Assumptionists
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The Assumptionists, formally known as the Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (; abbreviated AA), is a worldwide congregation of Catholic priests and brothers. It is active in many countries. The French branch played a major role in French political and social history in the 19th century.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- Assumptionists
- Organization.native_name
- Congregatio Augustinianorum ab Assumptione
- Organization.native_name_lang
- la
- Organization.image
- File:P. Emmanuel d'Alzon.jpg
- Organization.image_size
- 200px
- Organization.caption
- Emmanuel d'Alzon
- Organization.abbreviation
- AA
- Organization.full_name
- Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption
- Organization.founder
- Emmanuel d'Alzon
- Organization.founding_location
- Nimes, France
- Organization.type
- Clerical religious congregation of pontifical right (for men)
- Organization.headquarters
- Rome, Italy
- Organization.membership
- 940 members (529 priests)
- Organization.membership_year
- 2018
- Organization.leader_title
- Superior General
- Organization.leader_name
- Ngoya Ya Tsihemba
- Organization.affiliation
- Roman Catholic Church
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- Assumptionists
- inception
- 1845-00-00
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14 sectionsContents
- Founder
- Assumptionists/Augustinians of the Assumption
- Present day
- The Assumption family
- Original Assumptionist congregations
- The Religious Sisters of the Assumption
- Augustinians of the Assumption
- Assumption Oblate Sisters
- Little Sisters of the Assumption
- The Orantes of the Assumption
- Twentieth-century foundations
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Assumptionists, formally known as the Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (; abbreviated AA), is a worldwide congregation of Catholic priests and brothers. It is active in many countries. The French branch played a major role in French political and social history in the 19th century.
==Founder==
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