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Minister general to the Great Schism

• Francis of Assisi (1210-1226)
• Johannes 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), Vicar general
• 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

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Minister general during the Great Schism

Minister general to the division of the Order in 1517

• Antonius Vinetti von Pireto (1405-1408), 28th Minister general
  • Angelo Salvetti (1408-1409), Vicar general
• Antonio da Cascia (1410-1415), 29th Minister general (for the first year Vicar general)
• Antonio Vinitti de Pereto (1415-1420), second appointment
• 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) (Vicar general)
• 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), Vicar general
• Bernardino Prati (1511-1517), 43rd Minister general (for the first year as Vicar general)

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Minister general of the Friars Minor Conventual (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 Vicar general)
• Jaime Antonio Ferduzzi (1530-1537), 47th Minister general (first 4 years Vicar general)
• 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 Vicar general)
• Juan Antonio Muratori de Cervia (1559-1559), 52nd Minister general
  • Juan Antonio Delfini (1559-1561), Vicar general
• Antonio de' Sapienti (1561-1566), 53rd Minister general (first year as Vicar general)
• Felix Peretti de Montalto (1566-1568), Vicar general, later Pope Sixtus V
• Juan Tancredi (1568-1568), 54th Minister general
• Juan Pico (1568-1574), 55th Minister general (first 3 years Vicar general)
• 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 Vicar general)
• Julian Causi (1590-1590), 60th Minister general
• Francisco Bonfigli (1590-1591), 61st Minister general
  • Ludovico Albuzzi (1592-1593), Vicar general
• 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 Vicar general)
• 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 Vicar general)
• 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), Vicar general for Vicente Coronelli
• Bernardino Angelo Carucci (1707-1713), 79th Minister general
• Domingo Andrea Borghesi (1713-1718), 80th Minister general
  • Jose M. Baldrati (1718-1719), Vicar general
• 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), Vicar general
• 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 Vicar general)
• 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), Vicar general
• 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 Vicar general)
• 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), Vicar general
• 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), Vicar general
• Victor Maria Costantini (1954-1960), 113rd 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
• Agostini Gardin (1996-2002), 117th Minister general
• Joachim Giermek (2002-present), 118th Minister general

