List of General Ministers of the Order of Friars Minor (OFM, OFM Conv, OFM Cap)

This is a list of the general ministers of the Order of Friars Minor.

general Ministers up to 1517

Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), portrait by Giacomo Cavedone, ca. 1660.

Bonaventure (1221-1274), portrait by Vittore Crivelli (c1440-1501).

• Francis of Assisi (1210-1226)
• Giovanni Parenti (1227-1232) 1st general Minister
• Elias of Cortona (1232-1239) 2nd general Minister
• Albert of Pisa (1239-1240) 3rd general Minister
• Haymo of Faversham (1240-1243) 4th general Minister
• Crescentius of Jesi (1244-1247) 5th general Minister
• Johannes of Parma (1247-1257) 6th general Minister
• Bonaventura of Bagnoreggio (1257-1274) 7th general Minister
• Girolamo Masci d'Ascoli (1274-1279), later Pope Nicholas IV, 8th general Minister
• Bonagratia of Bologna (1279-1285), 9th general Minister
• Arlotto of Prato (1285-1287), 10th general Minister
• Matteo de Acquasparta (1287-1289), 11th general Minister
• Raimund Godefroy (1289-1295), 12th general Minister
• Giovanni Mincio of Murrovalle (1296-1304), 13th general Minister
• Gonsalvus Hispanus (1304-1313), 14th general Minister
• Alessandro Bonini di Alessandria (1313-1314), 15th general Minister
• Michael of Cesena (1316-1328), 16th general Minister
  • Cardinal Bertrand de Turre (1328-1329), general Vicar
• Gerardo Odónis (1329-1342), 17th general Minister
• Fortanerio de Vassal (1343-1348), 18th general Minister
• Guillaume Farinier (1348-1357), 19th general Minister
• Juan Bouchier (1357-1358), 20th general Minister
• Marcus of Viterbo (1359-1366), 21st general Minister
• Thomas of Frignano (1367-1372), 22nd general Minister
• Leonardo Rossi (1373-1378), 23rd general Minister

During the Great Schism, the following general ministers headed the order in the Roman obedience:

• Ludovico Donati (1379-1383), 24th general Minister
• Pietro da Conzano (1383-1384), 25th general Minister
• Martino Sangiorgio de Rivarolo (1384-1387), 26th general Minister
• Enrico Alfieri (1387-1405), 27th general Minister
• Antonio Vinitti de Pereto (1405-1408), 28th general Minister
  • Angelo Salvetti (1408-1409), general Vicar
• Antonio da Cascia (1410-1415), 29th general Minister (for the first year general Vicar)
• Antonio Vinitti de Pereto (1415-1420), second appointment

At the same time, the following presided over the order in the obedience of Avignon:

• Angelo di Spoleto (1379-1391)
• John Chevegneyo (1391-1402)
• Giovanni Bardolini (1403-1417)

After the conclusion of the schism, the order was reunited under Antonio Vinitti.

• Angelo Salvetti (1421-1424), 30th general Minister
• Antonio da Massa Marittima (1424-1430), 31st general Minister
• Guillermo Robazoglio da Casale (1430-1442), 32nd general Minister
  • Alberto Berdini de Sarteano (1442-1443) ( general Vicar)
• Antonio Rusconi (1443-1449), 33rd general Minister
• Angel Cristofori del Toscano (1450-1453), 34th general Minister
• Jacob Bassolini de Mozzanica (1454-1457), 35th general Minister
• Jaime Zarzuela (1458-1464), 36th general Minister
• Francesco della Rovere (1464-1469), 37th general Minister, later Pope Sixtus IV.
• Zanetto de Udine (1469-1475), 38th general Minister
• Francesco Nanni called Samson (1475-1499), 39th general Minister
• Egidio Delfini de Amelia (1500-1506), 40th general Minister
• Rainaldo Graziani de Cotignola (1506-1510), 41st general Minister
• Felipe Porcacci de Bagnacavallo (1510-1511), 42nd general Minister
  • Gomez de Lisboa (1511-1512), general Vicar
• Bernardino Prati (1511-1517), 43rd general Minister (for the first year as general Vicar)

general Ministers of the Friars Minor (OFM)

