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.
Candidates for sainthood
Beatified Joseph Gérard (1831–1914), French missionary priest, called the "Apostle of the Basuthos," beatified in 1988"Our Saints and Blessed", Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Assumption Province Józef Cebula (1902–1941), Polish priest killed by the Nazis at Mauthausen concentration camp, beatified in 1999 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 Antoine 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 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 Charlie Malapitan Inzon (born 1965), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines
Bishops Pierre-Paul Durieu (1830–1899), first Bishop of New Westminster (Vancouver) (1890–1899), Canada. Ordained by Eugène de Mazenod. 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 Benjamin de Jesus (1940–1997), Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines Victor Gnanapragasam (1940–2020), Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan Jean Khamsé Vithavong (born 1942), Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
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.
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