Missionary Servants of the Poor (S.d.P.)

Morsel of the Poor

Also known as: Missionari Servi dei Poveri (Italiano) / Opera del Boccone del Povero (Italiano) / Congregatio Missionariorum Servorum Pauperum (latine)

Type: Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

History

1887: Established as Missionary Servants of the Poor (Morsel of the Poor) (English) / Missionari Servi dei Poveri (Italiano) / Opera del Boccone del Povero (Italiano) / Congregatio Missionariorum Servorum Pauperum (latine) / S.d.P.

Contact Info

Address: Via Ippolito Pindemonte 1/E, 90129 Palermo, Italy

Phone: 091.42.20.63

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Hélio Meira Augusto, S.d.P. (62) (2024.07.27 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Salvatore Russo, S.d.P. (2012.07 – 2024.07)
Superior General:	Fr. Giuseppe Civiletto, S.d.P. (2006.09.08 – 2012.07)

Living Bishops (1 Archbishop, 1 Bishop)

Archbishop Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. (79), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Catanzaro–Squillace (Italy)

Bishop Adenis Roberto de Oliveira, S.d.P. (51), Titular Bishop of Hermiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Blesseds (1)

1964: Blessed Francesco Spoto, priest and martyr

Brazil

Igreja Cristo Rei, Ibicaré, Santa Catarina

Italy

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Perseveranza, Roma, Roma, Lazio

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 34

Members: 157 (122 priests)

Last updated on 2026.02.24

© 2026 GCatholic.org