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num. 376 - February 1999

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GENERAL STATISTICS

Comparison: 31 December 1987					At 31 December 1998
Total	Fr.	Bro.	Schol.		Total	Fr.	Bro.	1st F
55	45	10		General Admin.	48	40	8
1788	1316	252	220	Europe	1438	1104	174	160
1246	955	264	27	Canada	877	671	184	22
679	607	50	22	U.S.A.	503	455	35	13
375	298	29	48	Latin America	447	309	28	110
524	393	36	95	Asia-Oceania	590	442	25	123
769	542	85	142	Africa-Madag.	810	528	76	206
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5436	4156	726	554		4713	3549	530	634
Of whom 43 are Bishops					Of whom 43 are Bishops

The tables above list each Oblate in his Region. For instance, the Oblates of Venezuela are listed only in Latin America, even though they are members of the Vice Province of Spain. Roman scholasticsare listed in their home Region."1stF" includes scholastics and brothers in first formation.

Statistics of Provinces
(as of 31 December 1998) In this table each Oblate is listed in his home Province or Vice Province: that is why the number of OMI in Delegations and Missions is between parentheses.


General Administration
	Tot.	Fr.	Bro.	1st F
General House & International Schol.	48	40	8

Europe
	Tot.	Fr.	Bro.	1st F
France Anglo-Irish Germany Belgium-South Belgium-North Poland Polish V. P. Italy Spain Holland Austria Scandinavia Varii Lourdes (Europe) Ukraine (Poland) Czech Rep. (Austria)	276 145 166 60 68 415 49 225 63 59 25 23 (10) (21) (10)	226 128 120 48 57 246 45 192 46 52 21 21 (10) (12) (6)	36 14 37 11 10 36 4 17 6 6 2 (1)	14 3 9 1 1 133 16 11 1 4 (8) (4)
Canada
	Tot.	Fr.	Bro.	1st F
St-Joseph ND-du-Rosaire St. Peter's St. Paul's Manitoba Grandin St. Mary's Assumption Delegation Hudson Bay (Manitoba)	281 150 94 88 86 102 73 40 (13)	182 112 70 77 73 78 65 36 (10)	94 35 9 10 12 20 5 1 (2)	5 3 15 1 1 4 3 3 (1)
U.S.A.
	Tot.	Fr.	Bro.	1st F
Eastern Southern Northern Central Western Mission Alaska	126 163 84 140 52 (5)	113 132 74 116 46 (5)	7 5 10 16 2	6 26 8 4
Latin America
	Tot.	Fr.	Bro.	1st F
Haiti Argentina Chile Bolivia Pilcomayo Mexico São Paulo Delegations and Missions Central Brazil (A.-Irl.) Recife (Central USA) Belém (France, Belg.S.) Uruguay (Italy) Suriname (Holland) Peru (St. Peter's) Fr. Guiana (France) Baja Calif. (Western US) Puerto-Rico (Eastern US) Guatemala (Mexico) Venezuela (Spain) Colombia (Haiti) Cuba (Mexico)	111 31 25 34 38 54 32 (14) (17) (17) (13) (6) (34) (5) (9) (2) (11) (6) (7) (8)	59 28 23 20 27 38 29 (14) (10) (8) (13) (5) (19) (5) (4) (1) (10) (6) (5) (4)	6 1 8 4 1 1 (2) (1) (2) (1) (1) (1)	46 3 1 6 7 15 2 (5) (8) (1) (13) (4) (2) (4)
Asia-Oceania
	Tot.	Fr.	Bro.	1st F
Sri Lanka Jaffna Philippines Australia Indonesia Japan Delegations and Missions Thailand India (Sri Lanka) Pakistan (Sri Lanka) Bangladesh (Sri Lanka) China (Australia) Korea (Japan) Tahiti (Northern US) Turkmenistan	231 70 97 75 61 28 22 (35) (19) (23) 10) (5) (5) (2)	161 53 75 65 40 27 15 (21) (15) (13) (9) (5) (5) (2)	15 6 2 1 1 (1) (2)	55 17 16 8 21 6 (13) (2) (10) (1)
Africa-Madagascar
	Tot.	Fr.	Bro.	1st F
Natal Central South Africa Transvaal Lesotho Namibia Congo Cameroon Delegations and Missions Western Sahara (Spain) Senegal (Italy) Madagascar (Poland) Zambia (Southern US) Zimbabwe (Tvl, Natal) Qwa Qwa (Lesotho) Botswana (Lesotho) Nigeria (Cameroon) Angola (Congo) Kenya (Canada)	80 63 75 154 51 132 152 (2) (23) (44) (31) (9) (7) (3) (21) (5) (4)	66 50 58 89 36 67 110 (2) (17) (22) (8) (5) (3) (2) (7) (4) (4)	1 6 2 24 10 16 12 (2) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1)	13 7 15 41 5 49 30 (4) (20) (22) (4) (4) (13)

