RMG – General Council’s activities in last winter plenary session

04 February 2022

(ANS - Rome) - From 1 December 2021 to 28 January last, Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime and his Counci were involved in the activities of the winter plenary session of the General Council. Many and timely were the decisions taken in this assembly.

In the 28 meetings that Fr Á.F. Artime and the General Council’S other members had during this time, eight Provincials were appointed:

-      The first Provincial of the new Province of Africa Nigeria Niger (ANN), Fr Jorge Mario Crisafulli;

-       The first Provincial of the new Province of Africa North West (AON), Fr Jésus Benoît Badji;

-      The first Provincial of the new Province of Africa South West (AOS), Fr Kolotcholoma Denis Soro;

-      The new Provincial of Brazil-Recife (BRE), Fr Francisco Inacio Vieira Junior;

-      The Provincial of Great Britain (GBR), with the re-confirmation of Fr James Gerry Briody;

-      The new Superior of the Vice Province of Haiti (HAI), Fr Morachel Bonhomme;

-      The new Provincial of India-Hyderabad (INH), Fr Thomas Santiagu;

-      and the new Provincial of Western Poland (PLO), Fr Bartłomiej Polański.

At the same time, the following were also named:

- the new Secretary of the General Council, namely Fr Guido Garino;

- 33 Provincial Councilors;

- 52 Rectors;

- and 3 Novice Masters.

At the level of Salesian works, three canonical houses were closed and a new one has been erected.

Finally, they studied and discussed the reports on the Extraordinary Visitations relating to:

- Vice Province of Angola (ANG);

- Province of Brazil-Belo Horizonte (BBH);

- Province of Belgium North-Holland (BEN);

- Province of India-Tiruchy (INT);

- Province of Ireland (IRL);

- Province of Peru (PER);

- and the Northern Poland Province (PLN).

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