Inverardi (1982–1993)
  • Pietro Trabucco, I.M.C. (1993–2005)
  • Aquileo Fiorentini, I.M.C. (2005–2011)
  • Fr. Stefano Camerlengo, I.M.C. (2011–2023)
  • Fr. James Bhola Lengarin, I.M.C (2023–present)

Prelates from their ranks

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Deceased (by year of death)
  • 1930: Fr. Giuseppe Balbo, Apostolic Prefect of Meru (Kenya)
  • 1933: Fr. Gaudenzio Barlassina, Apostolic Prefect of Kaffa (Ethiopia)
  • 1935: Fr. Francesco Cagliero, Prefect Apostolic of Iringa (Tanzania)
  • 1944: Bishop Giuseppe Perrachon, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Nyeri (Kenya)
  • 1948: Bishop Gabriele Perlo, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Mogadishu (Somalia)
  • 1948: Bishop Filippo Perlo, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Kenya (Kenya) and Superior General emeritus of Consolata Missionaries
  • 1953: Bishop Luigi Santa, Bishop of Rimini (Italy)
  • 1960: Bishop Antonio Torasso, Apostolic Vicar of Florencia (Colombia)
  • 1965: Bishop Attilio Beltramino, Bishop of Iringa (Tanzania)
  • 1966: Bishop José Nepote-Fus, Bishop-prelate emeritus of Roraima (Brazil)
  • 1976: Bishop Lawrence Victor Bessone, Bishop of Meru (Kenya)
  • 1978: Bishop Carlo Re, Bishop emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio (Italy)
  • 1990: Bishop Carlo Maria Cavallera, Bishop emeritus of Marsabit (Kenya)
  • 2012: Bishop Angelo Cuniberti, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Florencia (Colombia)
  • 2014: Bishop José Luis Serna Alzate, Bishop emeritus of Líbano–Honda (Colombia)
  • 2014: Bishop Servílio Conti, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Roraima (Brazil)
Alive
  • Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbataar
  • Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia) and President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia
  • Bishop Evaristo Marc Chengula, Bishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)
  • Bishop Giovanni Crippa, Bishop of Estância (Brazil)
  • Bishop Carillo Gritti, Bishop-Prelate of Itacoatiara (Brazil)
  • Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, Apostolic Vicar of Isiolo (Kenya) and Titular Bishop of Rusguniæ
  • Bishop Peter Munguti Makau, Coadjutor Bishop of Isiolo (Kenya)
  • Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki, Bishop of Marsabit (Kenya)
  • Bishop Francisco Lerma Martínez, Bishop of Gurué (Mozambique)
  • Bishop Aldo Mongiano, Bishop emeritus of Roraima (Brazil)
  • Bishop Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, Apostolic Vicar of San Vicente del Caguán (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Numidia
  • Bishop Hieronymus Emusugut Joya, Bishop of Maralal (Kenya)
  • Bishop Virgilio Pante, Bishop emeritus of Maralal (Kenya)
  • Bishop Joaquím Humberto Pinzón Güiza, Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Leguízamo–Solano (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Otočac
  • Bishop José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, Bishop of Manzini (Swaziland).
  • Bishop Elio Rama, Bishop of Pinheiro (Brazil)
  • Bishop Ambrogio Ravasi, Bishop emeritus of Marsabit (Kenya)
  • Bishop Inácio Saure, Bishop of Tete (Mozambique)
  • Bishop Walmir Alberto Valle, Bishop emeritus of Joaçaba (Brazil)
  • Fr. Alberto Trevisiol, Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical Urbaniana University

References

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  1. ^ a b "Consolata Missionaries (I.M.C.)".