Redemptorists

Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris
Abbreviation	CSsR
Formation	November 9, 1732; 291 years ago (November 9, 1732)
Founder	Alphonsus Liguori
Founded at	Scala, Italy
Type	Clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men
Headquarters	Via Merulana 31, Rome, Italy
Membership	4,537 members (includes 3,424 priests) as of 04/2024
Superior general	Fr. Rogério Gomes, CSsR
Patroness	Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Website	cssr.news

The Redemptorists, officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Latin: Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,^[1] is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brothers). It was founded by Alphonsus Liguori at Scala, Italy, for the purpose of labouring among the neglected country people around Naples. It is dedicated to missionary work and they minister in more than 100 countries. Members of the congregation are Catholic priests and consecrated religious brothers.

The Redemptorists are especially dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help and were appointed by Pope Pius IX in 1865 as both custodians and missionaries of the icon of that title, which is enshrined at the Redemptorist Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori in Rome. Many Redemptorist churches are dedicated to her under that title.

However, the Patroness of the Congregation is the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title "Immaculate Conception," of which St. Alphonsus was a strong propagator even before Marian Dogma was officially promulgated.