List of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

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.

1. 1816–1861 (died): Eugène de Mazenod (1782–1861), France. Founder, first Superior General, and Saint

2. 1861–1892 (died): Joseph Fabre (1824–1892), France

3. 1893–1897 (died): Louis Soullier (1826–1897), France

4. 1898–1906 (resigned): Cassien Augier (1846–1927), France

5. 1908–1931 (died): Augustin Dontenwill (1857–1931), Canada

6. 1932–1944 (died): (1883–1944), France

7. 1947–1972 (resigned): Léo Deschâtelets (1899–1974), Canada

8. 1972–1974 (resigned): Richard Hanley (1931–?), USA

9. 1974–1986 (resigned): Fernand Jetté (1921–2000), Canada

10. 1986–1998 (resigned): Marcello Zago (1932–2001), Italy

11. 1998–2010 (resigned): Heinz Wilhelm Steckling (born 1947), Germany

12. 2010–2022: Louis Lougen (born 1952), USA

13. 2022–present: Luis Ignacio Rois Alonso (born 1963), Spain

Beatified

 * Joseph Gérard (1831–1914), French missionary priest, called the "Apostle of the Basuthos," beatified in 1988
 * 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
 * Anthoni 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

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
 * (born 1942), Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
 * Charlie Malapitan Inzon (born 1965), Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, Philippines

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.