Clerics Regular Minor (C.R.M.)

Also known as: Mindere Regularkleriker (Deutsch) / Clercs réguliers mineurs (français) / Chierici Regolari Minori (Caracciolini) (Italiano) / Ordo Clericorum Regularium Minorum (latine) / Zakon Kleryków Regularnych Mniejszych (polski) / Clérigos Regulares Menores (Português)

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

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

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History

Contact Info

Address: Via Alpi Apuane 1, 00141 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.86.89.94.80

Superiors

Superior General:PhilippinesFr. Teodoro Oretga Kalaw, C.R.M. (48)Fr. Teodoro Oretga Kalaw, C.R.M. (48) (2018.07.11 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:ItalyFr. Raffaele Mandolesi, C.R.M. (2006 – 2018.07.11)
Superior General:ItalyFr. Nello Morrea, C.R.M. (1994 – 2006)

Founders

Founder:ItalySaint Fr. Francesco Caracciolo (Ascanio), C.R.M. (1588.07.01)
Founder:ItalyFr. Fabrizio Caracciolo, C.R.M. (1588.07.01)
Founder:ItalyVenerable Fr. Giovanni Agostino Adorno, C.R.M. (1588.07.01)

Deceased Bishops (3 Archbishops, 11 Bishops)

1847: ItalyArchbishop Gaetano Maria de Franci, C.R.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Trani (Italy)

1822: ColombiaArchbishop Isidoro Domínguez, C.R.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia)

1791: ItalyBishop Giulio Cesare Lomellini, C.R.M., Bishop of Luni–Sarzana (Italy)

1784: ItalyBishop Rocco Maria Barsanti, C.R.M., Bishop of Pesaro (Italy)

1752: SpainBishop Juan Mateo López Sáenz, C.R.M., Bishop of Cartagena (Spain)

1747: ItalyBishop Giovanni Soffietti, C.R.M., Bishop of Adria (Italy)

1743: ItalyArchbishop Andrea Maddalena, C.R.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi (Italy)

1716: SpainBishop Pedro Aguado Cuesta, C.R.M., Bishop of Pamplona (Spain)

1712: ItalyBishop Giuseppe Sauli Bargagli, C.R.M., Bishop of Noli (Italy)

1702: ItalyBishop Giuseppe de Lazzara, C.R.M., Bishop of Alife (Italy)

1702: ItalyBishop Paolo Airolo, C.R.M., Bishop of Carinola (Italy)

1688: ItalyBishop Jacobus Pedicini, C.R.M., Bishop of Guardialfiera (Italy)

1667: Bishop Thomas Lolli, C.R.M., Titular Bishop of Cyrene

1641: ItalyBishop Juan de Guevara, C.R.M., Bishop of Teano (Italy)

Saints (1)

1608: ItalySaint Francesco (Ascanio Caracciolo), priest

Italy Italy

Vietnam Vietnam

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 37

Members: 183 (126 priests)

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Last updated on 2026.02.24

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