NEW GENERAL GOVERNMENT
OF THE CARMELITE ORDER

On 13 and 14 September 2007, the members of the General Chapter, gathered in Sassone (Rome), elected a new general government of the Carmelite Order for the coming six years.
Those elected are:

Prior General: Fr. Fernando Millán, O.Carm. (Baet)

Vice Prior General: Fr. Christian Körner, O.Carm. (GerS)

Procurator General: Fr. Josef Jancar, O.Carm. (BM)

Bursar General: Fr. Kevin Alban, O.Carm. (Brit)

General Councillor for Europe: Fr. John Keating, O.Carm. (Hib)

General Councillor for the Americas: Fr. Raul Maravi, O.Carm. (PCM-Per)

General Councillor for Africa: Fr. Désiré Unen Alimange, O.Carm. (Ita-Congo)

General Councillor for Asia, Australia, Oceania: Fr. Albertus Herwanta, O.Carm. (Indo)

The new Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millàn, was born in Madrid, Spain, on 19 August 1962. At the age of nineteen years he joined the Carmelite Order in the Betica Province. After his year of noviciate, he made his simple profession on 3 October 1982. On completion of his studies in philosophy and theology, he was ordained priest on 21 January 1989. Fr. Millàn then continued his studies in Rome at the Gregorian Pontifical University and also in Ireland. He graduated in philosophy, completed a Master’s degree in theology and a doctorate in Dogmatic Theology. Until the time of his election, he was lecturing in theology at the Pontifical University of Comillas (Madrid) and was a member of the Carmelite Institute in Rome. Fr. Millàn has also served his Province and the Order in several commissions.
--Fr. Anthony Cilia, O.Carm.--

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