Mission Superiors, Vice-Provincials & Provincials

Superiors of the Mangalore Mission and then Calicut Mission from 1878 to 1955

Father Nicolas Pagani, SJ  1878-1881 Later 1st Bishop of Mangalore	Fr John B Rossi, SJ 1881-1890 (1st term) 1896-1899 (2nd term) 1906-1913 (3rd term)
Fr Abundius Cavadini, SJ 1890-1896 Later 2nd Bishop of Mangalore	Fr Aegidius Frachetti, SJ 1899-1906 - Vice Superior 1913-1915 - Died in office
Fr Peter Ripetto, SJ 1915-1917 - Vice Superior	Fr Joachim D Alberti, SJ         1917-1926
Fr Aloysius Coelho, SJ 1926-1932	Fr Aloysius Ambruzzi, SJ 1932-1934
In Kanara District Fr Aloysius Ambruzzi, SJ 1934-1937	In Malabar District Fr Benjamin M Ranzani, SJ 1934-1937

Vice - Provincials of the Mangalore (Later Karnataka Vice - Province)

Fr Pancratius Zanolin, SJ 1937-1947	Fr Gilbert Coelho, SJ 1943-1945
Fr Aldo Maria Patroni SJ 1947 Later made Bishop of Calicut	Fr Ignatius Fernandes, SJ   1947-1954

Vice Provincials of Karnataka 

Fr Boniface D'Souza, SJ 1954-1955 Superior Calicut Mission 1955-1961	Fr Sylvester Monteiro, SJ 1961-1966
Fr Cyril J. Pereira, SJ 1966-1972	Fr Ambrose D'Mello, SJ 1972-1976
Fr Alexis P. Menezes, SJ 1976-1980	Fr Julian Fernandes, SJ 1980-1983

Provincials of Karnataka Province 

Fr Julian Fernandes, SJ 1980-1986	Fr Anand Prabhu, SJ 1986-1992
Fr Terence Farias, SJ 1992-1998	Fr Ronald Prabhu, SJ 1998-2004
Fr Vijay Kumar Prabhu, SJ 2004-2009	Fr Francis Serrao, SJ 2009-2014 Later as Bishop of Shivmogga Diocese
Fr Jerome Stanislaus D'Souza, SJ 2014-2020	Fr Dionysius Gerard Leonard Vaz, SJ 2020-