The Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions or PIME (; ) is a society of

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and lay people who dedicate their lives to missionary activities in:

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Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

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and

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. Independently founded in

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in 1850 and

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in 1874 as a group of missionary-style

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priests and

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, these two seminaries were merged and officially recognized as PIME in 1926 by

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. PIME supports more than 500 missionaries in 18 countries and is headquartered in Rome. The institute opened its North American Regional headquarters in

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in 1947 at the invitation of Cardinal Edward Mooney, Archbishop of Detroit. The members of PIME minister in local parishes, fostering vocations, mission awareness and financial assistance to their missions and missionaries around the world. PIME has built more than 2,000 churches and chapels and either operates or supports many hospitals and clinics, schools, orphanages and shelters. Among the programs offered by PIME are: * Chapel Building * Foster Parents - Adoptions at a Distance * Masses * Missionary Medical Relief * Native Seminarians Program * Special Appeals * Special Projects * Vocations

Museum

The Peoples and Culture Museum () was founded in 1910 at the PIME Center in Milan. It houses collections from Asia, Africa, Oceania and Latin America.

AsiaNews

A news agency, ''AsiaNews'', is operated by missionaries and members of PIME, providing online news coverage of all aspects of Asia, in English,

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and

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versions.

Venerated members of the Institute

Saints

* Alberico Crescitelli (30 June 1863 – 21 July 1900), missionary martyred in China, canonized on 1 October 2000

Blesseds

* Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi (1 March 1826 – 7 September 1855), missionary martyred in

, beatified on 19 February 1984 * Paolo Manna (16 January 1872 – 15 September 1952), missionary and Superior General for PIME, beatified on 4 November 2001 * Mario Vergara (16 November 1910 – 24 May 1950), missionary martyred in

, beatified on 24 May 2014 *

Alfredo Cremonesi Alfredo Cremonesi (15 May 19027 February 1953) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He studied in Crema and Milan before setting off from Genoa to Naples and then to the Burmese missions via boa ...

(15 May 1902 – 7 February 1953), missionary martyred in

, beatified on 19 October 2019 * Clemente Vismara (6 September 1897 – 15 June 1988), missionary to

, beatified on 26 June 2011

Venerables

* Angelo Francesco Ramazzotti (3 August 1800 – 24 September 1861),

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and founder of the Institute, declared Venerable on 14 December 2015 * Carlo Salerio (22 March 1827 - 29 September 1870), founder of the Institute of the Sisters of Reparation, declared Venerable on 13 May 2019 * Felice Tantardini (28 June 1898 - 23 March 1991), brother of the Institute, declared Venerable on 11 June 2019

Servants of God

* Silvio Pasquali (5 April 1864 - 17 December 1924), founder of the Catechist Sisters of Saint Ann, declared as a Servant of God on 3 December 2014 * Pietro Manghisi (21 January 1889 – 15 February 1953), missionary martyred in

* Giuseppe Obert (1 April 1890 - 6 March 1972), Bishop of Dinajpur and founder of the Catechist Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Angels (Shanti Rani Sisters) * Mario Bortoletto (17 May 1938 - 9 March 2009), priest of the diocese of Treviso and associate of the Institute

References

External links

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PIME USA

PIME Hong Kong/China

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