• Cristoforo Numai (1517-1518), 44th general Minister
• Francesco Lichetto (1518-1520), 45th general Minister
• Paolo da Soncino (1520-1523), 46th general Minister (for the first year as general Vicar)
• Francisco de Angelis Quinones, 47th general Minister (1523-1527)
  • Antonio de Calcena (1527-1529), general Vicar
• Paolo Pisotti (1529-1533), 48th general Minister
• Vincenzo Lunello (1535-1541), 49th general Minister
• Giovanni Matteo de Calvi (1541-1547), 50th general Minister
• Andreas Alvarez (1547-1553), 51st general Minister
• Clemente Dolera (1553-1557), 52st general Minister
  • (An unknown general Vicar) (1557-1559)
• Francisco Zamora de Cuenca (1559-1565), 53rd general Minister
• Aloisio Pozzi da Borgonuovo (1565-1571), 54th general Minister
• Christopher de Chaffontaines (1571-1579), 55th general Minister
• Francisco Gonzaga (1579-1587), 56th general Minister, Chronist
• Francisco de Tolosa (1587-1593), 57th general Minister
• Bonaventura Secusi da Caltagirone (1593-1600), 58th general Minister
• Francisco Susa de Toledo (1600-1606), 59th general Minister
• Arcangelo Gualterio de Messina (1606-1612), 60th general Minister
• Juan Hierro (1612-1613), 61st general Minister
  • Antonio de Trejo (1613-1618), general Vicar
• Benigno de Genova (1618-1625), 62nd general Minister
• Bernardino of Senna (1625-1631), 63rd general Minister
• Giovanni Battista de Campania (1633-1639), 64th general Minister
• Juan Marinero de Madrid (1639-1645), 65th general Minister
• Giovanni Mazzara, 1645-1648, 66th general Minister
• Pedro Manero (1651-1655), 67th general Minister
• Michaelangelo Buongiorno de Sambuca (1658-1664), 68th general Minister
• Ildefonso Salizanes (1664-1670), 69th general Minister
• Francesco Maria Rhini (1670-1674), 70th general Minister
• Francesco Maria Nicolis (1674-1676), 71st general Minister
• Jose Ximenes Samaniego (1676-1682), 72nd general Minister
• Pietro Marini Sormani (1682-1688), 73rd general Minister
• Marcos de Zarzosa (1688-1690), 74th general Minister
• Juan Aluin (1690-1694), 75th general Minister
• Bonaventura Pomerio de Taverna (1694-1697), 76th general Minister
• Matteo de Santo Stefano (1697-1700), 77th general Minister
• Luis Torres (1700-1701), 78th general Minister
• Ildefonso Biesma (1702-1716), 79th general Minister
• Jose Garcia (1717-1723), 80th general Minister
• Lorenzo Cozza de S. Lorenzo (1723-1726), 81st general Minister
• Matteo Basile de Parete (1727-1729), 82nd general Minister
• Juan Soto de Valladolid (1729-1736), 83rd general Minister
• Juan Bermejo (1736-1740), 84th general Minister
• Gaetano Politi de Laurino (1740-1744), 85th general Minister
• Rafaello Rossi de Lugagnano (1744-1750), 86th general Minister
• Pedro Juanete de Molina (1750-1756), 87th general Minister
• Clemente Guignoni de Palermo (1756-1762), 88th general Minister
• Pedro Juanete de Molina (1762-1768), 89th general Minister (second appointment)
• Pasquale Frasconi de Varese (1768-1791), 90th general Minister
• Joaquin de Campany i Soler (1792-1806), 91st general Minister
• Ilario Cervelli de Montemagno (1806-1814), 92nd general Minister
• Gaudenzio Patrignani e Coriano (1814-1817), 93rd general Minister
• Cirilo Alameda y Brea (1817-1824), 94th general Minister
• Giovanni Tecca de Capestrano (1824-1830), 95th general Minister
• Luis Iglesias (1830-1834), 96th general Minister
• Bartolome Altemir (1835-1838), 97th general Minister
• Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco (1838-1844), 98th general Minister
• Luigi Flamini de Loreto (1844-1850), 99th general Minister
• Venanzio Metildi de Celano (1850-1856), 100th general Minister
• Bernardino Trionfetti de Montefranco (1856-1832), 101st general Minister
• Rafaele Lippi de Pontecci Marconi (1862-1869), 102nd general Minister
• Bernardino dal Vago da Portogruaro (1869-1889), 103rd general Minister
• Luigi da Parma (1889-1897), 104th general Minister
• Aloysius Lauer (1897-1901), 105th general Minister
  • David Fleming (1901-1915), general Vicar
• Dionysius Schüler (1903-1911), 106th general Minister
• Pacifico Monza (1911-1915), 107th general Minister
• Serafino Cimino da Capri (1915-1921), 108th general Minister
• Bernardino Klumper (1921-1927), 109th general Minister
• Bonaventura Marrani (1927-1933), 110th general Minister
• Leonardo Bello (1933-1944), 111th general Minister
  • Policarp Schmoll (1944-1945), general Vicar
• Valentin Schaaf (1945-1946), 112th general Minister
• Pacifico Perantoni (1947-1952), 113th general Minister
• Agostino Sepinski (1952-1965), 114th general Minister
• Constantin Koser (1965-1979), 115th general Minister (for the first two years as general Vicar)
• John Vaughn (1979-1991), 116th general Minister
• Hermann Schalück (1991-1997), 117th general Minister
• Giacomo Bini (1997-2003), 118th general Minister
• José Rodríguez Carballo (since 2003-2013), 119th general Minister
• Michael Perry (since 2013) 120th general Minister

