PROVINCIALS OF THE IRISH PROVINCE
- Stephen Kyne (1912-1913)
- Maurice Slattery (1913-1918, 1925-1931)
- William Butler (1918-1925)
- Stephen Harrington (1931-1946)
- Patrick Kelly (1946-1952)
- John Creaven (1952-1968)
- Laurence Carr (1968-1976)
- Joseph Donnelly (1976-1978)
- Cornelius Murphy (1978-1989)
- John Quinlan (1989-2001)
- Fachtna O’Driscoll (2001-2013)
- Michael McCabe (2013-2019)
- Malachy Flanagan (2019-Â )
SUPERIORS GENERAL OF THE SMA FROM THE IRISH PROVINCE
- Maurice Slattery (1937-1947)
- Stephen Harrington (1947-1958)
- Patrick Harrington (1983-1995)
- Kieran O’Reilly (2001- 2010)
- Fachtna O’Driscoll (2013-2019)Â
Irish Province SMA Bishops, Vicars Apostolic and Prefects Apostolic included
Prefect Apostolic (PA), Vicar Apostolic (VA), Bishop (Bp)
- Thomas Broderick, VA of Western Nigeria (1918-1933), +1933
- Francis O’Rourke, VA of the Coast of Benin, Nigeria (1930-1938), +1938
- Stephen Kyne, PA of Liberia +1947
- Leo H Taylor, VA of the Coast of Benin (1939-1950), Archbishop of Lagos (1950-1965) Nigeria, +1965
- Patrick J Kelly, VA of Western Nigeria (1939-1943), VA of Asaba-Benin (1943-1950) and Bp of Benin City (1950-1973) Nigeria, +1995
- John M Collins, PA (1932-1934) and VA of Liberia (1934-1950), VA of Monrovia (1950-1960), Liberia, +1961
- William Lumley, PA of Jos, Nigeria (1934-1953), +1962
- Joseph G Holland, VA of Lower Volta (1946-1950) and Bp of Keta (1950-1953), Ghana, +1972
- John McCarthy, PA (1943-1954), Bp (1954-1959) and Archbishop of Kaduna (1959-1975), Nigeria, +1975
- Thomas P Hughes, PA of Kaduna (1934-1943), VA of Ondo-Ilorin (1943-1950), Bp of Ondo (1950-1957), Nigeria, +1957
- William Porter, PA of Northern Nigeria (1930-1933), VA of the Gold Coast (1933-1950) and Archbishop of Cape Coast (1950-1959), Ghana +1966
- Francis Carroll, PA of Cape Palmas (1950-1960), VA of Monrovia (1960-1976), Liberia, also Apostolic Internunco and Pro-Nuncio to Liberia (1961-1976), +1980
- William R Field, Bp of Ondo (1958-1976), Nigeria, +1988
- John Reddington, Bp of Jos, (1954-1974), Nigeria, +1994
- Richard Finn, PAÂ (1953-1958) and Bp of Ibadan (1958-1974) Nigeria, +1989
- William Mahony, PA (1960-1969) and Bp of Ilorin (1969-1984), Nigeria, +1994
- John Moore, VA (1996-2003) and Bp of Bauchi (2003-2010), Nigeria +2010
- Noel O’Regan, Bp of Solwezi, Zambia 1995-2004
- Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bp of Ndola, Zambia 2004-2010
- Timothy Carroll, PA (1995-2002) and VA of Kontagora (2002-2010), Nigeria
- Patrick J Harrington, Bishop of Lodwar, Kenya (2000-2011)
- Kieran O’Reilly, Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland (2010 – )Â