The Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart ( la, Congregatio Sacerdotum a Sacro Corde Iesu) abbreviated SCI, also called the Dehonians, is a

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clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men in the Catholic Church founded in northern France in

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Léon Dehon Léon-Gustave Dehon, SCJ (14 March 1843 – 12 August 1925), also known as Jean of the Sacred Heart, was a French Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (the Dehonians). Dehon's focus in his eccl ...

in 1878.Dehonians
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. Carlos Luis Suarez Codorniú is the current superior general. In the United States, it is based in

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. There it also operates the Sacred Heart School of Theology, the largest seminary in the United States for men over the age of 30 who are preparing for the priesthood. Among other facilities, the Institute has owned and operated

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, since 1927. This is an off-reservation boarding school for grades K-8 that serves largely Lakota students.

Superiors general

(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

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(6 June 1979 – 24 May 1991) * Virginio Bressanelli (24 May 1991 – 27 May 2003) *

José Ornelas Carvalho José Ornelas Carvalho, SCJ (born 5 January 1954) is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of Leiria-Fátima since 2022. He was the bishop of Setúbal from 2015 to 2022. He was the Superior-General of the Congregation ...

(27 May 2003 – 25 May 2015) *

Heiner Wilmer Heiner Wilmer, SCJ (born 9 April 1961, in Schapen) is a German Catholic prelate who has served as the Bishop of Hildesheim since 2018. He was formerly the superior general of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). ...

(25 May 2015 – 6 April 2018) * Carlos Enrique Caamaño Martín (6 April 2018 – 20 July 2018) * Carlos Luis Suarez Codorniú (20 July 2018 – )

Notable members

Stanisław Nagy Stanisław Kazimierz Nagy, SCI (30 September 1921 – 5 June 2013) was a Polish member of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians) and a cardinal.Catholic HierarchyStanisław Kazimierz Cardinal Nagy, S.C.I. †/ref> He was born in ...

Eusébio Scheid Eusébio Oscar Scheid S.C.J. (8 December 1932 – 13 January 2021) was a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro from 2001 to 2009. He was raised to the rank of cardinal in 2003. He was previously Bishop ...

Juan María de la Cruz Juan María de la Cruz, S.C.I. (born Mariano García Méndez, San Esteban de los Patos, Province of Ávila, 25 September 1891 – Silla, Valencia, 23 August 1936) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest. The Roman Catholic Church considers him a ...

* Servant of God André Prévot

References

External links

Official website
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Superiors general

Notable members

See also

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