New General Council OFMCAP

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