List of Franciscan General Ministers
List of Franciscan General Ministers
General Minister until the order was divided in 1517
The count begins with the first general minister after the founder of the order, Francis of Assisi. A vicar general represents a general minister or general commissioner who is sick or who is unable to perform his duties or, in the event of his sudden death, is appointed by the pope for the transitional period until the next election of a general minister or general commissioner.
- Francis of Assisi (1210-1226)
- Johannes Parenti (1227–1232) 1st Minister General
- Elias of Cortona (1232–1239) 2nd Minister General
- Albert of Pisa (1239–1240) 3rd Minister General
- Haymo of Faversham (1240–1243) 4th Secretary General
- Crescentius of Jesi (1244–1247) 5th Minister General
- John of Parma (1247–1257) 6th Minister General
- Bonaventure of Bagnoreggio (1257–1274) 7th Minister General
- Girolamo Masci d'Ascoli (1274–1279), later Pope Nicholas IV, 8th Minister General
- Bonagratia of Bologna (1279–1285), 9th Minister General
- Arlotto of Prato (1285–1287), 10th Minister General
- Matthew of Acquasparta (1287–1289), 11th Minister General
- Raymund Gaufredi (1289–1295), 12th Minister General
- Johannes Minio von Murrovalle (1296–1304), 13th Minister General
- Gonsalvus of Valboa (1304–1313), 14th Minister General
- Alessandro Bonini of Alessandria (1313-1314), 15th General Minister
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Michael von Cesena (1316–1328), 16th Minister General
- Cardinal Bertrand de Turre (1328–1329), Vicar General
- Gerald Eudes (1329–1342), 17th Minister General
- Fortanerius Vassalli (1343–1348), 18th Minister General
- Wilhelm Farinier (1348–1357), 19th Minister General
- Johannes Bouchier (1357–1358), 20th Minister General
- Marcus of Viterbo (1359-1366), 21st Minister General
- Thomas von Frignano (1367–1372), 22nd Minister General
- Leonardo Rossi (1373-1378), 23rd Minister General
During the Western Schism , the following general ministers were in office in Roman obedience:
- Ludovico Donati (1379–1383), 24th Minister General
- Pietro da Conzano (1383–1384), 25th Minister General
- Martino Sangiorgio de Rivarolo (1384–1387), 26th Minister General
- Enrico Alfieri (1387–1405), 27th Minister General
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Antonio Vinetti of Pireto (1405–1408), 28th Minister General
- Angelo Salvetti (1408–1409), Vicar General
- Antonio da Cascia (1410–1415), 29th Minister General (first year Vicar General)
- Antonio Vinetti of Pireto (1415–1420), second term
At the same time, the following officiated in the Avignon obedience:
- Angelo di Spoleto (1379-1391)
- Johannes de Chevegneyo (1391-1402)
- Giovanni Bardolini (1403-1417)
After the end of the schism, the leadership of the order was reunited under Antonio Vinetti.
- Angelo Salvetti (1421–1424), 30th Minister General
- Antonio da Massa Marittima (1424–1430), 31st Minister General
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Guillermo Robazoglio da Casale (1430–1442), 32nd Minister General
- Alberto Berdini de Sarteano (1442–1443) (Vicar General)
- Antonio Rusconi (1443–1449), 33rd Minister General
- Angelo Cristofori del Toscano (1450–1453), 34th Minister General
- Jacob Bassolini de Mozzanica (1454–1457), 35th Minister General
- Jaime Zarzuela (1458–1464), 36th Minister General
- Francesco della Rovere (1464–1469), 37th Minister General, later Pope Sixtus IV.
