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List of ministers general of the Trinitarian Order

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This is a list of the ministers general of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of the Captives.

Ministers General up to 1598

John de Matha, 1198 - 1213

John the Englishman, 1214 - 1217

William the Scot, 1217 - 1222

Roger of Champagne, 1223 - 1227

Michael the Spaniard, 1227 - 1230

Nicolas, 1231 - 1257

James of Flanders, 1257 - 1262

Alard, 1262 - 1272

Jean Boileau, 1272 - 1291

Pierre de Cuisy, 1291 - 1315

Bertraud, 1315 - 1324

Jean Brunet, 1324 - 1337

Thomas Loquet, 1337 - 1357

Pedro de Bourry, 1357 - 1373

Jean de La Marche, 1374 - 1392

Renaud de La Marche, 1392 - 1410

Thierry de Vareland, 1410 - 1413

Étienne Mesnil-Fouchard, 1414 - 1415

Pierre Chandoté, 1415 - 1420

Jean Halboud de Troyes, 1421 - 1439

Jean Thibaut, 1440 - 1460

Raul Duvivier, 1460 - 1472

Robert Gaguin, 1473 - 1501

Guy Musnier, 1502 - 1508

Nicholas Musnier, 1509 - 1545

Thierry Musnier, 1546 - 1568

Bernard of Metz or Dominici, 1570 - 1597

François Petit, 1598 - 1612

Ministers General of the Calced Trinitarians

Louis Petit, 1612 - 1652

Claude Ralle, 1652 - 1654

Pierre Mercier, 1655 - 1683

For France

Eustache Teissier, 1686 - 1693 Not confirmed by Innocent XI

Grégoire de la Forge, 1693 - 1704

For the provinces outside France

Antonio Pegueroles, 1688 - 1696

José of Toledo, 1696 - 1700

For the entire Order

Grégoire de La Forge, 1704 - 1706

Claude Massac, 1706 - 1716 and 1716 - 1748

Guillaume Lefèvre, 1749 - 1764

François Pichault, 1765 - 1780

Pierre Chauvier, 1781 - 1792

Vacancy (1792-1805)

Silvestre Calvo, 1805 - 1813

Blas Sánchez, 1814 - 1824 (Vicar General)

Pablo Hernández, 1825 - 1826

Francisco Javier León, 1826 - 1831 (Vicar General)

Francisco Martí, 1831 - 1853

Segismundo Casas, 1853 - 05/11/1855 (Apostolic Commmissary)

Antonio Martín Bienes, 1856 - 1894 (Apostolic Commissary)

Ministers General of the Discalced Trinitarians

Gabriel of the Assumption, 1631 - 1632

Francisco of the Cross, 1632

Isidoro of the St. John, 1632-1635 (Vicar General) 1635 - 1641 (Minister General)

Diego of Jesus, 1641 - 1647

Martín of the Assumption, 1647 - 1653

Gaspar of Jesus, 06/05/1653 - 1656

Diego of the Mother of God, 1656

Leandro of the Bl. Sacrament, 1656 - 1662

Francisco of the St. Julian, 1662 - 1663

Pedro of the Ascension, 1663 (Vicar General) 1665 - 1671 (Minister General)

Antonio of the Conception, 1671 - 1677

Antonio of the Holy Spirit, 1677 - 1678

Miguel of the Jesus and Mary, 1678 - 1680 (Vicar General)

Antonio of the Conception, 1680 - 1685

Pedro of the St. Michael, 1685 - 1686 (Vicar General) 1686 - 1692 (Minister General)

Rafael of St. John, 1692 - 1693

Juan of St. Anthony, 1693 - 1695 (Vicar General) 1695 - 1701 (Minister General)

Juan of St. Athanasius, 1701 - 1707

Juan of St. Paul, 1707 - 1716

Alejandro of the Conception, 1716 - 1739

Miguel of St.

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