Oblates in First Formation -- Oblate Novices (as of 31st December 1998): 161
1997: 193     1995: 162     1993: 132     1991: 136     1981: 117     1973: 99     1967: 284 --Scholastics (as of 31 December 1998): 587
1997: 548     1995: 562     1993: 545     1991: 545     1981: 347     1973: 396     1967: 975 --Brothers in temporary vows (as of 31st December 1998): 47
1997: 37     1995: 36     1993: 48     1991: 67     1981: 36     1973: 83     1967: 219 (Itmust be remembered that in 1967 and 1973, the Rule required Brothers to make six years of temporary vows)

-- First vows in 1998: 163 ( 1 priest, 142 scholastics, 20 brothers)
1997: 109     1995: 125     1993: 154     1991: 110     1981: 98     1973: 77     1967: 211

-- Perpetual vows in 1998: 73 ( 1 priest, 67 scholastics, 5 brothers)
1997: 82     1995: 60     1993: 62     1991: 66     1981: 42     1973: 55     1967: 116

-- Readmissions (without the obligation of repeating the novitiate): 6 (5 scholastics, 1 brother)

-- Ordinations to the priesthood in 1998: 46
1997: 55     1995: 46     1993: 55     1991: 70     1981: 46     1973: 37     1967: 111

Perpetual Oblations 1998
Obl. N°	Name	Province	Date	Diocese of origin
13534 13535 13536 13537 13538 13539 13540 13541 13542 13543 13544 13545 13546 13547 13548 13549 13550 13551 13552 13553 13554 13555 13556 13557 13558 13559 13560 13561 13562 13563 13564 13565 13566 13567 13568 13569 13570 13571 13572 13573 13574 13575 13576 13577 13578 13579 13580 13581 13582 13583 13584 13585 13586 13587 13588 13589 13590 13591 13592 13593 13594 13595 13596 13597 13598 13599 13600 13601 13602 13603 13604 13605 13606	Bérard Wedner Rakotondravelo Alphonse Frank Neil A. Phenyane Vusumuzi M. Bochm Antoni Jagowdzik Grzegorz Blom Mark Antonius Bro. Mwakacheya Maximillian Estela Vasquez Julio C. Bro. Khakhane Benedict Bro. Maphala John Tiisetso Malemoha Martin Lebohang Maliehe Samuel Sello Khotso Michael Thabang Torres Tarazona Demetrio Sarmiento T. Nicanor Ngcobo Moheki Anthony Fr. Makhata Chrysostom Kino Purpura Pier Francesco Poncian Soosaiappu Anthony Musil Roman Pham Duc Tri François González Gallo René Miguel Rosales Olivera Octavio Fretes Silva Nelson Fisher Harold Nava Anguiano Rufino Martínez Ramírez Francisco López Aguilar Lorenzo Bro. Ruiz Iriarte Ivar Tremblay Pierre-Olivier Varana Anselme Meng William Vanghou Jean Claude Muyo Mukwasa Hervé Cassamajor Jacques-Brunet Kienge-Kienge K. Constant Muscadin Dominique Jean Robert Katanda Lambin Willy Vunga Manyanga Adolphe Mafuta Kiyungu Didier Mabondo Okan Emmanuel Nsangumpamba I. Adelin Mahuku Ruhanga Didace Ihenacho George Chidi Bro.Stopka Tomasz Piela Wojciech Lesniarek Jacek Warias Ignacy Kordek Stanislaw Piwowarczyk Artur Wawrzeniecki Robert Pasko Piotr Mironiuk Marcin Skup Robert Zowada Stanislaw Stephen Ashok Fernando Leslie Sujith Jayaweera Saman Manjula Azrak Mario George Menegoni Sergio Rottmann Burkhard Rubino Giuseppe Gugliotta Gianpaolo Heinemann Christoph Cartabia Stefano Ratnarajah Emmanuel David Amalathas Arulrajah Adaikkalasamy Chinnapparaj Devasagayam James Mariasusai Chinnappan Chishimba Celestino Diamond	Haiti Madagascar, Poland Natal Natal Poland Poland St. Mary's Zambia, Southern US Peru, St. Peter's Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho Peru, St. Peter's Peru, St. Peter's Natal Transvaal Italy Jaffna Czech Rep., Austria France Chile Guatemala, Mexico Pilcomayo Central USA Baja Cal West USA Mexico Mexico Bolivia N.D.-du-Rosaire Madagascar, Poland Madagascar, Poland Madagascar, Poland Congo Haiti Congo Haiti Haiti Congo Congo Congo Congo Congo Congo Nigeria, Cameroon Ukraine, Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Australia Argentina Germany Italy Italy Germany Italy Jaffna Jaffna India, Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka Zambia, Southern US	04.01 04.01 04.01 04.01 04.01 04.01 04.01 08.01 18.01 25.01 25.01 25.01 25.01 25.01 15.02 15.02 16.02 17.02 25.03 13.04 17.04 21.05 24.05 28.06 26.07 05.08 08.08 08.08 08.08 18.08 23.08 06.09 06.09 06.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 08.09 29.10 29.10 29.10 01.11 15.11 08.12 08.12 08.12 08.12 08.12 08.12 11.12 21.12 21.12 21.12 31.12	Les Cayes Antananarivo Durban Eshowe Katowice Lublin Prince Albert Lusaka Chota Johannesburg Qacha's Nek Maseru Kroonstad Maseru Huánuco Cuzco Durban Leribe Palermo Mannar Brno Phát Diêm Iquique Tehuantepec Encarnación Chicago Autlán Querétaro Tehuantepec Oruro Montpellier Antsiranana Toamasina Antsiranana Kenge Jérémie Idiofa Les Cayes Les Cayes Idiofa Idiofa Kikwit Idiofa Idiofa Bukavu Owerri Wroclaw Lublin Kalisz Tarnów Opole Szczecin-Kamien Poznan Warmia Siedlce Warsaw Katowice Chilaw Chilaw Colombo El Obeid S.Nicolás d.l.A. Münster Basel Patti Paderborn Milano Jaffna Jaffna Tanjore Pondicherry and Cuddalore Pondicherry and Cuddalore Lubumbashi

