The order was founded on January 25, 1816, by Father Eugene de Mazenod to preach missions in Provençal, France.
The 15 OMI in Pakistan in 2006 included 3 local men, 3 each from Poland, Austria and Canada and 2 from Indonesia.
[3] The Oblates also work in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, providing Our Lady of Lourdes Minor Seminary with its rector Father J.J. Edwards OMI.
Victor Gnanapragasam OMI as apostolic vicar of the new ecclesiastical circumscription and the titular bishop of Timida.
Christi Silva, a Missionary of the Oblates from Sri Lanka, who has been in the service of the Diocese of Multan for over 8 years, was arrested on charges of lacking a valid residence permit.