- Zanetto of Udine (1469–1475), 38th Minister General
- Francesco Nanni called Samson (1475–1499), 39th Minister General
- Egidio Delfini de Amelia (1500–1506), 40th Minister General
- Rainaldo Graziani de Cotignola (1506–1510), 41st Minister General
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Filippo Porcacci de Bagnacavallo (1510–1511), 42nd Minister General
- Gomez of Lisbon (1511–1512), vicar general
- Bernardino Prati (1511–1517), 43rd Minister General (first year as Vicar General)
General Minister of the Observants or Franciscans (OFM)
- Cristoforo Numai (1517–1518), 44th Minister General
- Francesco Lichetto (1518–1520), 45th Minister General
- Paolo da Soncino (1520–1523), 46th Minister General (first year as Vicar General)
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Francisco de los Ángeles Quiñones , 47th Minister General (1523–1527)
- Antonio de Calcena (1527–1529), Vicar General
- Paolo Pisotti (1529–1533), 48th Minister General
- Vincenzo Lunello (1535–1541), 49th Minister General
- Giovanni Matteo de Calvi (1541–1547), 50th Minister General
- Andreas Alvarez (1547–1553), 51st Minister General
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Clemente d'Olera (1553–1557), 52nd Minister General
- unknown vicar general (1557–1559)
- Francisco Zamora de Cuenca (1559–1565), 53rd Minister General
- Aloisio Pozzi da Borgonuovo (1565–1571), 54th Minister General
- Christopher de Chaffontaines (1571–1579), 55th Minister General
- Francisco Gonzaga (1579–1587), 56th Minister General, chronicler
- Francisco de Tolosa (1587–1593), 57th Minister General
- Bonaventura Secusi da Caltagirone (1593–1600), 58th Minister General
- Francisco Susa de Toledo (1600–1606), 59th Minister General
- Arcangelo Gualterio de Messina (1606–1612), 60th Minister General
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Juan Hierro (1612–1613), 61st Minister General
- Antonio de Trejo (1613–1618), Vicar General
- Benigno de Genova (1618–1625), 62nd Minister General
- Bernardine of Siena (1625–1631), 63rd Minister General
- Giovanni Battista de Campania (1633–1639), 64th Minister General
- Juan Marinero de Madrid (1639–1645), 65th Minister General
- Giovanni Mazzara , 1645–1648, 66th Minister General
- Pedro Manero (1651–1655), 67th Minister General
- Michaelangelo Buongiorno de Sambuca (1658–1664), 68th Minister General
- Ildefonso Salizanes (1664–1670), 69th Minister General
- Francesco Maria Rhini (1670–1674), 70th Minister General
- Francesco Maria Nicolis (1674–1676), 71st Minister General
- Jose Ximenes Samaniego (1676–1682), 72nd Minister General
- Pietro Marini Sormani (1682–1688), 73rd Minister General
- Marcos de Zarzosa (1688–1690), 74th Minister General
- Juan Aluin (1690–1694), 75th Minister General
- Bonaventura Pomerio de Taverna (1694–1697), 76th Minister General
- Matteo de Santo Stefano (1697–1700), 77th Minister General
- Luis Torres (1700–1701), 78th Minister General
- Ildefonso Biesma (1702–1716), 79th Minister General
- José García (1717–1723), 80th Minister General
- Lorenzo Cozza de S. Lorenzo (1723–1726), 81st Minister General
- Matteo Basile de Parete (1727–1729), 82nd Minister General
- Juan Soto de Valladolid (1729–1736), 83rd Minister General
- Juan Bermejo (1736–1740), 84th Minister General
- Gaetano Politi de Laurino (1740–1744), 85th Minister General
- Rafaello Rossi de Lugagnano (1744–1750), 86th Minister General
- Pedro Juanete de Molina (1750–1756), 87th Minister General
- Clemente Guignoni de Palermo (1756–1762), 88th Minister General
- Pedro Juanete de Molina (1762–1768), 89th Minister General (second term)
- Pasquale Frasconi de Varese (1768–1791), 90th Minister General
- Joaquin de Campany i Soler (1792–1806), 91st Minister General
- Ilario Cervelli de Montemagno (1806–1814), 92nd Minister General
- Gaudenzio Patrignani da Coriano (1814–1817), 93rd Minister General
- Cirilo Alameda y Brea (1817–1824), 94th Minister General
- Giovanni Tecca de Capestrano (1824–1830), 95th Minister General
- Luis Iglesias (1830–1834), 96th Minister General
- Bartolome Altemir (1835–1838), 97th Minister General
- Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco (1838–1844), 98th Minister General
- Luigi Flamini de Loreto (1844–1850), 99th Minister General
- Venanzio Metildi de Celano (1850–1856), 100th Minister General
- Bernardino Trionfetti de Montefranco (1856–1862), 101st Minister General
- Rafaele Lippi de Pontecci Marconi (1862–1869), 102nd Minister General