Obediences 1998 (The 57 first obediences are marked by an asterisk)
Date	Name	Origin	Destination
08.01 25.01 25.01 29.01 29.01 02.02 17.02 17.02 16.03 16.03 17.03 28.03 30.03 19.04 19.04 19.04 19.04 19.04 19.04 19.04 19.04 19.04 19.04 19.04 22.04 25.04 30.04 30.04 30.04 06.05 13.05 13.05 13.05 21.05 21.05 21.05 29.05 29.05 29.05 29.05 29.05 19.06 19.06 07.07 07.07 21.07 27.07 27.07 27.07 27.07 27.07 29.07 29.07 31.07 31.07 31.07 31.07 31.07 31.07 31.07 03.08 18.08 22.08 25.08 26.08 01.09 01.09 01.09 01.09 01.09 03.09 08.09 14.09 17.09 17.09 07.10 13.10 19.10 19.10 23.10 09.11 16.11 16.11 21.11 01.12 15.12 18.12 31.12 31.12 31.12 31.12	Pawletko Piotr (Bro.) Damba Joseph Bouré (Sch. Fr.) Hartmann Winfried (Sch. Fr.) Fortier Jean (Fr.) Leblanc Donat (Bro.) Cazuriaga Anibal (Sch. Fr.) Bissett Anthony (Fr.) Pannunzi Antonio (Fr.) Laskowski Wladyslaw (Fr.) Prass Charles (Fr.) Perera Shirantha W. (Fr.) Hohn Andreas( Sch. Fr.) Rathokoa Mokone Joseph (Sch. Fr.) Biecek Lukasz (Fr.) Skicki Grzegorz (Fr.) Golab Stanislaw (Sch.) Piwowarczyk Mariusz (Sch.) Turski Wojciech (Sch.) Zawadzki Wojciech (Sch.) Majdan Lukasz (Sch.) Stopka Tomasz (Bro.) Krzyzostaniak Grzegorz (Sch.) Szczawinski Tomasz (Sch.) Pajak Maciej (Sch.) Swiatek Andrzej (Fr.) Domanski Jan (Fr.) Ardiri Santi (Sch.) Heru Supriyanto Simon (Sch.) Riswanta Tarsisius (Sch.) O'Dell Anthony (Sch.) Lopez Moreno David (Sch.) Marquez Meneses Juan M. (Sch.) Jahae Raymond (Sch. Fr.) Benedict Eugene (Sch. Fr.) Sebamalai Anpurasa (Sch. Fr.) Gnanamuthu Wenceslaus (Sch. Fr.) Leuta Raymond M. (Sch.) Moiloa Peter M. (Sch. Fr.) Ranthamane Cletus (Sch. Fr.) Khakhane Benedict M. (Bro.) Maphala John T. (Bro.) Santiago S. José Manuel (Sch.) Vilim Patrick (Sch.) Pillai Thomas Anthony (Fr.) Lougen Louis (Fr.) Popielewski Wojciech (Fr.) Anthonysamy Varaprasatham (Sch.) Hoang Peter (Sch. Fr.) Kathali Callistus D. (Sch. Fr.) Nthethe Constantinus (Sch.) Anigbogu Francis E. (Sch.) Dal Bello Angelo (Fr.) Pelis Fausto (Fr.) Phiri Joseph (Sch. Fr.) Monseju Samba Moïse (Sch.) Ntumba Maboyi Joseph (Sch.) Amirthanayagam Jude A. (Sch.) Fernando Lylie Jayanth (Sch.) Perera Ruwan Prasanna (Sch.) Fonseka Thyagan E. (Sch.) Wolf Martin (Sch. Fr.) Dubois André (Fr.) Atitung Cyrille (Fr.) Mwakacheya Maximillian (Bro.) De Aquino Manoel Erasmo (Sch. Fr.) Pierre Adrien (Sch.) Bérard Wedner (Sch.) Charles Dieusait (Sch.) Desruisseau Pierre-Bolduc (Sch.) Printemps Jean-François (Sch.) Berroa Robert (Fr.) Martínez Ariel (Sch. Fr.) Badan Wieslaw (Fr.) Pauwels Bernard (Bro.) Van den Broeck Hugo (Bro.) Poncian Soosaiappu A. (Sch.) Rebordinos Santiago (Fr.) Oblak Slawomir (Sch. Fr.) Wagner Phillip (Sch.) Levaque Guy (Bro.) Purpura Pier Francesco (Sch.) Opyd Zbigniew (Fr.) Urbanek Andrzej (Fr.) Gilbert Jacques (Fr.) Mularczyk Marek (Fr.) Cuenot Serge (Fr.) *Leuta Sylvester Phate (Bro.) Caloz Jean-Pierre (Fr.) Corijn Daniel (Fr.) Laprise Gérard (Fr.) Motanyane Alexander (Fr.)	