Priests of the Sacred Heart

Coat of arms

The Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (also known as the Dehonians by the initials SCI or SCJ, which stands for Sacerdotum Cordis Jesu in Latin) constitute a Roman Catholic religious congregation of priests and brothers. The order was founded in northern France in Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Picardy by Léon Dehon in 1878.[1]

The congregation runs the Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, USA and St Joseph's Church in Stockport, England.[2] In addition, its personnel run St. Joseph's Indian School in Chamberlain, South Dakota; the facility was founded as a mission school in 1927.

General Superiors

  • Vénérable Léon Dehon (28 June 1878 - 12 August 1925)
  • Joseph Philippe (20 January 1926 - 24 October 1935)
  • Theodorus Govaart (24 October 1935 - 7 September 1953)
  • Alphons Lellig (11 January 1954 - 13 December 1958)
  • Joseph de Palma (15 July 1959 - 6 June 1967)
  • Albert Bourgeois (6 June 1967 - 6 June 1979)
  • Antonio Panteghini (6 June 1979 - 24 May 1991)
  • Virginio Bressanelli (24 May 1991 - 27 May 2003)
  • José Ornelas Carvalho (27 May 2003 - 25 May 2015)
  • Heiner Wilmer (25 May 2015 - 6 April 2018)

Notable members

See also

References

  1. Dehonians
  2. England from SCJBHProvince.synthasite.com, retrieved 4 February 2016
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