Prior General of the Order of Carmelites

List of Carmelite Prior-Generals

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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

Escutcheons of the Carmelites.

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]

## Prior General of the Order

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No.  | Image  | Prior General  | Nationality  | Tenure  | Notes

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|  | Berthold of Calabria | Limoges, France  | 1154-1195  | Accepted as leader of the hermits by Brocard
1  |  | Saint Brocard |  | 1200 – 1232  |
2  |  | Cyril of Constantinople |  | 1232 – 1237  |
3  |  | Berthold  |  | 1237 – 1249  |
4  |  | Gottfried  |  | 1249 – 1253  |
5  |  | Alain  |  | 1253 – 1254  |
6  |  | Saint Simon Stock | Aylesford, England  | 1254 – 1265  | The 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."
7  |  | Nicolas Le Françoi  |  | 1266 – 1271  |
8  |  | Radulphe  |  | 1271 – 1277  |
9  |  | Pierre de Millaud  |  | 1277 – 1294  |
10  |  | Raymond de L’Isle  |  | 1294 – 1297  |
11  |  | Gerard of Bologna |  | 1297 – 1318  | theologian and scholastic philosopher
12  |  | Guy Terreni |  | 1318 – 1321  | canon lawyer and scholastic philosopher. Consecrated Bishop of Mallorca, and Elna
13  |  | Giovanni d’Alerio  |  | 1321 – 1330  |
14  |  | Pierre de Casa | Limoges, France  | 1330 – 1342  | Became Bishop of the Diocese of Vaison (1341-1348) and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (1342-1348)
15  |  | Pierre-Raymond de Grasse  |  | 1342 – 1358  |
16  |  | Giovanni Ballistari  |  | 1358 – 1375  |
17  |  | Bernard Olery  |  | 1375 – 1381  |
18  |  | Bernard Olery  |  | 1381 – 1384  | Uncanonical
19  |  | Michele Aignani  |  | 1381 – 1386  |
20  |  | Raymond de Vaquerie  |  | 1384 – 1389  | Uncanonical
21  |  | Jean de Raude  |  | 1386 – 1404  |
22  |  | Jean Le Gros  |  | 1389 – 1411  | Uncanonical
23  |  | Matteo de Bologne  |  | 1404 – 1411  |
24  |  | Jean Le Gros  |  | 1411 – 1430  |
25  |  | Bartolomeo Roquali  |  | 1430 – 1433  |
26  |  | Natale Bencesi  |  | 1433 – 1434  | Became Bishop of the Titular Diocese of Nona
27  |  | Giovanni Faci  |  | 1434 – 1450  |
28  |  | Blessed John Soreth | Kingdom of France  | 1451–1471  | He establish the Carmelite nuns, especially following the papal bull "Cum Nulla" of Nicholas V issued in 1452
29  |  | Cristoforo Martignoni  |  | 1471 – 1481  |
30  |  | Guillaume de Domoquercy  |  | 1481 – 1503  |
31  |  | Pons de Raynaud  |  | 1503 – 1512  |
32  |  | Pierre Terrasse  |  | 1512 – 1513  |
33  |  | Blessed Johannes Baptista Spagnolo | Duchy of Mantua  | 1513–1516  |
34  |  | Giovanni Batista de Parme  |  | 1516 – 1517  |
35  |  | Bernardino Landucci  |  | 1517 – 1523  |
36  |  | Nicolas Audet  |  | 1523 – 1562  |
37  |  | Giovanni Batista Rossi  |  | 1562–1578  |
38  |  | Giovanni Batista Caffardi  |  | 1578 – 1592  |
39  |  | Giovanni Stefano Chizzola  |  | 1592 – 1596  |
40  |  | Henry Sylvio  | Kingdom of France  | 1598 – 1612  |
