Missionaries of the Holy Spirit

The Missionaries of the Holy Spirit ( Latin: Missionarii a Spiritu Sancto, Spanish: Espíritu Santo del Misioneros ) are a male Catholic religious order. According to the provisions of canon law it is written as a priest, Congregation of Pontifical Right. As religious symbol hanging members of this community its name, the letter sequence M.Sp.S. of.

History

The Congregation was founded on December 25, 1914 in Tepeyac, near Mexico City, by the time the Marist belonging French missionary Félix Rougier ( 1859-1938 ) with the aim of promoting priestly vocations. Rougier was following the suggestion of the mystic Concepcion Cabrera de Armida. On December 25, 1914 José Ramón Ibarra familiar González, the bishop of the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, Rougier, the first two orders contender ( a priest and a seminarian ) to.

The " Decretum Laudis " was issued on 12 December 1931 its final approval was given the Community on 12 December 1939.

Tasks and dissemination

The Missionaries of the Holy Spirit entertain seminaries and houses for priests and dedicated to all the priestly service related tasks, even in the context of parish ministry. Special emphasis is spiritual direction, the line of retreat houses and pastoral care of vocations.

Most offices, the Order in Mexico, but it is also present in Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Italy, Spain and the United States. The Generalate House is located in Mexico City.

Worldwide, the Congregation on 31 December 2009 had 57 branches and 362 members, 245 of them priests. The Superior General, P. Torre Medina Mora Fernando.

General Superiore

• Melecio Picazo ( - 1992)
• Jorge Ortiz González (1992 - 2004)
• Domenico Di Raimondo Romo (2004 - 2010)
• Fernando Torre Medina Mora (2010 - ...)

Known members of the Order

• Ricardo Watty Urquidi (1938-2011), Bishop of Tepic