General House Senegal (Italy) Germany Grandin Grandin Pilcomayo Central Brazil (Angl.Ir.) St-Joseph Poland Philippines Korea (Japan) Germany Central South Africa Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Cameroon Cameroon Italy Indonesia Indonesia St.Peter's Spain Spain Holland Jaffna Jaffna Jaffna Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho Mexico Southern U.S.A Sri Lanka São Paulo-Brazil International Schol. India (Sri Lanka) Australia Natal Lesotho Nigeria (Cameroon) International Schol. Italy Zambia (South.USA) Congo Congo Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Germany Lesotho Congo Zambia (South USA) São Paulo-Brazil Haiti Haiti Haiti Haiti Haiti Uruguay (Italy) Mexico Poland Congo Congo Jaffna Gen. Adm. Assumption Northern U.S.A. St. Paul's Italy Poland Poland Lesotho China (Australia) Cameroon Lesotho Gen. Adm. Gen. Adm. Gen. Adm. Gen. Adm	Poland Senegal (Italy) Germany St-Joseph St-Joseph Pilcomayo International Schol. St. Peter's Polish V. Prov. Central U.S.A. Sri Lanka Germany Central S. Africa Cameroon Cameroon Poland Poland Poland Poland Ukraine (Poland) Ukraine (Poland) Madagascar (Pol.) Austria Assumption Polish V. Prov. Polish V. Prov. Italy Indonesia Indonesia St.Peter's Spain Spain Germany Pakistan (Sri Lanka) Jaffna Jaffna Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho Guatemala (Mex.) Southern U.S.A. St. Peter's Eastern U.S.A. Poland India (Sri Lanka) Australia Natal Lesotho Nigeria (Cam.) Italy Internt'l Schol. Zambia (S.USA) Congo Angola (Congo) Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Pakistan (Sri Lanka) Germany St-Joseph Internt'l Schol. Zambia (S.USA) São Paulo-Brazil Colombia (Haiti) Haiti Haiti Haiti Haiti Pilcomayo Mexico Scandinavia Belgium-North Belgium-North Jaffna Argentina Assumption Northern U.S.A. St-Joseph Senegal (Italy) Polish V. Prov. Polish V. Prov. St-Joseph Poland France Lesotho France Natal N.D.-du-Rosaire Lesotho

Deaths in 1998: 115 (2 bishops, 95 priests, 18 brothers)
1997: 118 1995: 123 1993: 123 1991: 108 1981: 99 1973: 95 1967: 64

Departures in 1998: 88 (20 priests, 60 scholastics, 8 brothers)

Among these, 51 scholastics and 5 brothers did not renew their temporary vows. 6 scholastics and 2 brothers were granted a dispensation from temporary vows by the Superior General.

The Superior General decided 6 dismissals (because of civil marriage or other reasons) and granted 4 exclaustrations.

13 requests for laicization with dispensation of celibacy were made to the Holy See (11 priests and 2 deacons).

The Holy See granted the following dispensations: 9 laicizations of priests with dispensation of celibacy
2 transfers to the diocesan clergy (1 definitive, 1 ad experimentum )
3 dispensations from perpetual vows (1 brother, 2 scholastics).

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