- Bernardino dal Vago da Portogruaro (1869–1889), 103rd Minister General
- Luigi da Parma (1889–1897), 104th Minister General
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Aloysius Lauer (1897–1901), 105th General Minister, first General Minister of the Order unified in 1897, first German General Minister
- David Fleming (1901–1915), Vicar General
- Dionysius Schuler (1903–1911), 106th Minister General
- Pacifico Monza (1911–1915), 107th Minister General
- Serafino Cimino da Capri (1915–1921), 108th Minister General
- Bernardino Klumper (1921–1927), 109th Minister General
- Bonaventura Marrani (1927–1933), 110th Minister General
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Leonardo Bello (1933–1944), 111th Minister General
- Policarp Schmoll (1944–1945), Vicar General
- Valentin Schaaf (1945–1946), 112th Minister General
- Pacifico Perantoni (1947–1952), 113th Minister General
- Augustin-Joseph Sépinski (1952–1965), 114th Minister General
- Constantin Koser (1965–1979), 115th Minister General (the first two years Vicar General)
- John Vaughn (1985–1991), 116th Secretary General
- Hermann Schalück (1991–1997), 117th Minister General
- Giacomo Bini (1997–2003), 118th Minister General
- José Rodríguez Carballo (2003–2013), 119th Minister General
- Michael Anthony Perry (since 2013), 120th Secretary General
General Minister of the Minorites (OFMconv)
- Antonio Marcelo de Petris de Cherso (1517–1520), 44th Minister General
- Antonio Sassolini (1520–1525), 45th Minister General
- Giovanni Vigerio (1525–1530), 46th Minister General (first 4 years Vicar General)
- Giacomo Antonio Ferducci (1530–1537), 47th Minister General (first 4 years Vicar General)
- Lorenzo Spada (1537–1543), 48th Minister General
- Buenaventura Fauni-Pio (1543–1549), 49th Minister General
- Giovanni Giacomo Passeri (1549–1551), 50th Minister General
- Giulio Magnani (1551–1559), 51st General Minister (first 4 years Vicar General)
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Giovanni Antonio Muratori de Cervia (1559–1559), 52nd Minister General
- Giovanni Antonio Delfini (1559–1561), Vicar General
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Antonio de'Sapienti (1561–1566), 53rd Minister General (first year Vicar General)
- Felix Peretti de Montalto (1566–1568), vicar general, later Pope Sixtus V.
- Giovanni Tancredi (1568–1568), 54th Minister General
- Giovanni Pico (1568–1574), 55th Minister General (first 3 years Vicar General)
- Pietro Antonio Camilli (1575–1580), 56th Minister General
- Antonio Fera (1581–1584), 57th Minister General
- Clemente Bontadosi (1584–1586), 58th Minister General
- Evangelista Pellei (1586–1590), 59th Minister General (first year Vicar General)
- Giuliano Causi (1590–1590), 60th Minister General
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Francesco Bonfigli (1590–1591), 61st Minister General
- Ludovico Albuzzi (1592–1593), vicar general
- Filippo Gesualdi (1593–1602), 62nd Minister General
- Giuseppe Pisculli (1602–1607), 63rd Minister General
- Guillermo Hugo (1608–1612), 64th Minister General
- Giacomo Montanari (1612–1622), 65th Minister General (first 5 years Vicar General)
- Michele Misserotti (1622–1623), 66th Minister General
- Felix Franceschini (1625–1632), 67th Minister General
- Giovanni Battista Berardicelli (1632–1647), 68th Minister General (first 3 years Vicar General)
- Michele Angelo Catalani (1647–1653), 69th Minister General
- Felice Gabrielli (1653–1659), 70th Minister General
- Giacomo Fabretti (1659–1665), 71st Minister General
- Andrea Bini (1665–1670), 72nd Minister General
- Marcial Pelegrini de Castrovilari (1670–1677), 73rd Minister General
- Giuseppe Amati (1677–1683), 74th Minister General
- Antonio Aversani (1683–1689), 75th Minister General
- Giuseppe Maria Bottari (1689–1695), 76th Minister General
- Felice Rotondi (1695–1701), 77th Minister General
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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1701–1707), 78th Minister General
- Carlo Bacciocchi (1701–1704), Vicar General for Vicente Coronelli
- Bernardino Angelo Carucci (1707–1713), 79th Minister General
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Domenico Andrea Borghesi (1713–1718), 80th Minister General
- Giuseppe M. Baldrati (1718–1719), Vicar General
- Carlo Giacomo Romilli (1719–1725), 81st Minister General
- Giuseppe M. Baldrati (1725–1731), 82nd Minister General