Minister general of the Observantines (Franciscans, 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 Vicar general)
• Francisco de Angelis Quinones, 47th Minister general (1523-1527)
  • Antonio de Calcena (1527-1529), Vicar general
• 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), 52st Minister general
  • (An unknown Vicar general) (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), Vicar general
• Benigno de Genova (1618-1625), 62. Minister general
• Bernardino of Senna (1625-1631), 63. Minister general
• Giovanni Battista de Campania (1633-1639), 64. Minister general
• Juan Marinero de Madrid (1639-1645), 65. Minister general
• Giovanni Mazzara, 1645-1648, 66. Minister general
• Pedro Manero (1651-1655), 67. Minister general
• Michaelangelo Buongiorno de Sambuca (1658-1664), 68. Minister general
• Ildefonso Salizanes (1664-1670), 69. Minister general
• Francesco Maria Rhini (1670-1674), 70. Minister general
• Francesco Maria Nicolis (1674-1676), 71. Minister general
• Jose Ximenes Samaniego (1676-1682), 72. Minister general
• Pietro Marini Sormani (1682-1688), 73. Minister general
• Marcos de Zarzosa (1688-1690), 74. Minister general
• Juan Aluin (1690-1694), 75. Minister general
• Bonaventura Pomerio de Taverna (1694-1697), 76. Minister general
• Matteo de Santo Stefano (1697-1700), 77. Minister general
• Luis Torres (1700-1701), 78. Minister general
• Ildefonso Biesma (1702-1716), 79. Minister general
• Jose Garcia (1717-1723), 80. Minister general
• Lorenzo Cozza de S. Lorenzo (1723-1726), 81. Minister general
• Matteo Basile de Parete (1727-1729), 82. Minister general
• Juan Soto de Valladolid (1729-1736), 83. Minister general
• Juan Bermejo (1736-1740), 84. Minister general
• Gaetano Politi de Laurino (1740-1744), 85. Minister general
• Rafaello Rossi de Lugagnano (1744-1750), 86. Minister general
• Pedro Juanete de Molina (1750-1756), 87. Minister general
• Clemente Guignoni de Palermo (1756-1762), 88. Minister general
• Pedro Juanete de Molina (1762-1768), 89. Minister general (second appointment)
• Pasquale Frasconi de Varese (1768-1791), 90. Minister general
• Joaquin de Campany i Soler (1792-1806), 91. Minister general
• Ilario Cervelli de Montemagno (1806-1814), 92. Minister general
• Gaudenzio Patrignani e Coriano (1814-1817), 93. Minister general
• Cirilo Alameda y Brea (1817-1824), 94. Minister general
• Giovanni Tecca de Capestrano (1824-1830), 95. Minister general
• Luis Iglesias (1830-1834), 96. Minister general
• Bartolome Altemir (1835-1838), 97. Minister general
• Giuseppe Maria Maniscalco (1838-1844), 98. Minister general
• Luigi Flamini de Loreto (1844-1850), 99. Minister general
• Venanzio Metildi de Celano (1850-1856), 100. Minister general
• Bernardino Trionfetti de Montefranco (1856-1832), 101. Minister general
• Rafaele Lippi de Pontecci Marconi (1862-1869), 102. Minister general
• Bernardino dal Vago da Portogruaro (1869-1889), 103. Minister general
• Luigi da Parma (1889-1897), 104. Minister general
• Aloysius Lauer (1897-1901), 105. Minister general
  • David Fleming (1901-1915), Vicar general
• Dionysius Schüler (1903-1911), 106. Minister general
• Pacifico Monza (1911-1915), 107. Minister general
• Serafino Cimino da Capri (1915-1921), 108. Minister general
• Bernardino Klumper (1921-1927), 109. Minister general
• Bonaventura Marrani (1927-1933), 110. Minister general
• Leonardo Bello (1933-1944), 111. Minister general
  • Policarp Schmoll (1944-1945), Vicar general
• Valentin Schaaf (1945-1946), 112. Minister general
• Pacifico Perantoni (1947-1952), 113. Minister general
• Agostino Sepinski (1952-1965), 114. Minister general
• Constantin Koser (1965-1979), 115. Minister general (for the first two years as Vicar general)
• John Vaughn (1985-1991), 116. Minister general
• Hermann Schalück (1991-1997), 117. Minister general
• Giacomo Bini (1997-2003), 118. Minister general
• José Rodríguez Carballo (2003-2009), 119th Minister general

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Vicar general and Minister general of the Capuchins (OFMcap)

