List of ministers general of the Franciscans

This is a list of the ministers general of the Franciscans. This includes the Order of Friars Minor, the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, and the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

Ministers general up to 1517

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

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

• Ludovico Donati (1379–1383), 24th Minister general
• Pietro da Conzano (1383–1384), 25th Minister general
• Martino Sangiorgio de Rivarolo (1384–1387), 26th Minister general
• Enrico Alfieri (1387–1405), 27th Minister general
• Antonio Vinitti de Pereto (1405–1408), 28th Minister general
  • Angelo Salvetti (1408–1409), general Vicar
• Antonio da Cascia (1410–1415), 29th Minister general (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 Minister general
• Antonio da Massa Marittima (1424–1430), 31st Minister general
• Guillermo Robazoglio da Casale (1430–1442), 32nd Minister general
  • Alberto Berdini de Sarteano (1442–1443) ( general Vicar)
• Antonio Rusconi (1443–1449), 33rd Minister general
• Angel Cristofori del Toscano (1450–1453), 34th Minister general
• Jacob Bassolini de Mozzanica (1454–1457), 35th Minister general
• Jaime Zarzuela (1458–1464), 36th Minister general
• Francesco della Rovere (1464–1469), 37th Minister general, later Pope Sixtus IV.
• Zanetto de Udine (1469–1475), 38th Minister general
• Francesco Nanni called Samson (1475–1499), 39th Minister general
• Egidio Delfini de Amelia (1500–1506), 40th Minister general
• Rainaldo Graziani de Cotignola (1506–1510), 41st Minister general
• Felipe Porcacci de Bagnacavallo (1510–1511), 42nd Minister general
  • Gomez de Lisboa (1511–1512), general Vicar
• Bernardino Prati (1511–1517), 43rd Minister general (for the first year as general Vicar)

Ministers general of the Friars Minor (OFM)

