Missionarii Comboniani Cordis Iesu | |
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| Abbreviation | MCCJ |
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| Nickname | Verona Fathers |
| Formation | 1 June 1867 |
| Founder | Daniele Comboni |
| Founded at | Verona, Italy |
| Type | Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right for Men |
| Headquarters | Via Luigi Lilio 80, Rome, Italy |
Members | 1,576 members (includes 1,103 priests) as of 2020 |
Superior General | Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie |
Parent organization | Catholic Church |
| Website | comboni |
Formerly called | Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
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The Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (Latin: Missionarii Comboniani Cordis Iesu), also known as the Comboni Missionaries of the Sacred Heart,[2] or the Verona Fathers,[3][4] and originally called the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Congregatio Filiorum S. Cordis Iesu),[1] is a Catholic clerical male religious congregation of pontifical right.
- ^ a b "Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus), M.C.C.J." GCatholic. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Comboni, Daniele, Bl.". New Catholic Encyclopedia:Com-Dyn. New Catholic Encyclopedia. Thomson/Gale. 2003. ISBN 978-0-78764-008-8. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ Pace, E.A. (1922). "Sacred Heart, Sons of the (Verona Fathers)". The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. Encyclopedia Press. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ Melton, J.G. (2014). Faiths Across Time: 5,000 Years of Religious History. ABC-CLIO. p. 1524. ISBN 978-1-61069-026-3. Retrieved 11 July 2017.