Today the participants at the Carmelite General Chapter in Rome elected the members of the General Council who will represent the four geographic regions of the Order.
The General Councillor for Africa is Fr Conrad Mutizamhepo,
from Zimbabwe (a mission of the Irish Province) who served in this role in the previous term (2013-19).
The General Councillor for the Americas is Fr Luis Maza Subero,
a Venezualan friar of the Catalonian Province where he is currently Prior Provincial.
The General Councillor for Asia, Australia & Oceania is Fr Robert Thomas Puthussery,
from the Indian Province of St Thomas.
The General Councillor for Europe is Fr Richard Byrne,
of the Irish Province, where he is currently Prior Provincial.
Our congratulations, prayers and best wishes go to these brothers on their election.
