Participants in the 23rd General Chapter of the Institute

The 23rd General Chapter, which will be held in the Philippines from September 8 to October 8, 2025, will have 98 participants: 33 members by office, 49 delegates elected and 16 guests.

The Constitutions and Statutes of the Institute determine that each Province elects two delegates, and each District elects one delegate. To guarantee representation, the General Council has appointed another two delegates for the Star of the Sea Province, which will have an extraordinary total of four delegates.

The guests have been appointed by the Superior General and his Council, who have also appointed fourteen people for the service teams.

The complete list of participants, guests and service teams is presented below.

Participants in the 23^rd General Chapter

Superiors General and General Councillors

• Ernesto Sánchez Barba, fms (Superior general)
• Emili Turú, fms (Former Superior General)
• Ken McDonald, fms (Vicar General)
• Ben Consigli, fms (General Councillor)
• João Carlos do Prado, fms (General Councillor)
• Josep Maria Soteras Pons, fms (General Councillor)
• Óscar Martín Vicario, fms (General Councillor)
• Sylvain Ramandimbiarisoa, fms (General Councillor)

Superiors and delegates of the Administrative Units

América Central

• Juan Carlos Bolaños Viscarra, fms (Provincial)
• Daniel Bernabé Martín de Paz, fms (delegate)
• Hipólito Pérez Gómez, fms (delegate)

Asia (MDA)

• Francisco García Ruiz, fms (District Superior)
• Nguyen Viet Bao, fms (delegate)

Brasil Centro-Norte

• José de Assis Elias de Brito, fms (Provincial)
• Lúcio Gomes Dantas, fms (delegate)
• Márcio Henrique Ferreira da Costa, fms (delegate)

Brasil Centro-Sul

• Vanderlei Siqueira dos Santos, fms (Provincial)
• Anacleto Peruzzo, fms (delegate)
• Miguel Fernandes Ribeiro, fms (delegate)

Brasil Sul-Amazônia

• Deivis Alexandre Fischer, fms (Provincial)
• Evilázio Francisco Borges Teixeira, fms (delegate)
• Romidio Siveris, fms (delegate)

Canada

• Félix Roldán Rodríguez, fms (District Superior)
• Réal Sauvageau, fms (delegate)

Compostela

• Máximo Blanco Morán, fms (Provincial)
• Antonio Leal das Neves, fms (delegate)
• Salvador Hidalgo del Cano, fms (delegate)

Cruz del Sur

• Horacio José María Bustos, fms (Provincial)
• Maximiliano Meier Stiedl, fms (delegate)
• Raúl José Schönfeld, fms (delegate)

East Asia

1. Allan Jopson de Castro, fms (Provincial)
2. Jacobo Song, fms (delegate)
3. Rommel Cudal Ocasiones, fms (delegate)

East Central Africa

• Venceslas Baindekeli Beimoyato, fms (Provincial)
• Albert Nzabonaliba, fms (delegate)
• Fabien Bulaimu, fms (delegate)

Ibérica

• José Abel Muñoz Gutiérrez, fms (Provincial)
• Jaime Comabella Callizo, fms (delegate)
• Moisés Alonso Pérez, fms (delegate)

L’Hermitage

• Gabriel Villa-Real Tapias, fms (Provincial)
• Pere Ferré, fms (delegate)
• Xavier Giné, fms (delegate)

Madagascar

• Alphonse Tiamaro, fms (Provincial)
• Alexandre Rakotomalala, fms (delegate)
• Rolland Léonard Herinirina, fms (delegate)

Mediterránea

• Aureliano García Manzanal, fms (Provincial)
• Damiano Santo Forlani, fms (delegate)
• Juan Miguel Anaya Torres, fms (delegate)

México Central

• Luis Felipe González Ruiz, fms (Provincial)
• Javier Francisco Salcedo Camarena, fms (delegate)
• Jorge Arturo Carbajal García, fms (delegate)

México Occidental

• Luis Enrique Rodríguez Santana, fms (Provincial)
• Jean Mance Louis Jeune, fms (delegate)
• Luis Roberto González González, fms (delegate)

Nigeria

• Mark Omede Okolo, fms (Provincial)
• Gregory Ekene Osuji, fms (delegate)
• Moses Fegher, fms (delegate)

Norandina

• Carlos Alberto Rojas Carvajal, fms (Provincial)
• José Miguel Caballero Hierro, fms (delegate)
• Leonardo Dumas Yepes Núñez, fms (delegate)

Santa María de los Andes

• Pablo González Franco, fms (Provincial)
• Álvaro Sepúlveda Romero, fms (delegate)
• Isidro Azpeleta Sebastián, fms (delegate)

South Asia

• Nicholas Francis Fernando, fms (Provincial)
• Alwis Muthuwadige Sunanda, fms (delegate)
• Rajkumar Soosai Manickam, fms (delegate)

Southern Africa

• Emmanuel Gunduloni Mwanalirenji, fms (Provincial)
• Francis Jumbe, fms (delegate)
• Francisco José Ebo Joao, fms (delegate)

Star of the Sea

• Peter Gerard Carroll, fms (Provincial)
• Darren Burge, fms (delegate)
• John Hazelman, fms (delegate)
• Peter Horide, fms (elected by the General Council)
• Raphael Fakaia, fms (elected by the General Council)

United States of America

• Daniel O’Riordan, fms (Provincial)
• Brian Poulin, fms (delegate)
• Patrick McNamara, fms (delegate)

West Africa

• Gandeebo Cyprian Bankakuu, fms (Provincial)
• Cho Nchang Atzi-nwi, fms (delegate)
• Simon Kanjam, fms (delegate)

West Central Europe

• Robert Edmond J. Thunus, fms (District Superior)
• Brendan Geary, fms (delegate)

Invited

• Alexnnys Flores, fms (Norandina)
• Alida Bodomanitra (Madagascar)
• Ana Isabel Saborio Jenkin (América Central)
• Angelo Ricordi (Brasil Centro-Sul)
• Arnel Sabijon Alfanta, fms (East Asia)
• Diego Rocha, fms (Santa María de los Andes)
• Elizabeth Gallagher (Star of the Sea)
• Jacinto Anacletto Fuli Falo, fms (Star of the Sea)
• Javier Llamas (Champagnat Global)
• Jorge Gaio, fms (General Bursar)
• Juan Pablo Hernández Castillo, fms (Mediterránea)
• K. Sebastian Jude Fernando (South Asia)
• Matt Fallon (USA)
• Peter Zulu, fms (Southern Africa)
• Rita Silva (Compostela)
• Rubel Nokrek, fms (MDA)

Support teams

Liturgy and Ambiance

• Danilo Ferreira Silva, fms (Brasil Centro-Norte)
• Michael Callinan, fms (Star of the Sea)
• Michel Longena, fms (PACE)
• Omar Peña, fms (America Central)

Technology

• Jocemir Augusto Bornholdt (Brasil Centro-Sul)
• Juliano Burket Teixeira (Brasil Centro-Sul)
• Priscila Staniski (Brasil Centro-Sul)

Communication

• Luiz Carlos Da Rosa (General Administration)
• Sara Cos Maruri (General Administration)

Translation

• Albert Rivera, fms (United States)
• Arsacio Soladana, fms (Compostela)
• Bruno Socher (Brasil Centro-Sul)
• Gerardo Rivera, fms (Central America)
• Yao Aristide Ghislain, fms (West Africa)

Assistant Secretary

• Jesús Alberto Rodríguez Delgado, fms (General Administration)