Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
The Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions ( Latin Pontificium Institutum per Missionibus Exteris , religious symbol : PIME ) is a religious community .
The current congregation of papal law was founded in 1850 by the priest Angelo Ramazzotti . The Generalate is located in Rome . The community also has offices in the USA (7), Mexico (2), Brazil (54), Italy (16), Guinea-Bissau (10), Ivory Coast (4), Cameroon (9), Papua New Guinea (9) , Japan (21), Philippines (13), Hong Kong (26), Cambodia (2), Thailand (7), Bangladesh (20) and India.
General Superior
- Paolo Manna (May 23, 1926 - March 16, 1934)
- Lorenzo Maria Balconi (1934-1947)
- Luigi Risso (1947–1957)
- Augusto Lombardi (1957 - January 30, 1964)
- Aristide Pirovano (March 27, 1965–1977)
- Fedele Giannini (1977-1983)
- Fernando Galbiati (1983-1989)
- Franco Cagnasso (1989-2001)
- Gian Battista Zanchi (July 1, 2001 - ...)