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Vincenzo Conti (1731–1738), 83rd Minister General
- Felice Angelo Sidori (1738–1741), Vicar General
- Giovanni Battista Minucci (1741–1747), 84th Minister General
- Carlo Antonio Calvi (1747–1753), 85th Minister General
- Giovanni Battista Costanzo (1753–1759), 86th Minister General
- Giovanni Battista Colombini (1759–1764), 87th Minister General
- Domenico Andrea Rossi (1764–1771), 88th Minister General (first year Vicar General)
- Luigi Maria Marzoni (1771–1777), 89th Minister General
- Giovanni Carlo Vipera (1777–1783), 90th Minister General
- Federico Lauro Barbarigo (1783–1789), 91st Minister General
- Giuseppe Maria Medici (1789–1795), 92nd Minister General
- Bonaventura Bartoli (1795–1803), 93rd Minister General
- Nicola Papini (1803–1809), 94th Minister General
- Giuseppe Maria de Bonis (1809–1824), 95th Minister General
- Luigi Battistini (1824–1830), 96th Minister General
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Domenico Secondi (1830–1832), 97th Minister General
- Antonio Francesco Orioli (1832–1833), Vicar General
- Antonio Pablo Barbetti (1833–1839), 98th Minister General
- Angelo Bigoni (1839–1845), 99th Minister General
- Giuseppe Carlo Magni (1845–1851), 100th Minister General
- Giacinto Gualerni (1851–1857), 101st Minister General
- Salvatore Calì (1857–1864), 102nd Minister General
- Ludovico Marangoni (1864–1872), 103rd Minister General (first two years Vicar General)
- Antonio Maria Adragna (1872–1879), 104th Minister General
- Bonaventure Maria Soldatić de Cherso (1879–1891), 105th Minister General
- Lorenzo Caratelli (1891–1904), 106th Minister General
- Domenico Reuter (1904–1910), 107th Minister General
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Victor Maria Sottaz (1910–1919), 108th Minister General
- Francisco Dall'Olio (1913-1919), Vicar General
- Domenico Maria Tavani (1919–1924), 109 Minister General
- Alfonso Orlich (Orlini) (1924–1930), 110th Minister General
- Domenico Maria Tavani (1930–1936), 111th Minister General (2nd term)
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Beda Maria Hess (1936–1953), 112th Minister General (2 terms of office)
- Buenavista Mansi (1953–1954), Vicar General
- Vittorio Maria Costantini (1954–1960), 113th Minister General
- Basilio Maria Heiser (1960–1972), 114th Minister General (2 terms of office)
- Vitale Maria Bonmarco (1972–1984), 115th Minister General (2 terms of office)
- Lanfranco Serrini (1984–1996), 116th Minister General (2 terms of office)
- Agostini Gardin (1996–2002), 117th Minister General
- Joachim Giermek (2002–2007), 118th Minister General
- Marco Tasca (2007–2019), 119th Minister General
- Carlos Trovarelli (since 2019), 120th Minister General
Vicars General and Minister General of the Capuchins (OFMcap)
The Capuchins were initially under the nominal direction of the Observants and were represented by a Vicar General. They have had a general minister since they were recognized as an independent order in 1619.
- Matteo da Bascio (1529), 1st Vicar General
- Lodovico da Fossombrone (1529–1535), 2nd Vicar General
- Bernardino d'Asti (1535–1538), 3rd Vicar General
- Bernardino Ochino (1538–1542), 4th Vicar General
- Francesco di Iesi (1542–1546), 5th Vicar General
- Bernardino d'Asti (1546–1552), 2nd term
- Eusebio d'Ancona (1552–1558), 6th Vicar General
- Tommaso da Città de Castello (1558–1564), 7th Vicar General
- Evangelista da Cannobio (1564–1567), 8th Vicar General
- Mario da Mercato Saraceno (1567–1573), 9th vicar general, chronicler
- Vincenzo da Monte d'Olmo (1573–1574), 10th Vicar General
- Gerolamo da Montefiore (1574–1581), 11th Vicar General
- Giovanni Maria da Tusa (1581–1584), 12th Vicar General
- Giacomo da Mercato Saraceno (1584–1587), 13th Vicar General
- Girolamo da Polizzi (1587–1593), 14th Vicar General
- Silvestro da Monteleone (1593–1596), 15th Vicar General
- Gerolamo da Sorbo (1596–1599), 16th vicar general
- Gerolamo da Castelferretti (1599–1602), 17th vicar general
- Lorenzo da Brindisi (1602–1605), 18th vicar general
- Silvestro d'Assisi (1605–1608), 19th vicar general
- Gerolamo da Castelferetti (1608–1613), 2nd term
- Paolo da Cesena (1613–1618), 20th Vicar General
- Clemente da Noto (1618–1619), 21st Vicar General
- Clemente da Noto (1619–1625), Minister General
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Giovanni Maria da Noto (1625–1631), 22nd Minister General
- Gerolamo da Narni (1631–1632), Vicar General