general Ministers of the Conventuals (OFM Conv.)

• Antonio Macelo de Petris de Cherso (1517-1520), 44th general Minister
• Antonio Sassolini (1520-1525), 45th general Minister
• Juan Vigerio (1525-1530), 46th general Minister (first 4 years general Vicar)
• Jaime Antonio Ferduzzi (1530-1537), 47th general Minister (first 4 years general Vicar)
• Lorenzo Spada (1537-1543), 48th general Minister
• Buenaventura Fauni-Pio (1543-1549), 49th general Minister
• Juan Jaime Passeri (1549-1551), 50th general Minister
• Julio Magnani (1551-1559), 51st general Minister (first 4 years general Vicar)
• Juan Antonio Muratori de Cervia (1559-1559), 52nd general Minister
  • Juan Antonio Delfini (1559-1561), general Vicar
• Antonio de' Sapienti (1561-1566), 53rd general Minister (first year as general Vicar)
• Felix Peretti de Montalto (1566-1568), general Vicar, later Pope Sixtus V
• Juan Tancredi (1568-1568), 54th general Minister
• Juan Pico (1568-1574), 55th general Minister (first 3 years general Vicar)
• Pietro Antonio Camilli (1575-1580), 56th general Minister
• Antonio Fera (1581-1584), 57th general Minister
• Clemente Bontadosi (1584-1586), 58th general Minister
• Evangelista Pellei (1586-1590), 59th general Minister (first year as general Vicar)
• Julian Causi (1590-1590), 60th general Minister
• Francisco Bonfigli (1590-1591), 61st general Minister
  • Ludovico Albuzzi (1592-1593), general Vicar
• Felipe Gesualdi (1593-1602), 62nd general Minister
• Jose Pisculli (1602-1607), 63rd general Minister
• Guillermo Huges de Avignon (1608-1612), 64th general Minister
• Jaime Montanari (1612-1622), 65th general Minister (first 5 years general Vicar)
• Miguel Misserotti (1622-1623), 66th general Minister
• Felix Franceschini (1625-1632), 67th general Minister
• Juan Bautista Berardicelli (1632-1647), 68th general Minister (first 3 years general Vicar)
• Miguel Angel Catalani (1647-1653), 69th general Minister
• Felix Gabrielli (1653-1659), 70th general Minister
• Jaime Fabretti (1659-1665), 71st general Minister
• Andres Bini (1665-1670), 72nd general Minister
• Marcial Pelegrini de Castrovilari (1670-1677), 73rd general Minister
• Jose Amati (1677-1683), 74th general Minister
• Antonio Aversani (1683-1689), 75th general Minister
• Jose Maria Bottari, 76th general Minister
• Felix Rotondi (1695-1701), 77th general Minister
• Vicente Maria Coronelli (1701-1707), 78th general Minister
  • Carlo Bacciocchi (1701-1704), general Vicar for Vicente Coronelli
• Bernardino Angelo Carucci (1707-1713), 79th general Minister
• Domingo Andrea Borghesi (1713-1718), 80th general Minister
  • Jose M. Baldrati (1718-1719), general Vicar
• Carlos Jaime Romilli (1719-1725), 81st general Minister
• Jose M. Baldrati (1725-1731), 82nd general Minister
• Vicente Conti (1731-1738), 83rd general Minister
  • Felix Angel Sidori (1738-1741), general Vicar
• Juan Bautista Minucci (1741-1747), 84th general Minister
• Carlos Antonio Calvi (1747-1753), 85th general Minister
• Juan Bautista Costanzo (1753-1759), 86th general Minister
• Juan Bautista Columbini (1759-1764), 87th general Minister
• Domingo Andrea Rossi (1764-1771), 88th general Minister (first year general Vicar)
• Luis Maria Marzoni (1771-1777), 89th general Minister
• Juan Carlos Vipera (1777-1783), 90th general Minister
• Federico Lauro Barbarigo (1783-1789), 91st general Minister
• Jose Maria Medici (1789-1795), 92nd general Minister
• Buenaventura Bartoli (1795-1803), 93rd general Minister
• Nicolas Papini (1803-1809), 94th general Minister
• Jose Maria de Bonis (1809-1824), 95th general Minister
• Luis Battistini (1824-1830), 96th general Minister
• Domingo Secondi (1830-1832), 97th general Minister
  • Francisco Antonio Orioli (1832-1833), general Vicar
• Antonio Pablo Barbetti (1833-1839), 98th general Minister
• Angel Bigoni (1839-1845), 99th general Minister
• Jose Carlos Magni (1845-1851), 100th general Minister
• Jacinto Gualerni (1851-1857), 101st general Minister
• Salvador Calí (1857-1864), 102nd general Minister
• Ludovico Marangoni (1864-1872), 103rd general Minister (first two years as general Vicar)
• Antonio Maria Adragna (1872-1879), 104th general Minister
• Buenaventura Maria Soldatic de Cherso (1879-1891), 105th general Minister
• Lorenzo Caratelli (1891-1904), 106th general Minister
• Dominic Reuter (1904-1910), 107th general Minister
• Victor Maria Sottaz (1910-1919), 108th general Minister
  • Francisco Dall'Olio (1913-1919), general Vicar
• Domingo Maria Tavani (1919-1924), 109th general Minister
• Alfonso Orlich (Orlini) (1924-1930), 110th general Minister
• Domingo Maria Tavani (1930-1936), 111th general Minister (second term of office)
• Beda Maria Hess (1936-1953), 112th general Minister
  • Buenavista Mansi (1953-1954), general Vicar
• Victor Maria Costantini (1954-1960), 113rd general Minister
• Basilio Maria Heiser (1960-1972), 114th general Minister
• Vitale Maria Bonmarco (1972-1984), 115th general Minister
• Lanfranco Serrini (1984-1996), 116th general Minister
• Agostini Gardin (1996-2002), 117th general Minister
• Joachim Giermek (2002-2007), 118th general Minister
• Marco Tasca (since 2007), 119th general Minister

