Society of Divine Vocations | |
Full Name: | Societas Divinarum Vocationum (Latin) |
Abbreviation: | S.D.V. (post_nominal letters) |
Nickname: | Vocationists |
Founder: | St Giustino Maria Russolillo, S.D.V. |
Founding Location: | Italy |
Type: | Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right (for Men) |
Headquarters: | Via Cortina d'Ampezzo 140, 00135 Rome, Italy |
Membership: | 546 members (345 priests) as of 2021[1] |
Leader Title: | Motto |
Leader Title2: | Superior General |
Leader Name2: | Rev. Fr. Antonio Rafael do Nascimento, SDV |
Leader Title3: | Ministry |
Leader Name3: | Vocationaries, parishes, missions and schools apostolates. |
Leader Title4: | Countries served |
Leader Name4: | Australia Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Ecuador France India Indonesia Italy Madagascar Nigeria Philippines Spain South Africa United Kingdom U.S.A. |
Parent Organization: | Catholic Church |
The Society of Divine Vocations (Latin: Societas Divinarum Vocationum) abbreviated S.D.V., also commonly known as the Vocationists, is a Roman Catholic clerical religious congregation founded by Fr. Giustino Russolillo in 1920.