Society of African Missions

Past and Present Leaders

• Augustin Planque, S.M.A. † ( 1859 Appointed - 21 Aug 1907 Died)
• Paul Pellet, S.M.A. † (9 Sep 1907 Appointed - 11 Mar 1914 Died)
• Auguste Duret, S.M.A. † (14 Sep 1914 Appointed - 29 Aug 1920 Died)
• Henricus Petrus (Hein) Mondé, S.M.A. † ( 1958 Appointed - 30 Apr 1973 Ceased)
• Patrick Joseph Harrington, S.M.A. ( 1983 Appointed - 1995 Ceased)
• Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A. (5 May 2001 Elected - 18 May 2010 Appointed, Bishop of Killaloe)

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Houses	Source
1954		1,478		ap1955
1959		1,778		ap1960
1963		1,820		ap1964
1966		1,861		ap1967
1967		1,861		ap1968
1971	1,420	1,670	43	ap1972
1974	1,352	1,553	36	ap1975
1976	1,323	1,483	68	ap1977
1977	1,291	1,440	62	ap1978
1981	1,226	1,399	69	ap1982
1986	1,105	1,239	65	ap1987
1990	1,179	1,239		ap1991
1991	1,020	1,102	72	ap1992
1995	957	1,039	75	ap1996
2000	874	1,023		ap2001
2001	868	1,010		ap2002
2002	870	1,007	80	ap2003
2004	851	971	81	ap2005
2009	825	936	100	ap2010
2010	818	955	100	ap2011
2011	794	943	100	ap2012
2012	782	947	100	ap2013
2013	777	947	99	ap2014
2014	763	920	76	ap2015
2017	752	970	78	ap2018
2020	748	884	80	ap2021
2022	759	929	80	ap2023

Affiliated Members, Living

• Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi, S.M.A. (Member: 29 Jun 1996; Priest: 12 Jul 1997 to 14 May 2012)
• Jean Marie Louis Bonfils, S.M.A. (Priest: 7 Dec 1954 to 28 Nov 1992)
• John Francis Brown, S.M.A. (Priest: 16 Dec 1970 to 22 Mar 1991)
• Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A. (Priest: 20 Dec 1965 to 30 Apr 2002)
• Michel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A. (Deacon: 27 May 1978; Priest: 1 Jul 1979 to 18 May 1999)
• François Xavier Ghanbodè Gnonhossou, S.M.A. (Member: 6 Dec 1996; Priest: 26 Jul 1997 to 12 Feb 2015)
• Patrick Joseph Harrington, S.M.A. (Priest: 16 Dec 1964 to 17 Feb 2000; Superior General: 1983 to 1995)
• Nestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia, S.M.A. (Member: 1994; Priest: 23 Aug 1998 to 14 May 2012)
• Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A. (Priest: 18 Dec 1967 to 10 Jul 1995)
• Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A. (Member: 10 Apr 1977; Priest: 17 Jun 1978; Superior General: 5 May 2001 to 18 May 2010)

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Affiliated Members, Deceased

