Company of Mary

The Montfortains are a Catholic community of priests and religious men. Its Latin name is Societas Mariae Montfortana ( religious symbol SMM). St. Louis -Marie de Montfort founded the congregation in 1705, first in his native France, in Brittany.

Today the community is represented in 36 countries around the world, divided into 10 provinces, regions and added some Vicariate. The focus of the work of Montfort Father residing in the township pastoral care, but also extraordinary ministry such as youth work, church consulting services, retreats and retreats, hospital chaplaincy, nursing. Since 2005, Santino Brembilla, who succeeded William Joseph Considine, the Superior General of the Order.

The Provincial of the German Province is located in Bonn.

Known Montfort Fathers

  • Martin Meulen Berg (1872-1941), Vicar Apostolic in Iceland
  • Alain- Sébastien Le Breton (1888-1964), em. Bishop of Toamasina, Madagascar
  • John Gunnarsson (1897-1972), Vicar Apostolic in Iceland
  • John Baptist Hubert Theunissen (1905-1979), Archbishop of Blantyre in Malawi
  • Lambertus van Kessel (1912-1980), Bishop of Sintang in Indonesia
  • Hendrik Hubert Frehen (1917-1986), Bishop of Reykjavik
  • Phil Bosmans (1922-2012), author of spiritual writings and telephone counselors
  • François Gayot (1927-2010), Archbishop of Cap- Haïtien in Haiti
  • José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez ( born 1937 ), Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán in Colombia
  • Alessandro Pagani ( born 1937 ), Bishop of Mangochi in Malawi
  • Luciano Nervi (1938-2005), Bishop of Mangochi in Malawi
  • Thomas Luke Msusa (born 1962 ), Bishop of Zomba in Malawi
  • Cornelius Heiliger, Superior General (1958-1969)
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