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
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Incumbent
Mícéal O'Neill
Type Religious order head
First holder Berthold 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]

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Prior General of the Order

No.ImagePrior GeneralNationalityTenureNotes
Berthold of Calabria Limoges, France1154-1195Accepted as leader of the hermits by Brocard
1 Saint Brocard et Saint Albert.jpg Saint Brocard 1200 – 1232
2 Cyril of Constantinople.jpeg Cyril of Constantinople 1232 – 1237
3Berthold1237 – 1249
4Gottfried1249 – 1253
5Alain1253 – 1254
6 Fougeres (35) Eglise Saint-Sulpice - Tableau - Donation du scapulaire a Saint-Simon-Stock - 02.jpg Saint Simon Stock Aylesford, England1254 – 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 – 1271
8Radulphe1271 – 1277
9Pierre de Millaud1277 – 1294
10Raymond de L’Isle1294 – 1297
11 Gerard of Bologna 1297 – 1318theologian and scholastic philosopher
12 Guy Terreni 1318 – 1321canon lawyer and scholastic philosopher. Consecrated Bishop of Mallorca, and Elna
13Giovanni d’Alerio1321 – 1330
14 Portret van Petrus de Casis, RP-P-1909-4576.jpg Pierre de Casa Limoges, France1330 – 1342Became Bishop of the Diocese of Vaison (1341-1348) and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (1342-1348)
15Pierre-Raymond de Grasse1342 – 1358
16Giovanni Ballistari1358 – 1375
17Bernard Olery1375 – 1381
18Bernard Olery1381 – 1384Uncanonical
19Michele Aignani1381 – 1386
20Raymond de Vaquerie1384 – 1389Uncanonical
21Jean de Raude1386 – 1404
22Jean Le Gros1389 – 1411Uncanonical
23Matteo de Bologne1404 – 1411
24Jean Le Gros1411 – 1430
25Bartolomeo Roquali1430 – 1433
26Natale Bencesi1433 – 1434Became Bishop of the Titular Diocese of Nona
27Giovanni Faci1434 – 1450
28Blessed John Soreth Kingdom of France1451–1471He establish the Carmelite nuns, especially following the papal bull "Cum Nulla" of Nicholas V issued in 1452
29Cristoforo Martignoni1471 – 1481
30Guillaume de Domoquercy1481 – 1503
31Pons de Raynaud1503 – 1512
32Pierre Terrasse1512 – 1513
33 Paridi Ceresar Baptista Mantovano.jpg Blessed Johannes Baptista Spagnolo Duchy of Mantua1513–1516
34Giovanni Batista de Parme1516 – 1517
35Bernardino Landucci1517 – 1523
36 Nicolas Audet.jpg Nicolas Audet1523 – 1562
37Giovanni Batista Rossi1562–1578
38Giovanni Batista Caffardi1578 – 1592
39Giovanni Stefano Chizzola1592 – 1596
40Henry SylvioKingdom of France1598 – 1612
41Sebastiano Fantoni1612 – 1623
42Gregorio 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 – 1642
44Alberto Massari1642 – 1643
45Leone Bonfigli1643 – 1647
46Giovanni Antonio Filippini1648 – 1654
47Mario Venturini1654 – 1660
48Girolamo Ari1660 – 1666
49Matteo Orlandi1666 – 1674
50Francesco Scannapieco1674 – 1676
51Ferdinando Tartaglia1680 – 1682
52Angelo Monsignani1682 – 1686
53Paolo di Sant’Ignazio1686 – 1692
54Juan Feyjóo González de Villalobos Spanish Empire 1644–1649Became Bishop of the Diocese of Guadix-Baza (1702-1706)
55Carlo Filiberto Berberi1698 – 1704
56Angelo de Cambolas1704 – 1710
57Pedro Tomás Sanchez1710 – 1716
58Carlo 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 – 1738
62Nicola Ricchiuti1738 – 1742
63Luigi Laghi1742 – 1756
64Gioacchino Maria Pontalti1756 – 1761Consecrated Bishop and became Titular Bishop of Ascalon
65Mariano Ventimiglia1762 – 1768
66José Alberto Ximenez1768 – 1780
67Andrea Andras1780 – 1788
68Giovanni Tufano1788 – 1790
69Rocco Melchor1794 – 1805
70Timoteo Maria Ascensi1807 – 1814
71Luigi Antonio Faro1819 – 1825
72Manuel Regidor y Brihuega1825 – 1832
73Luigi Calamata1832 – 1838
74Giuseppe Cataldi1838 – 1841
75Giuseppe Palma1841 – 1843.04.03became Bishop of the Diocese of Avellino
76Agostino Maria Ferrara1843 – 1849
77Giuseppe Raimondo Lobina1849 – 1854
78Girolamo Priori1854 – 1863
79Elijah Magennis1919 – 1931
80Hilary Doswold1947 – 1959
81Kilian Lynch1947 – 1959
82Kilian Healy1959 – 1971
83Falco Thuis1971– 1983
84John Malley1971 – 1983
85Joseph ChalmersScottish1995 – 2007
86 FERNANDO MILLAN ROMERAL 2013.jpg Fernando Millán RomeralSpanish2007 – 2019
87Míċéal O’NeillIrish2019–Present

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