Consolata Missionaries


The Institute of Consolata Missionaries, commonly called the Consolata Missionaries, is a Catholic religious congregation of Pontifical right with branches for both men and women. Its members add the nominal I.M.C. after their names to indicate membership in the Institute.
The Institute was established in 1901 by the Italian priest Saint Giuseppe Allamano in Turin. He established a branch of the order for women, the Consolata Missionary Sisters, in 1910.
Its headquarters is in Viale della Mura Aurelie 11-13, Rome, Italy. In 2018, the congregation had 227 houses, 947 members. Superiors of the institute include:
  • Bishop Filippo Perlo
  • Domenico Fiorina
  • Mario Bianchi
  • Giuseppe Inverardi
  • Pietro Trabucco, I.M.C.
  • Aquileo Fiorentini, I.M.C.
  • Fr. Stefano Camerlengo, I.M.C.
  • Fr. James Bhola Lengarin, I.M.C.

Prelates from their ranks

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  • 1930: Fr. Giuseppe Balbo, Apostolic Prefect of Meru
  • 1933: Fr. Gaudenzio Barlassina, Apostolic Prefect of Kaffa
  • 1935: Fr. Francesco Cagliero, Prefect Apostolic of Iringa
  • 1944: Bishop Giuseppe Perrachon, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Nyeri
  • 1948: Bishop Gabriele Perlo, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Mogadishu
  • 1948: Bishop Filippo Perlo, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Kenya and Superior General emeritus of Consolata Missionaries
  • 1953: Bishop Luigi Santa, Bishop of Rimini
  • 1960: Bishop Antonio Torasso, Apostolic Vicar of Florencia
  • 1965: Bishop Attilio Beltramino, Bishop of Iringa
  • 1966: Bishop José Nepote-Fus, Bishop Prelate Emeritus of Roraima
  • 1976: Bishop Lawrence Victor Bessone, Bishop of Meru
  • 1978: Bishop Carlo Re, Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio
  • 1990: Bishop Carlo Maria Cavallera, Bishop emeritus of Marsabit
  • 2012: Bishop Angelo Cuniberti, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Florencia
  • 2014: Bishop José Luis Serna Alzate, Bishop emeritus of Líbano–Honda
  • 2014: Bishop Servílio Conti, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Roraima
  • 2022: Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tunja
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