41  |  | Sebastiano Fantoni  |  | 1612 – 1623  |
42  |  | Gregorio Canali  |  | 1623 – 1631  | His main work was the publication of the Carmelite constitutions of 1626 , which remained valid until the beginning of the 20th century
43  |  | Teodoro Straccio  |  | 1631 – 1642  |
44  |  | Alberto Massari  |  | 1642 – 1643  |
45  |  | Leone Bonfigli  |  | 1643 – 1647  |
46  |  | Giovanni Antonio Filippini  |  | 1648 – 1654  |
47  |  | Mario Venturini  |  | 1654 – 1660  |
48  |  | Girolamo Ari  |  | 1660 – 1666  |
49  |  | Matteo Orlandi  |  | 1666 – 1674  |
50  |  | Francesco Scannapieco  |  | 1674 – 1676  |
51  |  | Ferdinando Tartaglia  |  | 1680 – 1682  |
52  |  | Angelo Monsignani  |  | 1682 – 1686  |
53  |  | Paolo di Sant’Ignazio  |  | 1686 – 1692  |
54  |  | Juan Feyjóo González de Villalobos  | Spanish Empire | 1644–1649  | Became Bishop of the Diocese of Guadix-Baza (1702-1706)
55  |  | Carlo Filiberto Berberi  |  | 1698 – 1704  |
56  |  | Angelo de Cambolas  |  | 1704 – 1710  |
57  |  | Pedro Tomás Sanchez  |  | 1710 – 1716  |
58  |  | Carlo Cornaccioli  |  | 1716 – 1721  | Became Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bobbio (1726-1737)
59  |  | Gaspare Pizzolanti  |  | 1721–1725  | Became Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cervia (1727-1765)
60  |  | Antoine-Joseph-Aimable Feydeau  | Kingdom of France  | 1728 – 1730  | He was ordained Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Digne (1730–1741))
61  |  | Ludovico Benzoni  |  | 1731 – 1738  |
62  |  | Nicola Ricchiuti  |  | 1738 – 1742  |
63  |  | Luigi Laghi  |  | 1742 – 1756  |
64  |  | Gioacchino Maria Pontalti  |  | 1756 – 1761  | Consecrated Bishop and became Titular Bishop of Ascalon
65  |  | Mariano Ventimiglia  |  | 1762 – 1768  |
66  |  | José Alberto Ximenez  |  | 1768 – 1780  |
67  |  | Andrea Andras  |  | 1780 – 1788  |
68  |  | Giovanni Tufano  |  | 1788 – 1790  |
69  |  | Rocco Melchor  |  | 1794 – 1805  |
70  |  | Timoteo Maria Ascensi  |  | 1807 – 1814  |
71  |  | Luigi Antonio Faro  |  | 1819 – 1825  |
72  |  | Manuel Regidor y Brihuega  |  | 1825 – 1832  |
73  |  | Luigi Calamata  |  | 1832 – 1838  |
74  |  | Giuseppe Cataldi  |  | 1838 – 1841  |
75  |  | Giuseppe Palma  |  | 1841 – 1843.04.03  | became Bishop of the Diocese of Avellino
76  |  | Agostino Maria Ferrara  |  | 1843 – 1849  |
77  |  | Giuseppe Raimondo Lobina  |  | 1849 – 1854  |
78  |  | Girolamo Priori  |  | 1854 – 1863  |
79  |  | Elijah Magennis  |  | 1919 – 1931  |
80  |  | Hilary Doswold  |  | 1947 – 1959  |
81  |  | Kilian Lynch  |  | 1947 – 1959  |
82  |  | Kilian Healy  |  | 1959 – 1971  |
83  |  | Falco Thuis  |  | 1971– 1983  |
84  |  | John Malley  |  | 1971 – 1983  |
85  |  | Joseph Chalmers  | Scottish  | 1995 – 2007  |
86  |  | Fernando Millán Romeral  | Spanish  | 2007 – 2019  |
87  |  | Míċéal O’Neill  | Irish  | 2019–Present  |

## Notes

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## References

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