MIL OSI Translation. Region: Italy –
Source: The Holy See in Italian
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the first evangelization and the new particular Churches), on 5 September 2024, appointed Rev. Fr. Alfonsus Widhiwiryawan SX, director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Indonesia for five years. The new director of the Indonesian PMS was born in 1979 and carried out his novitiate and first religious vows with the Xaverian missionaries in Jakarta. He was ordained a priest in 2009 and studied philosophy and theology, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in theology and a license in spirituality. He studied Italian language and culture in Parma, Spanish language in Madrid and English language in Glasgow. He was vice rector of the pre-novitiate of the Xaverian missionaries in Jakarta (2011-2023), assistant parish priest in the parish of St. Matius Penginjil in Bintaro (Jakarta) where he also served as a religion teacher in a state institute (2013-2015); a theology teacher at the STF Driyarkara in Jakarta, he was a member of the formation commission of the Xaverian missionaries of Indonesia (2012-2016). A teacher in biblical institutions in Indonesia and vice rector of the philosophy studentate at the Xaverian missionaries in Jakarta (2015-2016), he was director of animation and missionary vocation of the Xaverian missionaries in Yogyakarta (2016-2021). In 2021 he held the role of rector of the Domus San Francesco Saverio in Padang (Central Sumatra). From 2022 to 2024 he was responsible for the commission for the youth of the diocese of Padang and diocesan director of the PMS of the same diocese; he was also vice parish priest of the parish of San Francesco d’Assisi in Padangbaru (Central Sumatra) and formator of the Minor Seminary “Maria Nirmala” in Padang. (EG) (Agenzia Fides 24/09/2024) Share:
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