New General Council of the Order Elected
Rome, September 6. Three days ago, September 3, the General Chapter elected the General Minister of the Order in the person of Br. Roberto Genuin. According to the schedule, today was the day to elect his Council, made up of representatives of the various geographical areas. As our Constitutions state, “the responsibility of the councilors is to assist the general minister in the governance of the whole order.” (125, 7)
Ten General Councilors were elected, one more than at the General Chapter of 2012, in order to provide a second Councilor for Africa.
Here is the list of the elected General Councilors, in order of election:
Norbert Auberlin Solondrazana
Province of Madagascar
b. 1968, t. prof. 1990
Languages: French, English, Italian
Francesco Neri
Province of Puglia (Italy)
b. 1959, t. prof. 1987
Languages: Italian, English, German
Carlos Silva
Province of São Paulo (Brazil)
b. 1962, t. prof. 1988
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish
Kilian Ngitir
Custody of Cameroon
b. 1967, t. prof. 1991
Languages: English, French, Italian
Piotr Stasiński
Province of Warsaw (Poland)
b. 1957, t. prof. 1978
Languages: Polish, Italian
Pio Murat
Province of France – reelected
b. 1959, t. prof. 1981
Languages: French, Turkish, Greek, Italian, English
John Baptist Palliparambil
Province of St. Francis, Kerala (India)
b. 1962, t. prof. 1984
Languages: Malayalam, English, Italian
Victorius Dwiardy
Province of Pontianak (Indonesia) - reelected
b. 1968, t. prof. 1990
Languages: Indonesian, English, Dutch, Italian
José Ángel Torres Rivera
Custody of Puerto Rico (USA)
b. 1972, t. prof. 1997
Languages: Spanish, English, Italian
Celestino Arias
Province of New York and New England (USA)
b. 1968, t. prof. 1992
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese
Tomorrow on the schedule is the election of the General Vicar of the Order from among the members of the new General Council
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