general Vicars and general Ministers of the Capuchins (OFMcap)

• Mateo de Bascio (1529), 1st general Vicar
• Ludovico de Fossombrone (1529-1535), 2nd general Vicar
• Bernardino de Asti (1535-1538), 3rd general Vicar
• Bernardino Ochino (1538-1542), 4th general Vicar
• Francisco de Iesi (1542-1546), 5th general Vicar
• Bernardino de Asti (1546-1552), (second term)
• Eusebio de Ancona (1552-1558), 6th general Vicar
• Tomas de Citta de Castello (1558-1564), 7th general Vicar
• Evangelista de Cannobio (1564-1567), 8th general Vicar
• Mario de Mercato Saraceno (1567-1573), 9th general Vicar, Chronist
• Vicente de Monte d’Olmo (1573-1574), 10th general Vicar
• Jeronimo de Montefiore (1574-1581), 11th general Vicar
• Juan Maria de Tusa (1581-1584), 12th general Vicar
• Santiago de Mercato Saraceno (1584-1587), 13th general Vicar
• Jeronimo da Polizzi (1587-1593), 14th general Vicar
• Silvestre de Monteleone (1593-1596), 15th general Vicar
• Jeronimo de Sorbo (1596-1599), 16th general Vicar
• Jeronimo de Castelferretti (1599-1602), 17th general Vicar
• San Lorenzo de Brindisi (1602-1605), 18th general Vicar
• Silvestre d’Assisi (1605-1608), 19th general Vicar
  • Jeronimo de Castelferetti (1608-1613), 2nd Amtszeit
• Pablo de Cesena (1613-1618), 20th general Vicar
• Clemente de Noto (1618-1619), 21st general Vicar
• Clemente de Noto (1619-1625), general Minister
• Juan Maria de Noto (1625-1631), 22nd general Minister
  • Jeronimo de Narni (1631-1632), general Vicar
  • Francisco de Genova (1632-1634), general Vicar
• Antonio de Modena (1634-1637), 23rd general Minister
• Juan de Moncalieri (1637-1643), 24th general Minister
• Inocencio de Caltagirone (1643-1650), 25th general Minister
• Fortunato de Cadore (1650-1656), 26th general Minister
• Simpliciano de Milan (1656-1662), 27th general Minister
• Marco Antonio de Carpenedolo (1662-1665), 28th general Minister
  • Fortunato de Cadore (1665-1667), general Vicar
• Fortunato de Cadore (1667-1669), (second term)
  • Buenaventura de Recanati (1669-1671), general Vicar
• Esteban de Cesena (1671-1678), 29th general Minister
• Bernardo de Porto Maurizio (1678-1684), 30th general Minister
  • Buenaventura de Recanati (1684-1685), general Vicar
• Carlos Maria de Macerata (1685-1691), 31st general Minister
• Bernardino de Arezzo (1691-1698), 32nd general Minister
• Juan Pedro de Busto Arsizio (1698-1700), 33rd general Minister
  • Angelicus von Wolfach (1700-1702), general Vicar
• Agustin de Latisana (1702-1709), 34th general Minister
• Bernardino de Saluzzo (1709-1710), 35th general Minister
