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Latin: Congregatio a Resurrectione Domini Nostri Jesu Christi | |||
Abbreviation | CR | ||
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Nickname | Resurrectionists | ||
Formation | 17 February 1836 | ||
Founders | Fr. Piotr Semenenko, CR Fr. Hieronim Kajsiewicz, CR Fr. Bogdan Jański, CR | ||
Founded at | Paris, France | ||
Type | Clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men | ||
Headquarters | Via S. Sebastianello 11, Rome, Italy | ||
Membership | 309 members (includes 264 priests) as of 2020[1] | ||
Fr. Paul Voisin, C.R | |||
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Parent organization | Roman Catholic Church | ||
Website | resurrectionists |
The Resurrectionists officially named the Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Latin: Congregatio a Resurrectione Domini Nostri Jesu Christi), abbreviated CR is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men (Priest, Brother or Permanent Deacon). It was founded in 1836 by three men, Bogdan Jański, Peter Semenenko and Hieronim Kajsiewicz on the heels of the Polish Great Emigration.[2]