• Cristoforo Numai (1517–1518), 44th Minister general
• Francesco Lichetto (1518–1520), 45th Minister general
• Paolo da Soncino (1520–1523), 46th Minister general (for the first year as general Vicar)
• Francisco de Quiñones, 47th Minister general (1523–1527)
  • Antonio de Calcena (1527–1529), general Vicar
• Paolo Pisotti (1529–1533), 48th Minister general
• Vincenzo Lunello (1535–1541), 49th Minister general
• Giovanni Matteo de Calvi (1541–1547), 50th Minister general
• Andreas Alvarez (1547–1553), 51st Minister general
• Clemente Dolera (1553–1557), 52nd Minister general
  • (An unknown general Vicar) (1557–1559)
• Francisco Zamora de Cuenca (1559–1565), 53rd Minister general
• Aloisio Pozzi da Borgonuovo (1565–1571), 54th Minister general
• Christopher de Chaffontaines (1571–1579), 55th Minister general
• Francisco Gonzaga (1579–1587), 56th Minister general, Chronist
• Francisco de Tolosa (1587–1593), 57th Minister general
• Bonaventura Secusi da Caltagirone (1593–1600), 58th Minister general
• Francisco Susa de Toledo (1600–1606), 59th Minister general
• Arcangelo Gualterio de Messina (1606–1612), 60th Minister general
• Juan Hierro (1612–1613), 61st Minister general
  • Antonio de Trejo (1613–1618), general Vicar
• Benigno de Genova (1618–1625), 62nd Minister general
• Bernardino of Senna (1625–1631), 63rd Minister general
• Giovanni Battista de Campania (1633–1639), 64th Minister general
• Juan Marinero de Madrid (1639–1645), 65th Minister general
• Giovanni Mazzara, 1645–1648, 66th Minister general
• Pedro Manero (1651–1655), 67th Minister general
• Michaelangelo Buongiorno de Sambuca (1658–1664), 68th Minister general
• Ildefonso Salizanes (1664–1670), 69th Minister general
• Francesco Maria Rhini (1670–1674), 70th Minister general
• Francesco Maria Nicolis (1674–1676), 71st Minister general
• Jose Ximenes Samaniego (1676–1682), 72nd Minister general
• Pietro Marini Sormani (1682–1688), 73rd Minister general
• Marcos de Zarzosa (1688–1690), 74th Minister general
• Juan Aluin (1690–1694), 75th Minister general
• Bonaventura Poerio de Taverna (1694–1697), 76th Minister general^[1]
• Matteo de Santo Stefano (1697–1700), 77th Minister general
• Luis Torres (1700–1701), 78th Minister general
• Ildefonso Biesma (1702–1716), 79th Minister general
• Jose Garcia (1717–1723), 80th Minister general
• Lorenzo Cozza de S. Lorenzo (1723–1726), 81st Minister general
• Matteo Basile de Parete (1727–1729), 82nd Minister general
• Juan Soto de Valladolid (1729–1736), 83rd Minister general
• Juan Bermejo (1736–1740), 84th Minister general
• Gaetano Politi de Laurino (1740–1744), 85th Minister general
• Rafaello Rossi de Lugagnano (1744–1750), 86th Minister general
• Pedro Juanete de Molina (1750–1756), 87th Minister general
• Clemente Guignoni de Palermo (1756–1762), 88th Minister general
• Pedro Juanete de Molina (1762–1768), 89th Minister general (second appointment)
• Pasquale Frasconi de Varese (1768–1791), 90th Minister general
• Joaquin de Campany i Soler (1792–1806), 91st Minister general
• Ilario Cervelli de Montemagno (1806–1814), 92nd Minister general
• Gaudenzio Patrignani e Coriano (1814–1817), 93rd Minister general
• Cirilo Alameda y Brea (1817–1824), 94th Minister general
• Giovanni Tecca de Capestrano (1824–1830), 95th Minister general
• Luis Iglesias (1830–1834), 96th Minister general
• Bartolome Altemir (1835–1838), 97th Minister general
• Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco (1838–1844), 98th Minister general
• Luigi Flamini de Loreto (1844–1850), 99th Minister general
• Venanzio Metildi de Celano (1850–1856), 100th Minister general
• Bernardino Trionfetti de Montefranco (1856–1832), 101st Minister general
• Rafaele Lippi de Pontecci Marconi (1862–1869), 102nd Minister general
• Bernardino dal Vago da Portogruaro (1869–1889), 103rd Minister general
• Luigi da Parma (1889–1897), 104th Minister general
• Aloysius Lauer (1897–1901), 105th Minister general
  • David Fleming (1901–1915), general Vicar
• Dionysius Schüler (1903–1911), 106th Minister general
• Pacifico Monza (1911–1915), 107th Minister general
• Serafino Cimino da Capri (1915–1921), 108th Minister general
• Bernardino Klumper (1921–1927), 109th Minister general
• Bonaventura Marrani (1927–1933), 110th Minister general
• Leonardo Bello (1933–1944), 111th Minister general
  • Policarp Schmoll (1944–1945), general Vicar
• Valentine Theodore Schaaf (1945–1946), 112th Minister general
• Pacifico Perantoni (1947–1952), 113th Minister general
• Augustin-Joseph Sépinski (1952–1965), 114th Minister general
• Constantin Koser (1965–1979), 115th Minister general (for the first two years as general Vicar)
• John Vaughn (1979–1991), 116th Minister general
• Hermann Schalück (1991–1997), 117th Minister general
• Giacomo Bini (1997–2003), 118th Minister general
• José Rodríguez Carballo (2003–2013), 119th Minister general
• Michael Anthony Perry (2013-2021), 120th Minister general
• Massimo Fusarelli (Since 2021), 121st Minister general^{[2][circular reference][3]}

Ministers general of the Conventuals (OFM Conv.)

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

• Alfonso Orlich (Orlini) (1924–1930), 110th Minister general
• Domingo Maria Tavani (1930–1936), 111th Minister general (second term of office)
• Beda Maria Hess (1936–1953), 112th Minister general
  • Buenavista Mansi (1953–1954), general Vicar
• Victor Maria Costantini (1954–1960), 113th Minister general
• Basilio Maria Heiser (1960–1972), 114th Minister general
• Vitale Maria Bonmarco (1972–1984), 115th Minister general
• Lanfranco Serrini (1984–1996), 116th Minister general
• Agostino Gardin (1996–2002), 117th Minister general
• Joachim Giermek (2002–2007), 118th Minister general
• Marco Tasca (2007-2019), 119th Minister general
• Carlos Alberto Trovarelli (since 2019), 120th Minister general

