Congregation of Pious Workers Rural Catechists

The Congregation of Pious Workers Rural Catechists or Ardorini Missionaries (in Latin Congregatio Piorum Operariorum Catechistarum Ruralium) are a Roman Catholic religious order. They use the post-nominal initials P.O.C.R.^[1][2]

The congregation was founded in 1943 through the union of the Congregation of Pious Workers (founded by Carlo Carafa in Naples in 1600 using the post-nominal initials C.P.O.) with the Congregation of Rural Catechists (founded by Gaetano Mauro in Montalto Uffugo in 1928).^[3]

References

1. Ann. Pont. 2010, p. 1440.
2. "Pious Workers Rural Catechists - Ardorini Missionaries (Institute of Consecrated Life)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 1, 2016
3. D. Vizzari, DIP, vol. VI (1980), col. 1718.

Bibliography

• Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2010, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 2010. ISBN 978-88-209-8355-0.
• Guerrino Pelliccia e Giancarlo Rocca (curr.), Dizionario degli Istituti di Perfezione (10 voll.), Edizioni paoline, Milano 1974-2003.