  • Juan Antonio de Florencia (1710-1712), general Vicar
• Miguel Angel de Ragusa (1712-1719), 36th general Minister
• Juan Antonio de Florencia (1719-1721), 37th general Minister
  • Bernardino de Sant’Angelo in Vado (1721-1726), general Vicar
• Hartman de Bressanone (1726-1731), 38th general Minister
• Buenventura de Ferrara (1731-1740), 39th general Minister
• Jose Maria de Terni (1740-1747), 40th general Minister
• Segismundo de Ferrara (1747-1753), 41st general Minister
  • Gelasio de Gorizia (1753-1754, general Vicar
• Serafin von Ziegenhals (1754-1761), 42nd general Minister
• Pablo de Colindres (1761-1766), 43rd general Minister
  • Jose Maria de Savorgnano (1766-1768), general Vicar
• Amado de Lamballe (1768-1773), 44th general Minister
• Erhard de Radkesburg (1773-1789), 45th general Minister (first two years general Vicar)
• Angelico de Sassuolo (1789-1796), 46th general Minister
• Nicolas de Bustillo (1796-1806), 47th general Minister
• Miguel Angel de San Sepolcro (1806-1814), 48th general Minister
  • Mariano de Alatri (1814-1818), general Vicar
• Francisco de Solchaga (1818-1824), 49th general Minister
• Ludovico de Frascati (1824-1830), 50th general Minister
• Juan de Valencia (1830-1838), 51st general Minister
• Eugenio de Rumilly (1838-1844), 52nd general Minister
• Luis de Bagnaia (1844-1845), 53rd general Minister
  • Andres de Arezzo (1845-1847), general Vicar
• Venancio de Turin (1847-1853), 54th general Minister
• Salvador de Ozieri (1853-1859), 55th general Minister
• Nicolas de San Juan en Marignano (1859-1872), 56th general Minister
• Gil de Cortona (1872-1884), 57th general Minister
• Bernardo de Andermatt (1884-1908), 58th general Minister
• Pacifico de Seggiano (1908-1914), 59th general Minister
• Venancio de Lisle-en-Rigault (1914-1920), 60th general Minister
• Juan Antonio de San Juan en Persiceto (1920-1926), 61st general Minister
• Melchor de Benisa (1926-1932), 62nd general Minister
• Virgilio de Valstagna (1932-1938), 63rd general Minister
• Donatus von Welle (1938-1946), 64th general Minister
• Clement of Milwaukee (1946-1952), 65th general Minister
• Benigno de S. Ilario Milanese (1952-1958), 66th general Minister
• Clement of Milwaukee (1958-1964), 67th general Minister (second term)
• Clementinus von Vlissingen (1964-1970), 68th general Minister
• Pascual Rywalski (1970-1982), 69th general Minister
• Flavio Roberto Carraro (1982-1994), 70th general Minister
• John Dennis Corriveau (1994-2006), 71st general Minister
• Mauro Jöhri (since 2006), 72nd general Minister

References

• [1]