Sulpizians

The Congregation of the Sulpician , lat. : Societas Presbyterorum a p Sulpitio , religious abbreviation : PSS , is a Roman Catholic Society of Apostolic Life , based in Paris .

history

The Society was founded in 1642 by Jean-Jacques Olier , a Catholic pastor of Saint-Sulpice de Paris , for the purpose of educating clergymen in seminaries as a World Congregation of Priests . It is named after the patron saint of the church, Sulpicius II of Bourges . In 1642 the St. Sulpice Seminary was founded in Paris. In 1657 Sulpizians were sent to Ville-Marie (later Montreal ), Canada. On August 10, 1664, the work was confirmed by Pope Alexander VII .

By 1789, 34 other seminars had been established in France . Eight Sulpizians were executed during the French Revolution . In 1811 Napoléon Bonaparte dissolved the Sulpizians, and in 1814 they were re-established. The congregation has held seminaries in Canada (since 1657), in the United States (since 1792), and other countries with Catholic populations.

Theologically, under the influence of French spirituality of the 17th century ( École française de spiritualité ) , the Sulpizians cultivated the worship of the Eucharist , the respect for the priesthood and the veneration of Mary . Until the beginning of the 20th century, the Saint-Sulpice seminary in Paris was considered the most outstanding seminary in France.

The Sulpizians live according to constitutions (rules), which were given by Popes Benedict XV. and Pius XI. 1921 and 1931 respectively. At the head of the Congregation is a senior general elected for life, to whom four consultors are attached. In 1964 the congregation had 660 priests, in 2004 330 priests.

General Superior

General superiors were or are:

1. Jean-Jacques Olier (1642–1657)
2. Alexandre Le Ragois de Bretonvilliers (1657–1676)
3. Louis Tronson (1676-1700)
4. François Leschassier (1700–1725)
5. Charles Maurice Le Peletier (1725–1731)
6. Jean Cousturier (1731-1770)
7. Claude Bourachot (1770–1777)
8. Pierre Le Gallic (1777–1782)
9. Jacques-André Émery (1782-1811)
10. Antoine du Pouget Duclaux (1814–1826)
11. Antoine Garnier (1826-1845)
12. Louis de Courson (1845-1850)
13. Joseph Carriere (1850–1864)
14. Michel Caval (1864–1875)
15. Henri-Joseph Icard (1875-1893)
16. Arthur Captier (1894-1901)
17. Jules-Joseph Lebas (1901-1904)
18. Pierre-Henri Garriguet (1904–1929)
19. Jean Verdier (1929-1940)
20. Pierre Boisard (1945–1952)
21. Pierre Girard (1952–1966)
22. Jean-Baptiste Brunon (1966–1972)
23. Constant Bouchaud (1972-1984)
24. Raymond Deville (1984-1996)
25. Lawrence B. Terrien (1996-2008)
26. Ronald D. Witherup (since 2008)

Known members

• Joseph Doré (* 1936), retired Archbishop of Strasbourg
• Edouard Cardinal Gagnon (1918-2007), Cardinal of the Curia
• Louis-Claude Fillion (1843–1927), theologian, historian and author
• Peter Saburō Hirata (1913–2007), Bishop of Fukuoka
• Marc Ouellet (* 1944), Archbishop Emeritus of Quebec, Cardinal of the Curia
• Adolphe Tanquerey (1854–1932), theologian
• Alphonse Nguyên Huu Long (* 1953), Bishop of Vinh
• Jean-Julien Weber (1888–1981), Bishop of Strasbourg

literature

• I. Noye: Sulpizianer , in: Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche, Bd. 9, Freiburg 1964, Sp. 1162.
• Henry Joly: La compagnie de Saint-Sulpice Paris: Bloud et Gay 1914.
• Philippe Molac: Histoire d'un dynamisme apostolique: la compagnie des prêtres de Saint-Sulpice. Cerf, Paris 2008. ISBN 978-2-204-08713-1

See also

• List of Catholic male orders
• List of order abbreviations (catholic)

Web links

• Entry on Sulpizians on catholic-hierarchy.org

Footnotes

1. ↑ En 370 ans, 27 supérieurs généraux seulement! , accessed on May 20, 2019.