Prior General of the Order of Carmelites

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.

Prior General of the Order No.ImagePrior GeneralNationalityTenureNotesBerthold of CalabriaLimoges, France1154-1195Accepted as leader of the hermits by Brocard1Saint Brocard1200 – 12322Cyril of Constantinople1232 – 12373Berthold1237 – 12494Gottfried1249 – 12535Alain1253 – 12546Saint Simon Stock Aylesford, England 1254 – 1265The 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."7Nicolas Le Françoi1266 – 12718Radulphe1271 – 12779Pierre de Millaud1277 – 129410Raymond de L’Isle1294 – 129711Gerard of Bologna1297 – 1318theologian and scholastic philosopher12Guy Terreni1318 – 1321canon lawyer and scholastic philosopher. Consecrated Bishop of Mallorca, and Elna13Giovanni d’Alerio1321 – 133014Pierre de CasaLimoges, France1330 – 1342Became Bishop of the Diocese of Vaison (1341-1348) and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (1342-1348)15Pierre-Raymond de Grasse1342 – 135816Joan Ballester1358 – 137517Bernat Oller1375 – 138118Bernat Oller1381 – 1384Uncanonical19Michele Aignani1381 – 138620Raymond de Vaquerie1384 – 1389Uncanonical21Jean de Raude1386 – 140422Jean Le Gros1389 – 1411Uncanonical23Matteo de Bologne1404 – 141124Jean Le Gros1411 – 143025Bartolomeo Roquali1430 – 143326Natale Bencesi1433 – 1434Became Bishop of the Titular Diocese of Nona27Giovanni Faci1434 – 145028Blessed John SorethKingdom of France1451–1471He establish the Carmelite nuns, especially following the papal bull "Cum Nulla" of Nicholas V issued in 145229Cristoforo Martignoni1471 – 148130Guillaume de Domoquercy1481 – 150331Pons de Raynaud1503 – 151232Pierre Terrasse1512 – 151333Blessed Johannes Baptista SpagnoloDuchy of Mantua1513–151634Giovanni Batista de Parme1516 – 151735Bernardino Landucci1517 – 152336Nicolas Audet1523 – 156237Giovanni Batista Rossi1562–157838Giovanni Batista Caffardi1578 – 159239Giovanni Stefano Chizzola1592 – 159640Henry SylvioKingdom of France1598 – 161241Sebastiano Fantoni1612 – 162342Gregorio Canali1623 – 1631His main work was the publication of the Carmelite constitutions of 1626, which remained valid until the beginning of the 20th century 43Teodoro Straccio1631 – 164244Alberto Massari1642 – 164345Leone Bonfigli1643 – 164746Giovanni Antonio Filippini1648 – 165447Mario Venturini1654 – 166048Girolamo Ari1660 – 166649Matteo Orlandi1666 – 167450Francesco Scannapieco1674 – 167651Ferdinando Tartaglia1680 – 168252Angelo Monsignani1682 – 168653Paolo di Sant’Ignazio1686 – 169254Juan Feyjóo González de VillalobosSpanish Empire1644–1649Became Bishop of the Diocese of Guadix-Baza (1702-1706)55Carlo Filiberto Berberi1698 – 170456Angelo de Cambolas1704 – 171057Pedro Tomás Sanchez1710 – 171658Carlo Cornaccioli1716 – 1721Became Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bobbio (1726-1737)59Gaspare Pizzolanti1721–1725Became Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cervia (1727-1765)60Antoine-Joseph-Aimable FeydeauKingdom of France1728 – 1730He was ordained Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Digne (1730–1741))61Ludovico Benzoni1731 – 173862Nicola Ricchiuti1738 – 174263Luigi Laghi1742 – 175664Gioacchino Maria Pontalti1756 – 1761Consecrated Bishop and became Titular Bishop of Ascalon65Mariano Ventimiglia1762 – 176866José Alberto Ximenez1768 – 178067Andrea Andras1780 – 178868Giovanni Tufano1788 – 179069Rocco Melchor1794 – 180570Timoteo Maria Ascensi1807 – 181471Luigi Antonio Faro1819 – 182572Manuel Regidor y Brihuega1825 – 183273Luigi Calamata1832 – 183874Giuseppe Cataldi1838 – 184175Giuseppe Palma1841 – 1843.04.03became Bishop of the Diocese of Avellino76Agostino Maria Ferrara1843 – 184977Giuseppe Raimondo Lobina1849 – 185478Girolamo Priori1854 – 186379Elijah Magennis1919 – 193180Hilary Doswold1947 – 195981Kilian Lynch1947 – 195982Kilian Healy1959 – 197183Falco Thuis1971– 198384John Malley1971 – 198385Joseph ChalmersScottish1995 – 200786 Fernando Millán RomeralSpanish2007 – 201987Míċéal O’NeillIrish2019 – 202588Desiderio García MartínezSpanish2025 - present

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