Society of African Missions (S.M.A.) (original) (raw)

History

• 1856.12.08: Established as Society of African Missions (English) / Société des missions africaines (français) / Società delle missioni africane (Italiano) / Stowarzyszenie Misji Afrykańskich (polski) / Societas Missionum ad Afros (latine) / Sociedad de Misiones Africanas (español) / Sociëteit voor Afrikaanse Missiën (Nederlands) / S.M.A.

Contact Info

Address: Via della Nocetta 111, 00164 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.661.68.41

Superiors

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Fachtna O’Driscoll, S.M.A. (2013.04.20 – 2019.05.11)
Superior General:	Fr. Jean-Marie Guillaume, S.M.A. (2010.07.14 – 2013.04.20)
Superior General:	Bishop-elect Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A. (72) (later Archbishop) (2001 – 2010.07.14)
Superior General:	Fr. Daniel Cardot, S.M.A. (1995 – 2001)
Superior General:	Fr. Patrick J. Harrington, S.M.A. (1983 – 1995)
Superior General:	Fr. Joseph Hardy, S.M.A. (1973 – 1983)
Superior General:	Fr. Henri Mondé, S.M.A. (1958 – 1973)
Superior General:	Fr. Stephen Harrington, S.M.A. (1947 – 1958)
Superior General:	Fr. Maurice Slaterry, S.M.A. (1937 – 1947)
Superior General:	Fr. Jean-Marie Chabert, S.M.A. (1919 – 1933)
Superior General:	Fr. Augustin Duret, S.M.A. (1914 – 1919)
Superior General:	Bishop Paul Pellet, S.M.A. (1907 – 1914.03.11)
Superior General:	Fr. Augustin Planque, S.M.A. (1859 – 1907)
Superior General:	Venerable Bishop Melchior-Marie-Joseph Marion de Brésillac, S.M.A. (1858.04.13 – 1859.06.25)

Founder

Other Former Members (19)

>2021: Fr. Joseph Tanga-Koti, S.M.A., General Secretary of Central African Episcopal Conference
2017: Fr. Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Falkland Islands (Falkland Islands) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
>2012: Fr. Vincent Brennan, S.M.A., General Secretary of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference
>2011: Fr. Chris Brennan, S.M.A., Apostolic Administrator of Gbarnga (Liberia)
>1995: Fr. John Francis Brown, S.M.A., Ecclesiastical Superior of Kano (Nigeria)
1963: Fr. François Faroud, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Parakou (Benin)
1963: Fr. Joseph Diss, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire)
1962: Fr. Robert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Parakou (Benin)
1953: Fr. Guglielmo Lumley, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Jos (Nigeria)
1947: Fr. Louis Wach, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire)
1939: Fr. Osvaldo Waller, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria (Nigeria)
1931: Fr. Giovanni Ogé, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Liberia (Liberia)
1926: Fr. Hyacinthe Bricet, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Dahomey (Benin)
1921: Fr. Pietro Maria Kernivinen, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire)
1917: Fr. Carlo Zappa, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Western Nigeria (Nigeria)
1912: Fr. Ernest Ménager, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Dahomey (Benin)
1895: Fr. Jean-Marie Michon, S.M.A., Prefect Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana)
1893: Fr. Joseph Pellat, S.M.A., Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana)
1886: Fr. Ange Gaudeul, S.M.A., Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana)

Living Bishops (2 Archbishops, 7 Bishops)

Archbishop Michel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A. (73), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Niamey (Niger)
Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A. (72), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel and Emly (Ireland)
Bishop Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A. (60), Bishop of Berbérati (Central African Republic)
Bishop Jean-Marie-Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. (94), Bishop emeritus of Nice (France)
Bishop Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A. (84), Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania and Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kontagora (Nigeria)
Bishop François Gnonhossou, S.M.A. (63), Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé (Benin)
Bishop Patrick Joseph Harrington, S.M.A. (85), Bishop emeritus of Lodwar (Kenya)
Bishop Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A. (54), Bishop of Bossangoa (Central African Republic), President of Central African Episcopal Conference and Vice-President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central Africa Region
Bishop Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A. (83), Bishop emeritus of Ndola (Zambia)

Deceased Bishops (7 Archbishops, 42 Bishops)

2012: Bishop Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A., Bishop of Daloa (Cote d’Ivoire)
2010: Bishop John Francis Moore, S.M.A., Bishop of Bauchi (Nigeria)
1998: Bishop André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A., Bishop of Bouaké (Cote d’Ivoire)
1997: Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A., Bishop of Parakou (Benin)
1995: Bishop Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas (Liberia)
1994: Bishop Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A., Bishop of Katiola (Cote d’Ivoire)
1994: Bishop John J. Reddington, S.M.A., Bishop of Jos (Nigeria)
1994: Bishop William Mahony, S.M.A., Bishop of Ilorin (Nigeria)
1993: Bishop Patient Redois, S.M.A., Bishop of Natitingou (Benin)
1991: Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A., Bishop of Benin City (Nigeria)
1991: Bishop Antoon Konings, S.M.A., Bishop of Keta–Ho (Ghana)
1989: Bishop Richard Finn, S.M.A., Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria)
1988: Bishop William Richard Field, S.M.A., Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria)
1985: Bishop Noël Boucheix, S.M.A., Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin)
1985: Bishop Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A., Bishop of Sokodé (Togo)
1984: Archbishop Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo)
1980: Archbishop Francis Carroll, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia (Liberia)
1980: Bishop Amand Hubert, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Heliopolis of Egypt (Egypt)
1976: Bishop Jean Marie Etrillard, S.M.A., Bishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire)
1975: Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaduna (Nigeria)
1972: Bishop Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A., Bishop of Keta (Ghana)
1970: Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)
1966: Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana)
1966: Bishop Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A., Bishop of Kumasi (Ghana)
1965: Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Lagos (Nigeria)
1962: Bishop Louis-Joseph-Ephrem Groshenry, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)
1961: Bishop John Collins, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia (Liberia)
1960: Archbishop Louis Parisot, S.M.A., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotonou (Benin)
1957: Bishop Thomas Hughes, S.M.A., Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria)
1955: Bishop Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Sassandra (Cote d’Ivoire)
1952: Bishop François Steinmetz, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Dahomey (Benin)
1950: Bishop Jules Girard, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Delta del Nilo (Egypt)
1948: Bishop Ernest Hauger, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana)
1945: Bishop Augustin Hermann, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Lower Volta (Ghana)
1945: Bishop Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Lomé (Togo)
1938: Bishop François O’Rourke, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria)
1938: Bishop François Person, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Cote d’Ivoire)
1935: Bishop Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio (Cote d’Ivoire)
1933: Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria)
1929: Bishop Ferdinand Terrien, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria)
1924: Bishop François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana)
1920: Bishop Augustin Duret, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Delta del Nilo (Egypt)
1914: Bishop Paul Pellet, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria) and Superior General of Society of African Missions
1912: Bishop Joseph-Antoine Lang, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria)
1905: Bishop Louis-Auguste Dartois, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Dahomey (Benin)
1905: Bishop Isidore Klaus, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana)
1903: Bishop Maximilien Albert, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana)
1894: Bishop Jean-Baptiste Chausse, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria)
1859: Venerable Bishop Melchior-Marie-Joseph Marion de Brésillac, S.M.A., Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone) and Superior General of Society of African Missions

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 75

Members: 935 (755 priests)