The PIME Missionaries have their roots in the Lombard Seminary for Foreign Missions and Pontifical Seminary of Sts. Peter and Paul for Foreign Missions (the Pontifical Seminary for Foreign Missions. ) The institute was founded by Pius XI in 1926 when he united the seminaries of Milan (1850) and Rome (1871). The two merged to become the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, Pontificum Institutum pro Missionibus Exteris (PIME.)

History by Piero Gheddo

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December 1, 1850 April 10, 1852 September 25, 1855 June 21, 1874 July 21, 1900 May 26, 1926 1947 January 11, 1949 September 15, 1952 1954 1954 1975 1981 1991 2009 June 26, 2011