Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (O.S.C./O.Cruc.)

Crosiers

Also known as: Orden vom Heiligen Kreuz (Kruisheren) (Deutsch) / Padres Crúzios (español) / Chanoines réguliers de la Sainte-Croix (Pères Croisiers) (français) / Ordine della Santa Croce (Italiano) / Canonici Regulares Ordinis S. Crucis (Crucigeri) (latine)

Type: Order of Canons Regular of Pontifical Right (for Men)

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

Patron Saint: Saint Odilia of Cologne (July 18)

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History

Contact Info

Address: Via del Velabro 19, 00186 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.69.20.451

Superiors

Master General:IndonesiaMsgr. Laurentius Tarpin, O.S.C. (56)Msgr. Laurentius Tarpin, O.S.C. (56) (2015.06.23 – ...)

Past Superiors

Master General:USAFr. Glen Adrian Lewandowski, O.S.C. (2003 – 2015.06.23)
Master General:Fr. Guglielmo Van Hees, O.S.C. (1980? – 1982?)

Founder

Founder:BelgiumBlessed Fr. Theodorus de Cellis, O.S.C. (1211.09.14)

Other Former Members (2)

1929: ZimbabweFr. Giovanni Matteo Konings, O.S.C., Ecclesiastical Superior of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

1840: NetherlandsFr. Gerardus Hermans, O.S.C., Vicar Apostolic of Grave–Nijmegen (Netherlands)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

IndonesiaBishop Antonius Subianto Bunyamin, O.S.C. (58)Bishop Antonius Subianto Bunyamin, O.S.C. (58), Bishop of Bandung (Indonesia) and President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia

Deceased Bishops (1 Archbishop, 14 Bishops)

2014: IndonesiaBishop Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, O.S.C., Bishop of Agats (Indonesia)

1984: IndonesiaBishop Petrus Marinus Arntz, O.S.C., Bishop of Bandung (Indonesia)

1971: Congo-KinshasaBishop André Creemers, O.S.C., Bishop of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1962: Congo-KinshasaBishop Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C., Vicar Apostolic of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)

1953: IndonesiaBishop Jacobus Hubertus Goumans, O.S.C., Vicar Apostolic of Bandung (Indonesia)

1794: GermanyBishop Wilhelm von Alhaus, O.S.C., Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

1656: CroatiaArchbishop Bernardo Florio, O.Cruc., Metropolitan Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia)

1640: BelgiumBishop Henri Sylvius, O.S.C., Auxiliary Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

1605: GreeceBishop Aloisio Bollani, O.Cruc., Bishop of Milopotamus (Greece)

1604: GreeceBishop Benedictus Leoni, O.S.C., Bishop of Arcadia (Greece)

1593: GreeceBishop Ottaviano Semitecolo, O.Cruc., Bishop of Milopotamus (Greece)

1588: GreeceBishop Nicola Stridonio, O.Cruc., Bishop of Milopotamus (Greece)

1513: MontenegroBishop Giovanni Chericato, O.Cruc., Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro)

>1410: Isle of ManBishop Theodore Bloc, O.S.C., Bishop of Man (Isle of Man)

>1346: SerbiaBishop Paolo Adam, O.Cruc., Bishop of Graeca Alba (Serbia)

Blesseds (1)

1236: BelgiumBlessed Theodorus de Cellis, priest

Italy Italy

USA USA

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 35

Members: 345 (219 priests)

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Last updated on 2026.02.24

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