Fr. has made a lot of important decisions with reference to a lot of European provinces:
New Provincial in Spain
Fr. Antonio José España Sánchez has been appointed Provincial of the Spanish Jesuit Province. Francisco José Ruiz Perez, current Provincial, wrote to Jesuits and partners in mission to inform them about this appointment by Fr. General Arturo Sosa. The new provincial will start his mission in Madrid on July 8th.
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Fr Damian Howard SJ is the new Jesuit Provincial in Britain
Fr Arturo Sosa SJ, the General Superior of the Society of Jesus, has appointed Fr Damian Howard SJ as the next Provincial Superior of the British Jesuit Province. Fr Howard will take up this post on 1st September this year. He replaces Fr Dermot Preston SJ, who has been Provincial Superior since 2011.
New Region: European Low Countries - ELC
Fr General has approved the creation of a new Independent Region of the European Low Countries (ELC) which will take effect on July 31 this year. The new Region will comprise the goods, works and houses of the current provinces of The Netherlands and North Belgium (Flanders).
Fr Johan Verschueren, current provincial of these two provinces will be the major superior for a period of at least three years - unless an arrangement is made concerning the restructuring of Provinces in the West European Assistancy in the meantime. Fr Verschueren will complete five years as provincial in August 2017.
New Province Southern Europe - Italy and Malta to become EME next July
On 14 April 2017, Father General signed a decree establishing the Euro-Mediterranean Province (EME), which will come into existence on 1 July 2017. The new province will unify the current provinces of Italy and Malta, which will consequently be suppressed on 1 July. Father General has appointed the current provincial of Italy, Father Gianfranco Matarazzo as the provincial of the new EME province.
Fr. Gianfranco Matarazzo has accepted the new assignment with generous availability.
Read also: New headquarter for a new province
New Provincial in Croatia
On Saturday, May 27, 2017, Fr. General Arturo Sosa has appointed Fr. Dalibor Renić as new provincial of the Croatian province.
Fr. Renić will take his service on the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola on 31 July 2017.
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