Consolata Missionaries Explained

Institute of Consolata Missionaries
Native Name:	Institutum Missionum a Consolata
Logo Alt:	The Logo of the Consolata Missionaries
Abbreviation:	I.M.C.
Founder:	Fr. Giuseppe Allamano
Num Members:	947 members (737 priests) as of 2018
Leader Title2:	Superior General
Leader Name2:	Fr. James Bhola Lengarin, IMC
Parent Organization:	Roman Catholic Church
Website:	http://www.consolata.org/

The Institute of Consolata Missionaries (Latin: Institutum Missionum a Consolata), commonly called the Consolata Missionaries, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men. Its members add the nominal I.M.C. after their names to indicate membership in the Institute.^[1]

The Institute was established on 29 January 1901 by the beatified Italian priest Giuseppe Allamano in Turin. Its headquarters is in Viale della Mura Aurelie 11-13, Rome, Italy. In 2018, the congregation had 227 houses, 947 members (737 priests). Superiors of the institute include:^[1]

• Bishop Filippo Perlo (1926–1929)
• Domenico Fiorina (1949–1969)
• Mario Bianchi (1970–1981)
• Giuseppe Inverardi (1982–1993)
• Pietro Trabucco, I.M.C. (1993–2005)
• Aquileo Fiorentini, I.M.C. (2005–2011)
• Fr. Stefano Camerlengo, I.M.C. (2011–2023)
• Fr. James Bhola Lengarin, I.M.C (2023–present)

Prelates from their ranks

Deceased (by year of death)

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

Alive

• Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbataar
• Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia) and President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia
• Bishop Evaristo Marc Chengula, Bishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)
• Bishop Giovanni Crippa, Bishop of Estância (Brazil)
• Bishop Carillo Gritti, Bishop-Prelate of Itacoatiara (Brazil)
• Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, Apostolic Vicar of Isiolo (Kenya) and Titular Bishop of Rusguniæ
• Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki, Bishop of Marsabit (Kenya)
• Bishop Francisco Lerma Martínez, Bishop of Gurué (Mozambique)
• Bishop Aldo Mongiano, Bishop emeritus of Roraima (Brazil)
• Bishop Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, Apostolic Vicar of San Vicente del Caguán (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Numidia
• Bishop Hieronymus Emusugut Joya, Bishop of Maralal (Kenya)
• Bishop Virgilio Pante, Bishop emeritus of Maralal (Kenya)
• Bishop Joaquím Humberto Pinzón Güiza, Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Leguízamo–Solano (Colombia) and Titular Bishop of Otočac
• Bishop José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, Bishop of Manzini (Swaziland).
• Bishop Elio Rama, Bishop of Pinheiro (Brazil)
• Bishop Ambrogio Ravasi, Bishop emeritus of Marsabit (Kenya)
• Bishop Inácio Saure, Bishop of Tete (Mozambique)
• Bishop Walmir Alberto Valle, Bishop emeritus of Joaçaba (Brazil)
• Fr. Alberto Trevisiol, Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical Urbaniana University

Notes and References

1. Web site: Consolata Missionaries (I.M.C.).