Oblates of the Virgin Mary (O.M.V.)

Also known as: Congregazione degli Oblati di Maria Vergine (Italiano) / Congregatio Oblatorum Beatæ Mariæ Virginis (latine) / Oblats de la Vierge Marie (français) / Congregação dos Oblatos de Maria Virgem (Português)

Type: Clerical Religious Congregation 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: Viale Trenta Aprile 17, 00153 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.58.39.23.01

Superiors

Rector Major:ArgentinaFr. Luis Alberto Constantino Ávila, O.M.V.Fr. Luis Alberto Constantino Ávila, O.M.V. (2022.07.19 – ...)

Past Superiors

Rector Major:USAFr. David Nicgorski, O.M.V. (2015.07.14 – 2022.07.19)
Rector Major:ItalyFr. Sergio Zirattu, O.M.V. (2009.07.20 – 2015.07.14)
Rector Major:CanadaFr. Patrice Véraquin, O.M.V. (1997.07.25 – 2009.07.20)

Founder

Founder:ItalyVenerable Fr. Pio Brunone Lanteri, O.M.V. (1815)

Other Present Members (1)

CanadaMsgr. Pierre Paul, O.M.V.Msgr. Pierre Paul, O.M.V., Bureau Chief of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Deceased Bishops (2 Archbishops, 1 Bishop)

1892: ItalyArchbishop Vincenzo Gregorio Berchialla, O.M.V., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

1881: ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Antonio Balma, O.M.V., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

1855: MyanmarBishop Giovanni Dominico Faustino Ceretti, O.M.V., Vicar Apostolic of Ava and Pegu (Myanmar)

Argentina Argentina

Canada Canada

Italy Italy

USA USA

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 36

Members: 178 (146 priests)

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Members

Last updated on 2026.02.24

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