General Vicars and Ministers general 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), Minister general
• Juan Maria de Noto (1625–1631), 22nd Minister general
  • Jeronimo de Narni (1631–1632), general Vicar
  • Francisco de Genova (1632–1634), general Vicar
• Antonio de Modena (1634–1637), 23rd Minister general
• Juan de Moncalieri (1637–1643), 24th Minister general
• Inocencio de Caltagirone (1643–1650), 25th Minister general
• Fortunato de Cadore (1650–1656), 26th Minister general
• Simpliciano de Milan (1656–1662), 27th Minister general
• Marco Antonio de Carpenedolo (1662–1665), 28th Minister general
  • 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 Minister general
• Bernardo de Porto Maurizio (1678–1684), 30th Minister general
  • Buenaventura de Recanati (1684–1685), general Vicar
• Carlos Maria de Macerata (1685–1691), 31st Minister general
• Bernardino de Arezzo (1691–1698), 32nd Minister general
• Juan Pedro de Busto Arsizio (1698–1700), 33rd Minister general
  • Angelicus von Wolfach (1700–1702), general Vicar
• Agustin de Latisana (1702–1709), 34th Minister general
• Bernardino de Saluzzo (1709–1710), 35th Minister general
  • Juan Antonio de Florencia (1710–1712), general Vicar
• Miguel Angel de Ragusa (1712–1719), 36th Minister general
• Juan Antonio de Florencia (1719–1721), 37th Minister general
  • Bernardino de Sant'Angelo in Vado (1721–1726), general Vicar
• Hartman de Bressanone (1726–1731), 38th Minister general
• Buenventura de Ferrara (1731–1740), 39th Minister general
• Jose Maria de Terni (1740–1747), 40th Minister general
• Segismundo de Ferrara (1747–1753), 41st Minister general
  • Gelasio de Gorizia (1753–1754), general Vicar
• Serafin von Ziegenhals (1754–1761), 42nd Minister general
• Pablo de Colindres (1761–1766), 43rd Minister general
  • Jose Maria de Savorgnano (1766–1768), general Vicar
• Amado de Lamballe (1768–1773), 44th Minister general
• Erhard de Radkesburg (1773–1789), 45th Minister general (first two years general Vicar)
• Angelico de Sassuolo (1789–1796), 46th Minister general
• Nicolas de Bustillo (1796–1806), 47th Minister general
• Miguel Angel de San Sepolcro (1806–1814), 48th Minister general
  • Mariano de Alatri (1814–1818), general Vicar
• Francisco de Solchaga (1818–1824), 49th Minister general
• Ludovico de Frascati (1824–1830), 50th Minister general
• Juan de Valencia (1830–1838), 51st Minister general
• Eugenio de Rumilly (1838–1844), 52nd Minister general
• Luis de Bagnaia (1844–1845), 53rd Minister general
  • Andres de Arezzo (1845–1847), general Vicar
• Venancio de Turin (1847–1853), 54th Minister general
• Salvador de Ozieri (1853–1859), 55th Minister general
• Nicolas de San Juan en Marignano (1859–1872), 56th Minister general
• Gil de Cortona (1872–1884), 57th Minister general
• Bernardo de Andermatt (1884–1908), 58th Minister general
• Pacifico de Seggiano (1908–1914), 59th Minister general
• Venancio de Lisle-en-Rigault (1914–1920), 60th Minister general
• Juan Antonio de San Juan en Persiceto (1920–1926), 61st Minister general
• Melchor de Benisa (1926–1932), 62nd Minister general
• Virgilio de Valstagna (1932–1938), 63rd Minister general
• Donatus von Welle (1938–1946), 64th Minister general
• Clement of Milwaukee (1946–1952), 65th Minister general
• Benigno de S. Ilario Milanese (1952–1958), 66th Minister general
• Clement of Milwaukee (1958–1964), 67th Minister general (second term)
• Clementinus von Vlissingen (1964–1970), 68th Minister general
• Pascual Rywalski (1970–1982), 69th Minister general
• Flavio Roberto Carraro (1982–1994), 70th Minister general
• John Dennis Corriveau (1994–2006), 71st Minister general
• Mauro Jöhri (2006-2018), 72nd Minister general
• Roberto Genuin (since 2018), 73rd Minister general

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