Europe
The Presence of Carmel in Europe can be traced to the transfer of the Carmelites from the Holy Land in 1238. The first foundations were: Messina in Sicily, Italy, Aylesford and Hulne in England, and Les Aygalades-Marseilles in France. After these first foundations, the Carmelites spread to Spain (1263), Italy (1238), Portugal (1251), Germany (1268), Ireland (1271), Malta (1418), Poland (1411), Holland (1652), Bohemia and Moravia (1411, suppressed in 1785 and revived in 1908), Romania (2002), Ukraine, France (suppressed in 1789 and revived in 1989).
In 1240 there was a Carmelite foundation in Les Aygalades (the first in France), near Marseilles and in Nantes in 1318. In the year 1789…
The seat of the General Curia is the residence of the Prior General and the General Councilors of the Order. The curia also houses religious…
The Carmelites arrived in Malta in 1418, when the noblewoman, Margaret d'Aragon, deeded the chapel and surrounding land of Lunzjata (Rabat) to any religious Order…
The long history of the Polish Province is affected by the complicated political situation of the country. The most ancient Carmelite foundation in Poland is…
In 1493 the Province of Lusitania (Portugal) was established. The Province developed materially and spiritually in the XVII-XVIII centuries, until the time of the earthquake…
In 1411, The Province of Bohemia separated from the Upper German Province and become with the friaries of Prague (founded in 1347) and Tachov (1385),…
The foundation of the Carmelite mission in Romania began in 2002 by the Italian Province. Mãnãstirea CarmelitanãStr. SlatinaCom MãrgineniJud Bacãu607317 LUNCANITel/ Fax. +40 234.206085/59/61e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
On the 1st of January 2013, the provinces of Upper and Lower Germany (separated 1294), after many years of intense cooperation, especially in the field…
England was one of the earliest sites of the Carmelites in Europe. It was not until the 20th century that the Irish Carmelites definitively brought…
The houses of the Order in Ireland, the first of which was founded in Leighlinbridge, Co. Kildare in 1271, were once part of the English…
The Italian Province of Carmelites is a union of four former provinces in Italy, namely: the Province of Sicily (the first Province of the Order…
In 1809, religious Orders were suppressed by the French under Joachim Murat, King of Naples. The six Carmelite Provinces in the kingdom, comprising eighty-three convents,…
The first house was opened in Andalusia in Gibraleón (1306 - 1320) by the Infantes de la Cerda. From there, the Carmelites made a foundation…
This Commissariat was only recently erected under this title. But it has inherited a tradition which goes back to 1524 when the Naples convent of…
In the course of time the Province of the Netherlands became one of the largest and most flourishing in the Carmelite Order. It has distinguished…
The history of these provinces dates back to 1281, when in Spain the "Province of Aragonia or Hispania" was founded, from which the other Spanish…
In 1336 the Vicariate of Perpignan was erected from the Province of Spain, also called Aragon. In 1339 it appears as the Vicariate of Perpignan…
The foundation of Carmel in Ukraine began with the Polish Province. There are currently 5 friars living in this country. WLODZIMIERZWOLYNSKI – PaМонастир Отців Кармелітів44700Володимир…
