Portuguese Missionary Society (S.M.P./S.M.B.N.)

Also known as: Società Portoghese per le Missioni (Italiano) / Sociedade Missionária Portuguesa (Português) / Sociedade Missionários da Boa Nova (Português) / Societas Lusitano pro Missionibus (latine)

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

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1930.10.03: Established as Portuguese Missionary Society (English) / Società Portoghese per le Missioni (Italiano) / Sociedade Missionária Portuguesa (Português) / Sociedade Missionários da Boa Nova (Português) / Societas Lusitano pro Missionibus (latine) / S.M.P. / S.M.B.N.

Contact Info

Address: Rua da Bempostinha 30, 1150-066 Lisboa, Portugal

Phone: 21.885.15.46

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Adelino Ascenso, S.M.P. (71) (2014.07.25 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Albino Manuel Valente dos Anjos, S.M.P. (2007.10.02 – 2014.07.25)
Superior General:	Fr. António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. (73) (later Bishop) (2002.07.29 – 2007.07.06)

Founder

Founder:

Archbishop João Evangelista de Lima Vidal (1930.10.03)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

Bishop António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. (73), Bishop of Lamego (Portugal)

Deceased Bishops (1 Bishop)

2010: Bishop José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P., Bishop of Porto Amélia (Mozambique)

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 15

Members: 84 (67 priests)

Houses

Members

Last updated on 2026.02.24