• Maximilian Albert, S.M.A. † (Priest: 14 Jul 1889 to 27 May 1901)
• Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. † (Priest: 11 Nov 1928 to 15 Mar 1939)
• Noël Laurent Boucheix, S.M.A. † (Priest: 10 Oct 1931 to 11 Mar 1953)
• Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. † (Member: 20 Sep 1904; Priest: 15 Jul 1906 to 24 Aug 1918)
• Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. † (Member: 2 Jul 1933; Priest: 20 Dec 1936 to 20 Dec 1960)
• Jean-Marie Cessou, S.M.A. † (Priest: 20 Jul 1908 to 11 Jan 1921)
• Jean-Baptiste Chausse, S.M.A. † (Member: 31 May 1871; Priest: 21 Aug 1871 to 12 May 1891)
• Robert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A. † (Member: 5 Jan 1943; Priest: 6 Jan 1945 to 4 Jan 1957)
• John M. Collins, S.M.A. † (Member: 31 Oct 1911; Priest: 15 Jun 1913 to 9 Apr 1934)
• Louis-Auguste Dartois, S.M.A. † (Member: 17 Dec 1886; Priest: 3 Jul 1888 to 27 May 1901)
• Joseph Diss, S.M.A. † (Priest: 2 Oct 1900 to 8 Jul 1921)
• André-Pierre Duirat, S.M.A. † (Member: 27 Oct 1933; Deacon: 23 Dec 1933; Priest: 6 Jan 1934 to 26 Oct 1951)
• Auguste Duret, S.M.A. † (Priest: 5 Nov 1872 to 10 Dec 1885; Superior General: 14 Sep 1914 to 29 Aug 1920)
• Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A. † (Member: 29 Jun 1928; Priest: 8 Jan 1933 to 15 May 1952)
• Jean Marie Étrillard, S.M.A. † (Member: 23 Jun 1923; Priest: 29 Jun 1925 to 29 Feb 1956)
• François Faroud, S.M.A. † (Member: 6 Nov 1910; Priest: 13 Nov 1910 to 5 Sep 1963)
• William Richard Field, S.M.A. † (Member: 2 Jul 1930; Priest: 10 Jun 1934 to 16 Jan 1958)
• Richard Finn, S.M.A. † (Member: 29 Jun 1938; Priest: 14 Dec 1941 to 13 Mar 1953)
• Jules Girard, S.M.A. † (Member: 25 Dec 1883; Deacon: 19 Jun 1886; Priest: 19 Sep 1886 to 1916)
• Nicholas Grimley, S.M.A. † (Member: 24 Jun 1950; Priest: 6 Feb 1954 to 7 May 1962)
• Ernest Hauger, S.M.A. † (Member: 30 Mar 1894; Priest: 5 Jul 1896 to 13 Feb 1925)
• Augustin Hermann (Herman), S.M.A. † (Member: 1 Oct 1899; Priest: 20 Jul 1902 to 26 Mar 1923)
• Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A. † (Member: 17 Jul 1924; Priest: 10 Jun 1928 to 11 Jul 1946)
• Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. † (Member: 31 Oct 1919; Priest: 28 Jun 1924 to 7 Apr 1959)
• Thomas P. Hughes, S.M.A. † (Member: 15 Jul 1923; Priest: 16 Jun 1927 to 12 Jan 1934)
• Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. † (Member: 30 Mar 1894; Priest: 18 Jul 1896 to 20 Mar 1906)
• Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. † (Member: 1 Nov 1918; Priest: 29 Jun 1921 to 11 Dec 1939)
• Pierre Kernivinen, S.M.A. † (Member: 21 Apr 1897; Priest: 24 Jul 1898 to 16 Jan 1912)
• Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. † (Member: 25 Oct 1908; Priest: 10 Jul 1910 to 9 Apr 1940)
• Isidore Klauss, S.M.A. † (Member: 16 Dec 1887; Priest: 13 Jul 1890 to 4 Mar 1904)
• Antoon Konings, S.M.A. † (Member: 15 Jul 1933; Priest: 15 Jun 1935 to 21 Feb 1954)
• Joseph-Antoine Lang, S.M.A. † (Member: 25 May 1888; Priest: 19 Jul 1891 to 23 Jul 1902)
• Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A. † (Member: 27 Jul 1927; Priest: 3 Jan 1932 to 7 Jun 1946)
• William Lumley, S.M.A. † (Member: 30 Sep 1922; Priest: 23 May 1926 to 22 Jun 1934)
• John Joseph MacCarthy, S.M.A. † (Member: 8 Jul 1925; Priest: 9 Jun 1929 to 14 May 1943)
• William Mahony, S.M.A. † (Member: 1 Jul 1943; Priest: 18 Jun 1947 to 6 Dec 1960)
• Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. † (Priest: 14 May 1978 to 6 Apr 2017)
• Jean-Maria Michon, S.M.A. † (Priest: 5 Sep 1879 to Mar 1894)
• Henricus Petrus (Hein) Mondé, S.M.A. † (Member: 27 Jul 1930; Priest: 23 Dec 1933; Superior General: 1958 to 30 Apr 1973)
• John Francis Moore, S.M.A. † (Member: 25 Jun 1960; Priest: 20 Dec 1965 to 5 Jul 1996)
• Jules-Joseph Moury, S.M.A. † (Member: 28 Apr 1894; Priest: 30 May 1896 to 18 Jan 1910)
• Jean Ogé, S.M.A. † (Member: 25 Dec 1887; Priest: 13 Jul 1890 to 3 Jan 1911)
• Francis O’Rourke, S.M.A. † (Member: 18 Dec 1904; Priest: 15 Jul 1906 to 14 May 1929)
• Louis Parisot, S.M.A. † (Member: 17 Oct 1909; Priest: 17 Oct 1909 to 11 Mar 1935)
• Hubertus Josephus Paulissen, S.M.A. † (Member: 2 Oct 1900; Priest: 12 Jun 1904 to 29 Nov 1932)
• Paul Pellet, S.M.A. † (Member: 5 Dec 1881; Priest: 19 May 1883 to 15 Jul 1895; Superior General: 9 Sep 1907 to 11 Mar 1914)
• François Person, S.M.A. † (Member: 27 May 1911; Priest: 11 Jul 1920 to 9 Dec 1935)
• Augustin Planque, S.M.A. † (Priest: 24 Jul 1858; Superior General: 1859 to 21 Aug 1907)
• William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (Member: 9 Oct 1915; Priest: 14 Jul 1918 to 25 Apr 1933)
• John Joseph Reddington, S.M.A. † (Member: 2 Jul 1930; Priest: 10 Jun 1934 to 10 Apr 1954)
• Patient Honoré Pierre Yvon Redois, S.M.A. † (Member: 28 Jul 1946; Priest: 9 Feb 1950 to 10 Feb 1964)
• Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, S.M.A. † (Member: 24 Jul 1938; Priest: 4 Jul 1948 to 4 Jul 1956)
• François Steinmetz, S.M.A. † (Member: 16 Dec 1887; Priest: 13 Jul 1890 to 27 Jun 1906)
• Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. † (Member: 29 Nov 1914; Priest: 10 Jul 1921 to 8 Nov 1945)
• Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. † (Member: 21 Oct 1911; Priest: 21 Jun 1914 to 26 Feb 1934)
• Ferdinand Terrien, S.M.A. † (Member: 24 Sep 1897; Priest: 15 Jul 1900 to 1 Mar 1912)
• André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. † (Member: 29 Jul 1928; Priest: 19 Dec 1931 to 30 Jul 1946)
• Louis Wach, S.M.A. † (Member: 29 Jul 1926; Priest: 21 Jun 1931 to 9 Feb 1940)
• Joseph Oswald Timothée Waller, S.M.A. † (Member: 20 Dec 1889; Priest: 10 Jul 1892 to 26 Sep 1911)
• Edmond Édouard Wolff, S.M.A. † (Member: 27 Jun 1923; Priest: 6 Jul 1926 to 7 Jan 1939)
• Laurence Walter Youens † (Priest: 30 Jun 1901 to 1902)
• Carlo Zappa, S.M.A. † (Member: 21 May 1880; Deacon: 18 May 1884; Priest: 8 Jun 1884 to 6 May 1896)

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