List of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate explained

The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. The following is a list of notable members of the congregation.

Superiors General

Superiors General were elected for life until 1972, and are currently elected in 6 year terms.^[1]

Candidates for sainthood

Beatified

• Joseph Gérard (1831–1914), French missionary priest, called the "Apostle of the Basuthos," beatified in 1988^[2]
• Józef Cebula (1902–1941), Polish priest killed by the Nazis at Mauthausen concentration camp, beatified in 1999^[2]
• Blessed Oblate Martyrs of Spain, 22 Oblate companions executed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, beatified in 2011
• The Martyrs of Laos, one Italian and five French missionary priests, beatified in 2016

Venerable

• Vital-Justin Grandin (1829–1902), Bishop of St. Albert, Canada. Declared venerable in 1966
• (1790–1839), the "Apostle of Corsica". Declared venerable in 1968
• Anthoni Kowalczyk (1866–1947). The first Polish Oblate to live and work in Canada. Declared venerable in 2013
• Ovide Charlebois (1862–1933), Apostolic Vicar of Keewatin, Canada. Declared venerable in 2019

Servant of God

• (1876–1956), Quebec City. Quebec. Declared a Servant of God in 2006
• Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas, founder of the Rosarians Order. Declared a Servant of God in 2006

Cardinals

• Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert (1802–1886), Archbishop of Paris, France
• Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve (1883–1947), Archbishop of Quebec, Canada
• Thomas Cooray (1901–1988), Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Sebastian Koto Khoarai (1929–2021), Archbishop of Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho
• Francis George (1937–2015), Archbishop of Chicago, USA
• Orlando Quevedo (born 1939), Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines

Archbishops

• Alexandre-Antonin Taché (23 July 1823 – 22 June 1894), Archbishop of Saint Boniface, Canada
• Augustin Dontenwill (June 4, 1857 – November 30, 1931), Archbishop of Vancouver, Canada
• Denis Hurley (1915–2004), Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
• Adam Exner (born 1928), Archbishop of Vancouver (1991–2004), Canada^[3]
• Hubert Constant (1931–2011), Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
• Peter Alfred Sutton (1934–2015), Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Canada
• Roger Schweitz (born 1940), Archbishop of Anchorage, USA
• Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo (born 1944), Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
• Sylvain Lavoie (born 1947), Metropolitan Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Canada
• Buti Joseph Tlhagale (born 1947), Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Angelito Lampon, (born 1950), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines
• Gerard Tlali Lerotholi (born 1954), Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho
• Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda (born 1959), Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
• Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze (born 1956), Archbishop of Dhaka & President of Catholic Bishops Conference of Bangladesh, Bangladesh

Bishops

• Pierre-Paul Durieu (1830–1899), first Bishop of New Westminster (Vancouver) (1890–1899), Canada. Ordained by Eugène de Mazenod.^[4]
• Edmund Peiris (1897–1989), Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
• Albert Sanschagrin (1911–2009), Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada
• Hubert O'Connor (1928–2007), Bishop of Prince George, Canada
• Erwin Hecht (1933–2016), Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa
• Michael David Pfeifer (born 1937), Bishop of San Angelo, United States of America
• David Douglas Crosby (born 1949), Bishop of Hamilton, Canada
• Sylvester Anthony John David (born 1953), Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town, South Africa
• Mark Stuart Edwards (born 1959), Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
• Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda (born 1960), Auxiliary Bishop of Huancayo, Peru
• (born 1970), Auxiliary Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Canada

Vicars

• Louis-Joseph d'Herbomez (1822–1890), Vicar Apostolic of British Columbia (1822–1890), Canada^[5]
• Benjamin de Jesus (1940–1997), Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines
• Victor Gnanapragasam (1940–2020), Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
• (born 1942), Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
• Charlie Malapitan Inzon (born 1965), Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines

Priests and religious

• Pierre Yves Kéralum (1817–1872), missionary priest and architect
• Carl Kabat (1933–2022), American priest and peace activist
• Albert Lacombe (1827–1916), French-Canadian missionary during the formation of Canada, broker of peace between the Cree and Blackfoot tribes
• Lucien-Antoine Lagier (1814–1874), Canadian priest.
• Adrien-Gabriel Morice (1859–1938), linguist, cartographer, and ethnologist
• Émile Petitot (1838–1916), French cartographer and ethnologist
• (1926–1992), Belgian missionary priest, participant in five National Film Board of Canada documentaries on the Innu, accused of abuse of Innu congregants during his tenure in Northern Quebec.
• Guy Mary-Rousselière (1913–1994) French-Canadian missionary priest, anthropologist and photographer, whose career was spent mostly in the Canadian Arctic.
• Ronald Rolheiser (born 1947), Canadian-born author of several spiritual books
• Larry Rosebaugh (1935–2009), American priest and activist
• Constantine Scollen (1841–1902), Irish-born missionary priest among the Blackfoot, Cree and Métis peoples of Canada and US.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oblate Missiologists: A Workbook 2019, Appendix 2 Revised 2020 . Winter . Harry E. . Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, United States Province . February 26, 2020 .
2. http://omiap.org/?page_id=93 "Our Saints and Blessed", Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Assumption Province
3. Web site: Archbishop Emeritus Adam Exner OMI . Archdiocese of Vancouver . 7 June 2021.
4. Web site: Bishop Paul Durieu OMI . Archdiocese of Vancouver . 7 June 2021.
5. Web site: Bishop Louis-Joseph d'Herbomez, OMI . Archdiocese of Vancouver . 7 June 2021.