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Prior General of the Order of Carmelites

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Prior General of Order of Brothers of The Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel
Prior Generalis Ordinis Fratrum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo
Incumbent
Mícéal O'Neill
TypeReligious order head
First holderBerthold of Calabria

The Prior General of the Order of Carmelites is the Superior General of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, commonly known as the Carmelites.[1]

Prior General of the Order

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No. Image Prior General Nationality Tenure Notes
Berthold of Calabria Limoges, France 1154-1195 Accepted as leader of the hermits by Brocard
1 Saint Brocard 1200 – 1232
2 Cyril of Constantinople 1232 – 1237
3 Berthold 1237 – 1249
4 Gottfried 1249 – 1253
5 Alain 1253 – 1254
6 Saint Simon Stock Aylesford, England 1254 – 1265 The Virgin Mary appeared to him holding the brown scapular in one hand. Her words were: "Receive, my beloved son, this scapular of thy Order; it is the special sign of my favor, which I have obtained for thee and for thy children of Mount Carmel. He who dies clothed with this habit shall be preserved from eternal fire. It is the badge of salvation, a shield in time of danger, and a pledge of special peace and protection."
7 Nicolas Le Françoi 1266 – 1271
8 Radulphe 1271 – 1277
9 Pierre de Millaud 1277 – 1294
10 Raymond de L’Isle 1294 – 1297
11 Gerard of Bologna 1297 – 1318 theologian and scholastic philosopher
12 Guy Terreni 1318 – 1321 canon lawyer and scholastic philosopher. Consecrated Bishop of Mallorca, and Elna
13 Giovanni d’Alerio 1321 – 1330
14 Pierre de Casa Limoges, France 1330 – 1342 Became Bishop of the Diocese of Vaison (1341-1348) and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (1342-1348)
15 Pierre-Raymond de Grasse 1342 – 1358
16 Giovanni Ballistari 1358 – 1375
17 Bernard Olery 1375 – 1381
18 Bernard Olery 1381 – 1384 Uncanonical
19 Michele Aignani 1381 – 1386
20 Raymond de Vaquerie 1384 – 1389 Uncanonical
21 Jean de Raude 1386 – 1404
22 Jean Le Gros 1389 – 1411 Uncanonical
23 Matteo de Bologne 1404 – 1411
24 Jean Le Gros 1411 – 1430
25 Bartolomeo Roquali 1430 – 1433
26 Natale Bencesi 1433 – 1434 Became Bishop of the Titular Diocese of Nona
27 Giovanni Faci 1434 – 1450
28 Blessed John Soreth Kingdom of France 1451–1471 He establish the Carmelite nuns, especially following the papal bull "Cum Nulla" of Nicholas V issued in 1452
29 Cristoforo Martignoni 1471 – 1481
30 Guillaume de Domoquercy 1481 – 1503
31 Pons de Raynaud 1503 – 1512
32 Pierre Terrasse 1512 – 1513
33 Blessed Johannes Baptista Spagnolo Duchy of Mantua 1513–1516
34 Giovanni Batista de Parme 1516 – 1517
35 Bernardino Landucci 1517 – 1523
36 Nicolas Audet 1523 – 1562
37 Giovanni Batista Rossi 1562–1578
38 Giovanni Batista Caffardi 1578 – 1592
39 Giovanni Stefano Chizzola 1592 – 1596
40 Henry Sylvio Kingdom of France 1598 – 1612
41 Sebastiano Fantoni 1612 – 1623
42 Gregorio Canali 1623 – 1631 His main work was the publication of the Carmelite constitutions of 1626 , which remained valid until the beginning of the 20th century
43 Teodoro Straccio 1631 – 1642
44 Alberto Massari 1642 – 1643
45 Leone Bonfigli 1643 – 1647
46 Giovanni Antonio Filippini 1648 – 1654
47 Mario Venturini 1654 – 1660
48 Girolamo Ari 1660 – 1666
49 Matteo Orlandi 1666 – 1674
50 Francesco Scannapieco 1674 – 1676
51 Ferdinando Tartaglia 1680 – 1682
52 Angelo Monsignani 1682 – 1686
53 Paolo di Sant’Ignazio 1686 – 1692
54 Juan Feyjóo González de Villalobos Spanish Empire 1644–1649 Became Bishop of the Diocese of Guadix-Baza (1702-1706)
55 Carlo Filiberto Berberi 1698 – 1704
56 Angelo de Cambolas 1704 – 1710
57 Pedro Tomás Sanchez 1710 – 1716
58 Carlo Cornaccioli 1716 – 1721 Became Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bobbio (1726-1737)
59 Gaspare Pizzolanti 1721–1725 Became Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cervia (1727-1765)
60 Antoine-Joseph-Aimable Feydeau Kingdom of France 1728 – 1730 He was ordained Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Digne (1730–1741))
61 Ludovico Benzoni 1731 – 1738
62 Nicola Ricchiuti 1738 – 1742
63 Luigi Laghi 1742 – 1756
64 Gioacchino Maria Pontalti 1756 – 1761 Consecrated Bishop and became Titular Bishop of Ascalon
65 Mariano Ventimiglia 1762 – 1768
66 José Alberto Ximenez 1768 – 1780
67 Andrea Andras 1780 – 1788
68 Giovanni Tufano 1788 – 1790
69 Rocco Melchor 1794 – 1805
70 Timoteo Maria Ascensi 1807 – 1814
71 Luigi Antonio Faro 1819 – 1825
72 Manuel Regidor y Brihuega 1825 – 1832
73 Luigi Calamata 1832 – 1838
74 Giuseppe Cataldi 1838 – 1841
75 Giuseppe Palma 1841 – 1843.04.03 became Bishop of the Diocese of Avellino
76 Agostino Maria Ferrara 1843 – 1849
77 Giuseppe Raimondo Lobina 1849 – 1854
78 Girolamo Priori 1854 – 1863
79 Elijah Magennis 1919 – 1931
80 Hilary Doswold 1947 – 1959
81 Kilian Lynch 1947 – 1959
82 Kilian Healy 1959 – 1971
83 Falco Thuis 1971– 1983
84 John Malley 1971 – 1983
85 Joseph Chalmers Scottish 1995 – 2007
86 Fernando Millán Romeral Spanish 2007 – 2019
87 Míċéal O’Neill Irish 2019–Present

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References

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  1. ^ "Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (O. Carm./O.C.)".