- Francesco da Genova (1632–1634), Vicar General
- Antonio da Modena (1634–1637), 23rd Minister General
- Giovanni da Moncalieri (1637–1643), 24th Minister General
- Innocenzo da Caltagirone (1643–1650), 25th Minister General
- Fortunato da Cadore (1650–1656), 26th Minister General
- Simpliciano da Milano (1656–1662), 27th General Commissioner
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Marco Antonio da Carpenedolo (1662–1665), 28th Minister General
- Fortunato da Cadore (1665–1667), Vicar General
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Fortunato da Cadore (1667–1669), 2nd term
- Bonaventura da Recanati (1669–1671), Vicar General
- Stefano da Cesena (1671–1678), 29th Minister General
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Bernardo da Porto Maurizio (1678–1684), 30th Minister General
- Bonaventura da Recanati (1684–1685), Vicar General
- Carlo Maria da Macerata (1685–1691), 31st Minister General
- Bernardino d'Arezzo (1691–1698), 32nd Minister General
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Giovanni Pietro da Busto Arsizio (1698–1700), 33rd Minister General
- Angelicus von Wolfach (1700–1702), vicar general
- Agostino da Latisana (1702–1709), 34th Minister General
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Bernardino de Saluzzo (1709–1710), 35th Minister General
- Giovanni Antonio da Firenze (1710–1712), Vicar General
- Michelangelo da Ragusa (1712–1719), 36th Minister General
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Giovanni Antonio da Firenze (1719–1721), 37th Minister General
- Bernardino da Sant'Angelo in Vado (1721–1726), vicar general
- Hartman da Bressanone (1726–1731), 38th Minister General
- Bonaventura da Ferrara (1731–1740), 39th Minister General
- Giuseppe Maria da Terni (1740–1747), 40th Minister General
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Sigismundo da Ferrara (1747–1753), 41st Minister General
- Gelasio da Gorizia (1753–1754), Vicar General
- Serafin von Ziegenhals (1754–1761), 42nd Minister General
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Pablo de Colindres (1761–1766), 43rd Minister General, Spaniard
- Giuseppe Maria da Savorgnano (1766–1768), Vicar General
- Aimé de Lamballe (1768–1773), 44th Minister General, French
- Erhard von Radkersburg (1773–1789), 45th Minister General (first two years Vicar General), Austrian
- Angelico da Sassuolo (1789–1796), 46th Minister General
- Nicola da Bustillo (1796–1806), 47th Minister General
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Michelangelo da San Sepolcro (1806–1814), 48th Minister General
- Mariano d'Alatri (1814–1818), Vicar General
- Francisco de Solchaga (1818–1824), 49th Minister General, Spaniard
- Ludovico da Frascati (1824–1830), 50th Minister General
- Juan de Valencia (1830–1838), 51st Minister General, Spanish
- Eugène de Rumilly (1838–1844), 52nd Minister General, French
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Luigi da Bagnaia (1844–1845), 53rd Minister General
- Andrea d'Arezzo (1845–1847), Vicar General
- Venanzio da Torino (1847–1853), 54th Minister General
- Salvatore da Ozieri (1853–1859), 55th Minister General
- Nicola da San Giovanni in Marignano (1859–1872), 56th Minister General, Italian
- Egidio da Cortona (1872–1884), 57th Minister General, Italian
- Bernard Christen von Andermatt (1884–1908), 58th Minister General, Swiss citizen
- Pacifico da Seggiano (1908–1914), 59th Minister General, Italian
- Venance de L'Isle-en-Rigault (1914–1920), 60th Minister General, French
- Giovanni Antonio da San Giovanni in Persiceto (1920–1926), 61st General Minister, Italian
- Melchiorre da Benisa (1926–1932), 62nd Minister General, Italian
- Virgilio de Valstagna (1932–1938), 63rd Minister General, Italian
- Donatus von Welle (1938–1946), 64th Minister General, German
- Clemens of Milwaukee (1946–1952), 65th Secretary General, US American
- Benigno da Sant'Ilario Milanese (1952–1958), 66th Minister General, Italian
- Clemens of Milwaukee (1958–1964), 67th Secretary General, 2nd term, American
- Clementinus von Vlissingen (1964–1970), 68th Minister General, Dutch
- Pascal Rywalski (1970–1982), 69th Minister General, Swiss
- Flavio Roberto Carraro (1982–1994), 70th Minister General, Italian
- John Dennis Corriveau (1994-2006), 71st Secretary General, Canadian
- Mauro Jöhri (2006–2018), 72nd Minister General, Swiss citizen
- Roberto Genuin (since 2018), 73rd Minister General, Italian