• Mateo de Bascio (1529), 1st Vicar general
• Ludovico de Fossombrone (1529-1535), 2nd Vicar general
• Bernardino de Asti (1535-1538), 3rd Vicar general
• Bernardino Ochino (1538-1542), 4th Vicar general
• Francisco de Iesi (1542-1546), 5th Vicar general
• Bernardino de Asti (1546-1552), (second term)
• Eusebio de Ancona (1552-1558), 6. Vicar general
• Tomas de Citta de Castello (1558-1564), 7. Vicar general
• Evangelista de Cannobio (1564-1567), 8. Vicar general
• Mario de Mercato Saraceno (1567-1573), 9. Vicar general, Chronist
• Vicente de Monte d’Olmo (1573-1574), 10. Vicar general
• Jeronimo de Montefiore (1574-1581), 11. Vicar general
• Juan Maria de Tusa (1581-1584), 12. Vicar general
• Santiago de Mercato Saraceno (1584-1587), 13. Vicar general
• Jeronimo da Polizzi (1587-1593), 14. Vicar general
• Silvestre de Monteleone (1593-1596), 15. Vicar general
• Jeronimo de Sorbo (1596-1599), 16. Vicar general
• Jeronimo de Castelferretti (1599-1602), 17. Vicar general
• San Lorenzo de Brindisi (1602-1605), 18. Vicar general
• Silvestre d’Assisi (1605-1608), 19. Vicar general
  • Jeronimo de Castelferetti (1608-1613), 2. Amtszeit
• Pablo de Cesena (1613-1618), 20. Vicar general
• Clemente de Noto (1618-1619), 21. Vicar general
• Clemente de Noto (1619-1625), Minister general
• Juan Maria de Noto (1625-1631), 22. Minister general
  • Jeronimo de Narni (1631-1632), Vicar general
  • Francisco de Genova (1632-1634), Vicar general
• Antonio de Modena (1634-1637), 23. Minister general
• Juan de Moncalieri (1637-1643), 24. Minister general
• Inocencio de Caltagirone (1643-1650), 25. Minister general
• Fortunato de Cadore (1650-1656), 26. Minister general
• Simpliciano de Milan (1656-1662), 27th Minister general
• Marco Antonio de Carpenedolo (1662-1665), 28. Minister general
  • Fortunato de Cadore (1665-1667), Vicar general
• Fortunato de Cadore] (1667-1669), (second term)
  • Buenaventura de Recanati (1669-1671), Vicar general
• Esteban de Cesena (1671-1678), 29. Minister general
• Bernardo de Porto Maurizio (1678-1684), 30. Minister general
  • Buenaventura de Recanati (1684-1685), Vicar general
• Carlos Maria de Macerata (1685-1691), 31. Minister general
• Bernardino de Arezzo (1691-1698), 32. Minister general
• Juan Pedro de Busto Arsizio (1698-1700), 33. Minister general
  • Angelicus von Wolfach (1700-1702), Vicar general
• Agustin de Latisana (1702-1709), 34. Minister general
• Bernardino de Saluzzo (1709-1710), 35. Minister general
  • Juan Antonio de Florencia (1710-1712), Vicar general
• Miguel Angel de Ragusa (1712-1719), 36. Minister general
• Juan Antonio de Florencia (1719-1721), 37. Minister general
  • Bernardino de Sant’Angelo in Vado (1721-1726), Vicar general
• Hartman de Bressanone (1726-1731), 38. Minister general
• Buenventura de Ferrara (1731-1740), 39. Minister general
• Jose Maria de Terni (1740-1747), 40. Minister general
• Segismundo de Ferrara (1747-1753), 41. Minister general
  • Gelasio de Gorizia (1753-1754, Vicar general
• Serafin von Ziegenhals (1754-1761), 42. Minister general
• Pablo de Colindres (1761-1766), 43. Minister general
  • Jose Maria de Savorgnano (1766-1768), Vicar general
• Amado de Lamballe (1768-1773), 44. Minister general
• Erhard de Radkesburg (1773-1789), 45. Minister general (first two years Vicar general)
• Angelico de Sassuolo (1789-1796), 46. Minister general
• Nicolas de Bustillo (1796-1806), 47. Minister general
• Miguel Angel de San Sepolcro (1806-1814), 48. Minister general
  • Mariano de Alatri (1814-1818), Vicar general
• Francisco de Solchaga (1818-1824), 49. Minister general
• Ludovico de Frascati (1824-1830), 50. Minister general
• Juan de Valencia (1830-1838), 51. Minister general
• Eugenio de Rumilly (1838-1844), 52. Minister general
• Luis de Bagnaia (1844-1845), 53. Minister general
  • Andres de Arezzo (1845-1847), Vicar general
• Venancio de Turin (1847-1853), 54. Minister general
• Salvador de Ozieri (1853-1859), 55. Minister general
• Nicolas de San Juan en Marignano (1859-1872), 56. Minister general
• Gil de Cortona (1872-1884), 57. Minister general
• Bernardo de Andermatt (1884-1908), 58. Minister general
• Pacifico de Seggiano (1908-1914), 59. Minister general
• Venancio de Lisle-en-Rigault (1914-1920), 60. Minister general
• Juan Antonio de San Juan en Persiceto (1920-1926), 61. Minister general
• Melchor de Benisa (1926-1932), 62. Minister general
• Virgilio de Valstagna (1932-1938), 63. Minister general
• Donatus von Welle (1938-1946), 64. 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
• Roberto Flavio Carraro (1982-1994), 70th Minister general
• John Corriveau (1994-2006), 71st Minister general
• Mauro Jöhri (2006-?), 72nd Minister general

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