Society of Foreign Missions, P.M.E.

Also known as: Société des Missions-Étrangères (français) / Società per le Missioni Estere della Provincia di Québec (Italiano) / 甘貝克外方傳教會 (正體中文) / Societas pro missionibus exteris Provinciæ Quebecensis (latine)

Type: Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1921.02.02: Established as Society of Foreign Missions (English) / Société des Missions-Étrangères (français) / Società per le Missioni Estere della Provincia di Québec (Italiano) / 甘貝克外方傳教會 (正體中文) / Societas pro missionibus exteris Provinciæ Quebecensis (latine) / P.M.E.

Contact Info

Address: 180 place Juge-Desnoyers, Pont-Viau, Ville de Laval, QC H7G IA4, Canada

Phone: +1 450 667-4190

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Ergete Tesfaye, P.M.E. (2023.06.12 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Roland Laneuville, P.M.E. (2019.12.28 – 2023.06.12)
Superior General:	Fr. Martin Laliberté, P.M.E. (61) (later Bishop) (2013.05.08 – 2019.11.25)
Superior General:	Fr. Guy Charbonneau, P.M.E. (80) (later Bishop) (2008.04.28 – 2013.01.26)
Superior General:	Fr. Roland Laneuville, P.M.E. (1998 – 2008.04.28)
Superior General:	Fr. François Lapierre, P.M.E. (84) (later Bishop) (1991.05.28 – 1998.04.07)
Superior General:	Fr. Pierre Samson, P.M.E. (1985.05.28 – 1991.05.28)
Superior General:	Fr. Jean-Louis Martin, P.M.E. (1979.06.05 – 1985.05.28)
Superior General:	Fr. André Vallée, P.M.E. (later Bishop) (1973.07.05 – 1979.06.05)
Superior General:	Fr. Viateur Allary, P.M.E. (1967.09.19 – 1973.07.05)
Superior General:	Fr. Gilles Joseph Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E. (later Archbishop) (1958.02.19 – 1967.09.19)
Superior General:	Fr. Edgar Larochelle (藍德), P.M.E. (1938.07.11 – 1958.02.19)
Superior General:	Fr. Jean-Avila Roch, P.M.E. (1932.08.16 – 1938.07.11)

Other Former Members (2)

1962: Fr. Adam Grossi, P.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Malda (India)

1943: Fr. Joseph-Albany-Emilien Massé (馬), P.M.E., Prefect Apostolic of Lindong 林東 (China)

Living Bishops (4 Bishops)

Bishop Guy Charbonneau, P.M.E. (80), Bishop emeritus of Choluteca (Honduras)

Bishop Martin Laliberté, P.M.E. (61), Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Jean–Longueuil (Canada) and Bishop emeritus of Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Bishop François Lapierre, P.M.E. (84), Bishop emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe (Canada)

Bishop Juan Luis Martin Bisson, P.M.E. (91), Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Numidia and Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Pucallpa (Peru)

Deceased Bishops (2 Archbishops, 9 Bishops)

2025: Bishop Raúl Corriveau, P.M.E., Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras)

2015: Bishop André Vallée, P.M.E., Bishop of Hearst (Canada)

2015: Bishop Guido Plante, P.M.E., Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras)

2014: Bishop Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E., Bishop of Yoro (Honduras)

2009: Archbishop Gilles Joseph Napoléon Ouellet, P.M.E., Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada)

2007: Bishop Generoso Cambronero Camiña, P.M.E., Bishop of Digos (Philippines)

2005: Bishop Joseph-Rolland-Gustave Prévost-Godard (趙玉明), P.M.E., Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa (Peru)

1997: Bishop Marcel Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E., Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras)

1995: Bishop Pierre Fisette, P.M.E., Bishop of Hearst (Canada)

1975: Archbishop Clovis Joseph Thibauld, P.M.E., Metropolitan Archbishop of Davao (Philippines)

1952: Bishop Joseph-Louis-Adhémar Lapierre (石俊聲), P.M.E., Bishop of Siping 四平 (China)

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