Guadalupe Missionaries ( es, Misioneros de Guadalupe, official name: es, Instituto de Santa María de Guadalupe para las Misiones Extranjeras), also known by their abbreviation MG, is a Roman Catholic

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society in

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. It was founded on October 7, 1949. The headquarters are located in

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The members of the Society are secular and devote their lives to the mission ''

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''. The first Superior General of the Society was Bishop Alonso M. Escalante, a Mexican who worked previously for years in

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and

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