Congregation of Holy Cross
Holy Cross Fathers

(Institute of Consecrated Life - Men)

Congregatio a Sanctae Cruce

Leader(s)

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life - Men
Founded: 1837
Clerical Religious Congregation
Official Web Site: http://www.holycrosscongregation.org/
Mailing Address: Via Framura, 85, 00168 Roma, Italia
Telephone: 06.61.29.62.10
Fax: 06.61.47.547

Past and Present Leaders

Peter Dufal, C.S.C. † (25 Aug 1866 Appointed - 19 Jul 1868 Resigned)
Albert-François Cousineau, C.S.C. † ( 1938 Appointed - 1950 Ceased)
Germaine-Marie Lalande, C.S.C. † (30 Jul 1962 Appointed - 1974 Ceased)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1837	Founded		Congregation of Holy Cross
18 June 1855	Approbation		Congregation of Holy Cross

Statistics

Year Religious Priests Male Religious Houses Source

1954 2,246 ap1955

1959 2,837 ap1960

1963 3,275 ap1964

1966 1,057 3,110 284 ap1967

1967 1,088 3,087 284 ap1968

1971 1,077 2,638 299 ap1972

1974 1,044 2,323 293 ap1975

1976 1,000 2,249 270 ap1977

1977 995 2,197 270 ap1978

1981 939 2,073 316 ap1982

1986 914 2,005 254 ap1987

1990 865 1,869 ap1991

1991 857 1,864 258 ap1992

1995 835 1,797 248 ap1996

2000 786 1,719 ap2001

2001 787 1,704 ap2002

2002 787 1,682 221 ap2003

2003 773 1,641 220 ap2004

2004 773 1,635 231 ap2005

2010 736 1,490 245 ap2011

2011 713 1,453 245 ap2012

2012 737 1,474 256 ap2013

2013 741 1,478 247 ap2014

2014 751 1,509 230 ap2015

2017 787 1,485 242 ap2018

2020 740 1,411 272 ap2021

2022 735 1,363 251 ap2023

Affiliated Members, Living

Arthur Joseph Colgan, C.S.C. (Member: 16 Jul 1966; Priest: 27 Oct 1973 to 13 Oct 2015)
Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C. (Member: 14 Jun 1962; Priest: 8 Oct 1972 to 21 May 1990)
Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C. (Priest: 19 Dec 1964 to 19 Dec 1978)
Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. (Member: 6 Aug 1993; Priest: 31 Dec 1994 to 7 May 2009)
Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C. (Member: 28 Jan 1992; Priest: 15 Feb 1997 to 11 May 2015)
Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C. (Member: 16 Jul 1967; Deacon: 1973; Member: 1973; Priest: 6 Apr 1974 to 21 Oct 1997)
Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C. (Priest: 19 Nov 1986 to 24 Dec 2003)
James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C. (Priest: 29 Jun 1953 to 9 Feb 1978)
Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C. (Member: 30 May 1974; Priest: 28 Oct 1980 to 11 Jan 1996)
Patrick Michael Neary, C.S.C. (Member: 20 Aug 1985; Priest: 6 Apr 1991 to 15 Dec 2022)
Yves-Marie Péan, C.S.C. (Priest: 16 Oct 1983 to 21 May 2002)
André Richard, C.S.C. (Member: 15 Aug 1956; Priest: 17 Feb 1963 to 20 May 1989)
Stephen Rotluanga, C.S.C. (Priest: 13 Dec 1981 to 2 Oct 2001)
Eduardo Vieira dos Santos (Member: 1988; Deacon: 2000 to 12 Dec 2000)
William Albert Wack, C.S.C. (Member: 28 Aug 1993; Priest: 9 Apr 1994 to 29 May 2017)

Affiliated Members, Deceased

George Daniel Joseph Breen, C.S.C. † (Member: 24 Apr 1918; Priest: 20 Jan 1924 to 21 Mar 1952)
Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. † (Member: 15 Aug 1938; Priest: 24 Jun 1944 to 6 Jun 1959)
Moses Montu Costa, C.S.C. † (Priest: 5 Feb 1981 to 5 Jul 1996)
Albert-François Cousineau, C.S.C. † (Member: 15 Aug 1914; Priest: 25 May 1918 to 10 Jan 1951; Superior General: 1938 to 1950)
Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C. † (Member: 12 Oct 1897; Priest: 2 Aug 1906 to 26 Jan 1927)
Michael Atul D’Rozario, C.S.C. † (Priest: 10 Jun 1953 to 21 Sep 1970)
Peter Dufal, C.S.C. † (Member: 20 Jan 1852; Priest: 29 Sep 1852 to 3 Jul 1860; Superior General: 25 Aug 1866 to 19 Jul 1868)
George Joseph Finnigan, C.S.C. † (Priest: 13 Jun 1915 to 20 May 1927)
Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. † (Priest: 16 Aug 1952 to 3 Sep 1960)
Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C. † (Member: 19 Jul 1921; Priest: 24 Jun 1928 to 13 Feb 1947)
Edward Louis Heston, C.S.C. † (Priest: 22 Dec 1934 to 6 Jan 1972)
Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C. † (Member: 19 Mar 1876; Priest: 30 Mar 1880 to 26 Jun 1894)
Germaine-Marie Lalande, C.S.C. † (Member: 16 Aug 1934; Priest: 31 Jan 1937; Superior General: 30 Jul 1962 to 1974)
Raymond Larose, C.S.C. † (Priest: 7 Feb 1926 to 20 Mar 1952)
Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C. † (Priest: 20 Sep 1879 to 16 Aug 1916)
Alfred-Arthur Le Pailleur, C.S.C. † (Priest: 23 Dec 1911 to 18 Jun 1927)
Frederick Franz Linneborn, C.S.C. †
Augustin Joseph Louage, C.S.C. † (Priest: 14 Jan 1871 to 21 Nov 1890)
Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1934 to 21 Feb 1961)
Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. † (Member: 20 Sep 1942; Deacon: 4 Oct 1948; Priest: 11 Jun 1949 to 8 Aug 1961)
Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1935 to 23 Jul 1960)
John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. † (Member: 8 Aug 1912; Priest: 9 Sep 1916 to 11 Dec 1939)
Joachim J. Rozario, C.S.C. † (Priest: 6 Jun 1962 to 3 Aug 1968)
Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, C.S.C. † (Member: 8 Sep 1976; Priest: 28 Dec 1980 to 10 Dec 2002)
Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. † (Priest: 22 Dec 1951 to 10 Feb 1995)
Paul Edward Waldschmidt, C.S.C. † (Priest: 24 Jun 1946 to 28 Nov 1977)

Source(s)

Annuario Pontificio, Year 2018, Page 1,397
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2021, Page 1,372
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 1,406

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