Society of Divine Vocations (S.D.V.)

Vocationists

Also known as: Sociedad de las Divinas Vocaciones (español) / Società delle Divine Vocazioni (Vocazionisti) (Italiano) / Sociedade das Divinas Vocações (Português) / Societas Divinarum Vocationum (latine)

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

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

Website:

History

1920: Established as Society of Divine Vocations (Vocationists) (English) / Sociedad de las Divinas Vocaciones (español) / Società delle Divine Vocazioni (Vocazionisti) (Italiano) / Sociedade das Divinas Vocações (Português) / Societas Divinarum Vocationum (latine) / S.D.V.

Contact Info

Address: Via Cortina d’Ampezzo 140, 00135 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.331.27.58

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Ciro Sarnataro, S.D.V. (2024.08.20 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Fr. Antônio Rafael do Nascimento, S.D.V. (2012.06.30 – 2024.08.20)
Superior General:	Fr. Ludovico Caputo, S.D.V. (2000.07.29 – 2012.06.30)

Founder

Founder:

Saint Fr. Giustino Maria Russolillo, S.D.V. (1920)

Living Bishops (2 Bishops)

Bishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. (72), Bishop of Fall River (USA)

Bishop José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V. (63), Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil)

Saints (1)

1955: Saint Giustino Maria Russolillo, priest

Canada

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, McLennan, Alberta

England

Church of St Mary’s the Mount, Walsall, Walsall

Italy

Chiesa Cuore Eucaristico di Gesù e Maria Santissima Assunta, Masseria Romano, Napoli, Campania
Chiesa di San Filippo Apostolo, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Chiesa di San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Chiesa di Santa Felicita e Figli Martiri, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Chiesa Gesù Cristo Re e Santa Maria ad Montes, Torre Caracciolo, Napoli, Campania
Chiesa Sacra Famiglia di Gesù, Maria e Giuseppe, Napoli, Napoli, Campania
Chiesa San Francesco d’Assisi, Amelia, Terni, Umbria
Chiesa San Francesco d’Assisi, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari, Puglia
Chiesa San Giorgio Martire, Napoli, Napoli, Campania
Chiesa San Giovanni Battista, Napoli, Napoli, Campania
Chiesa San Giuseppe e Sant’Ignazio, Pianura, Napoli, Campania
Chiesa Santa Maria Libera Nos a Scandalis, Quarto, Napoli, Campania
Chiesa Santi Pietro e Paolo Apostoli, Quarto, Napoli, Campania

Poland

Kościół Opieki św. Józefa, Warszawa, Mazowieckie

USA

Church of Our Lady of Seven Dolors, Fair Haven, Vermont
Church of St. Cecilia, Iselin, New Jersey
Church of St. Edward the Confessor, Derby Line, Vermont
Church of St. Gerard Majella, Paterson, New Jersey
Church of St. James the Greater, Island Pond, Vermont
Church of St. John the Baptist, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Church of St. Mary Star of the Sea, Newport, Vermont
Church of St. Michael, Newark, New Jersey
Church of St. Nicholas, Palisades Park, New Jersey
Church of St. Theresa, Edison, New Jersey
National Shrine of St. Lucy Filippini, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace, Brooklyn, New York

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 92

Members: 555 (359 priests)

Last updated on 2026.02.24

© 2026 GCatholic.org