Br Ambrosio Alonso Díez, for a second term

The Superior General and his Council, after studying the sondage carried out in the   Province, have decided to appoint Br AMBROSIO ALONSO DIEZ as Provincial of Ibérica for a second term of three years. Br Ambrosio will begin this second term during the holding of the next Provincial Chapter at the end of December 2012.

Br Emili Turú, in his letter to the province, congratulated Br Ambrosio Alonso on his availability and the support received from the Brothers of the Province, as well as from himself and his Council. He also expressed satisfaction for the participation of the Brothers in the Provincial sondage and the responses to the questionnaire sent.

Brief biography: Born in Mecerreyes, province of Burgos, Spain. Studied in the formation houses of Villalba (1970-1972), Sigüenza (1973-1976), then for his bachelor’s degree, making his novitiate afterwards and first profession on 15 August 1979. He did his scholasticate in Alcalá de Henares, studying for the teaching diploma in general basic education, later in the Instituto Superior “San Pío X” for the licentiate in Religious Sciences, specializing in Catechetics.

His activities as educator included ministries in the educational centres “Champagnat” in Guadalajara and “San José del Parque” in Madrid as teacher, pastoral co-ordinator and member of the directing team. In later years he served the provincial mission in the animating team.

He was named Provincial for a first term by the General Council on 3 November 2010. At the time, he resided in Alcalá de Henares carrying out the tasks of co-ordination of the Provincial Mission Commission, and as vice-provincial animated projects of evangelization in formal and informal education.