CICM Missionaries

The Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Latin: Congregation immaculati Cordis Mariae; religious symbol: CICM ) is a Roman Catholic religious men.

The Order was founded in 1862 in Scheut, a suburb of Brussels, Belgium by the Belgian diocesan priests Theophiel Verbist. It was July 20, 1900 by Pope Leo XIII. ecclesiastically recognized. The official religious orders designation refers to the spirituality of this community, which focuses on the special devotion to the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary stands.

First, the missionary work of the Empire of China was the focus of missionary interests on the part of the order's founder, but the missionary mandate expanded rapidly to the whole world. Currently, more than 1000 priests and brother monks in 23 countries across all continents.

In German-speaking Community is known under the names:

  • Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
  • Missionaries of Scheut society
  • Missionaries of Scheut
  • Scheut missionaries
  • Scheutvelder missionaries

General Superiore

  • Teophiel Verbist (1862 - 1865)
  • Frans Vranckx (1869 - 1888)
  • Jeroom Van Aertselaer (1888 - 1898)
  • Adolf Van Hecke (1898 - 1908)
  • Albert Botty (1908 - 1909)
  • Florent Mortier (1909 - 1920)
  • Joseph Rutten (1920 - 1930)
  • Constantin Daems (June 23, 1930 - December 11, 1934 ) Jozef Vandeputte (1935 - 1947) ( Vicar General )

Known members of religious orders

  • Louis Van Dyck (1862-1937), Vicar Apostolic of Hohhot in southern Mongolia, China
  • Godfried Frederix (1866-1938), Vicar Apostolic in North Kansu and later by Ningsia [ Yinchuan ] in China
  • William Brasseur (1903-1993), Titular Bishop of Agathonice and Vicar Apostolic of Mountain Provinces ( Montagnosa ), Philippines
  • Scalais Félix (1904-1967), Archbishop of Leopoldville, Congo
  • Frans Van den Bergh (1907-1976), Bishop of Budjala, Congo
  • Jan van Cauwelaert (* 1914), Bishop of Inongo, Congo
  • Jan Pieter Cardinal Schotte (1928-2005), Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops and President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
  • Frédéric Etsou - Nzabi - Bamungwabi (1930-2007), Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo
  • Carlito J. Cenzon ( b. 1939 ), Bishop of Baguio, Philippines
  • Wenceslao Selga Padilla ( b. 1949 ), bishop of Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Apostolic vicariate Roman Catholic Diocese of Baguio Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa Roman Catholic Diocese of Budjala Roman Catholic Diocese of Inongo
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