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DAILY BRIEFING
ENGLISH SPEAKING CONFERENCE O.F.M. |
June 6, 2009 |
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NEW GENERAL DEFINITORIUM
- Vincent Mduduzi Zungu, OFM
- Paskalis Bruno Syukur, OFM
- Francis Walter, OFM
- Roger Marchal, OFM
- Vicente-Emilio Felipe Tapia, OFM
- Vincenzo Brocanelli, OFM
- Ernest Karol Siekierka, OFM
- Nestor Inacio Schwerz, OFM
- Julio Cesar Bunader, OFM
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| Francis Walter, OFM (Immaculate Conception, USA) elected General Definitor for ESC |
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DOMUS PACIS - In a week full of the excitement of the elections of the new administration of the Order, today's theme was change as six new General Definitors were elected to serve the Order for the next six years.
Elected for the English-speaking world was Francis Walter, OFM, a member of the Immaculate Conception Province (USA). Frank was first nominated by the English Speaking Conference during its October meeting in Chicago. Each Conference of the Order was asked to submit two nominations to the Chapter for consideration.
NEWLY ELECTED GENERAL DEFINITOR FRANCIS WALTER, OFM (right) PICTURED WITH PROVINCIAL MINISTER ROBERT CAMPAGNA, OFM. BOTH ARE MEMBERS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PROVINCE (USA).
Frank was elected today on the first ballot with 103 votes out of a possible 152. As General Definitor, he will be required to report to the General Chapter immediately and take up his role as Definitor and member of the Chapter. Frank replaces Finian McGinn, OFM, a friar of the St. Barbara Province in California who has served as General Definitor during this past administration being elected in 2003.
At the time of his election Frank was serving as Addetto of the Secretariat in the Vatican Congregation for Evangelization of Peoples. He has been in that role since 2005. He also currently serves as Provincial Director of Formation and Studies and Director of Temporary Professed Friars at our Convento San Francesco in Rome. Born in Trenton, NJ in 1950, Frank made his Solemn Profession on June 24, 1976, and was ordained to the Priesthood on May 6, 1977. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy from Immaculate Conception College Seminary in Troy, NY, in 1972, and his Master of Divinity from St. John's Archdiocesan Seminary in Brighton, MA in 1977. Additionally, Frank received his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in Franciscan Spirituality from the Pontificio Atheneum Antonianum in Rome in 1992, and did Franciscan studies at St. Bonaventure University, Olean, NY. He speaks English and Italian fluently.
The other eight Definitors elected are:
Regio Africa / Medium Oriens:
Vincent Mduduzi Zungu, OFM
Born on: 28.04.1966
Born at: Mbongolwane
Birth Country: Africa Meridionalis
Novitiate: 18.01.1988
Temp. Profession: 19.01.1989
Sol. Profession: 02.07.1994
Ordination: 08.07.1995
OFM Province: N.D. Reginae Pacis Prov.
Country AFRICAE AUSTRALIS
Regio Asia / Oceania:
Paskalis Bruno Syukur OFM
Born on: 17.05.1962
Born at: Ranggu
Birth Country: Indonesia
Novitiate: 15.07.1982
Temp. Profession: 15.07.1983
Sol. Profession: 22.01.1989
Ordination: 02.02.1991
OFM Province: S. Micha�lis Archangeli Prov.
Country INDONESIA
Regio Europa Centralis:
Roger Marchal OFM
Born on: 23.10.1954
Born at: Sarrebourg
Birth Country: Francia
Novitiate: 21.09.1977
Temp. Profession: 16.09.1978
Sol. Profession: 25.09.1982
Ordination: 24.06.1984
OFM Province: Trium Sociorum Provincia
Country FRANCOGALLIA ET BELGIUM
Regio Hiberica:
Vicente-Emilio Felipe Tapia OFM
Born on: 14.07.1951
Born at: El Romeral
Birth Country: Hispania
Novitiate: 28.06.1968
Temp. Profession: 06.07.1969
Sol. Profession: 30.03.1975
Ordination: 05.09.1976
OFM Province: Castellana S. Gregorii Magni Prov.
Country HISPANIA
Regio Italica:
Vincenzo Brocanelli OFM
Born on: 19.02.1943
Born at: Ostra Vetere
Birth Country: Italia
Novitiate: 20.09.1958
Temp. Profession: 21.09.1959
Sol. Profession: 17.09.1965
Ordination: 20.08.1966
OFM Province: Picena S. Jacobi de Marchia Prov.
Country ITALIA
Regio Slavica:
Ernest Karol Siekierka OFM
Born on: 09.12.1960
Born at: Inowroc aw
Birth Country: Polonia
Novitiate: 01.09.1979
Temp. Profession: 23.08.1980
Sol. Profession: 08.12.1983
Ordination: 26.03.1986
OFM Province: S. Francisci Assis. Prov.
Country POLONIA
Regio Latinoamericana:
Nestor Inacio Schwerz OFM
Born on: 04.09.1949
Born at: Santa Cruz do Sul-RS
Birth Country: Brasilia
Novitiate: 03.02.1970
Temp. Profession: 03.02.1971
Sol. Profession: 04.10.1975
Ordination: 18.12.1976
OFM Province: S. Francisci Assis. Prov.
Country BRASILIA
Julio Cesar Bunader OFM
Born on: 09.01.1961
Born at: Mendoza
Birth Country: Argentina
Novitiate: 05.03.1984
Temp. Profession: 27.02.1985
Sol. Profession: 12.03.1988
Ordination: 01.05.1992
OFM Province: Fluvii Platensis Assumptionis B.M.V. Prov.
Country: ARGENTINA |
| What happens when your Provincial becomes Vicar General? |
 DOMUS PACIS - In a very exciting election on Friday, Michael Perry, OFM (Sacred Heart Province) was elected as the new Vicar General of the Order a few days shy of his first anniversary of election as Provincial on June 10. This has lead many to ask the natural question: What happens in a Province when your Provincial is elected Vicar General?
That question was answered today in "All Friars Info" a news publication of the Sacred Heart Province. Here's what they wrote:
Message: Secretary of the Province Chris Lambert OFM sends this information about the procedures in place to fill the vacancy left by the election of Provincial Minister Michael Perry OFM as the vicar general of the Order of Friars Minor:
According to our General Statutes, the Vicar Provincial must convene the Provincial Council within 30 days to carry out the election of a Provincial. (In case of a vacancy under these circumstances, our Provincial Statutes do not provide for consultation of the Province.)
Should the Vicar Provincial be elected as Provincial, there needs to be another election to select a Vicar. Then, should one of the Councilors be elected as Vicar Provincial, the Councilors must choose a new member to fill that place. (The election of the Provincial has to be ratified by the Minister General after consulting his Definitory, which means that there may be a delay in announcing the results of the Council's choice for Provincial.)
The results of these elections are in force until the time of the next Provincial Chapter (in 2011). That chapter would have been the occasion to elect only a new Provincial Council for the next three years, but now it will also include voting for both a Provincial and a Vicar for a six-year term. That means we will once again have a General Visitor and visitation of the province in preparation for the chapter.
(Thanks to Dismas Bonner for his explanation of the process.) |  This DAILY NEWS BRIEF is produced by and for the friars of the English Speaking Conference of the Order of Friars Minor. Executive Secretary: Thomas Washburn, OFM.
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