The General Chapter of the Spiritans, meeting in Bagamoyo, Tanzania since 3 October, has elected the following members to the General Council:

Fr. Jude Nnorom, C.S.Sp., was born in Nigeria in 1968. He made his Perpetual Profession in 1993, and was ordained priest in 1994. He began his missionary life in South Africa as parish priest, vocations promoter, director of the Postulancy (2002-2004) and Master of Novices (2003-2004). He was appointed Superior of the South Africa Group in 2004, exercising this responsibility until 2010. He was Coordinator of 'Peacebuilding Religions for Peace (2012-2013), and was appointed to be in charge of the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Ciation (JPIC) Service and Inter Religious Dialogue of the Spiritans in Rome (2015-2018). He returned to South Africa where he was appointed Group Superior, a position he still holds today.

Fr. Philip Massawe, C.S.Sp., was born in Tanzania in 1957. He made his Perpetual Profession in 1984. He was ordained priest in 1985. He began his missionary life in Zambia, where he worked from 1985 to 1989. Between 1993 and 1999 he was the first Assistant of the East African Province (EAP). Returning to Tanzania, he exercised various responsibilities, working with the Maasai people (1999-2000), then as Rector of the Spiritan Seminary of Arusha (2000-2006). He was appointed by the General Council to be the Coordinator of Formation and Education in Rome (2006-2014), as well as Rector of Villa Notre Dame (2014-2016). He was elected Provincial Superior of Tanzania in 2017, a position he still holds today.

Fr. Tony Neves, C.S.Sp., was born in Portugal in 1962. He made his perpetual religious profession in 1985 and was ordained a priest in 1989. He began his missionary life in Angola in 1989 in formation and pastoral work. Upon his return to Portugal, he studied communication and political
science and worked in missionary animation, youth ministry and social communication. He has been 2nd and 1st Assistant Provincial and served as Provincial of Portugal between 2012 and 2018. He was then appointed to Rome for the missions
he still leads.

Fr. Jeffrey Duaime, C.S.Sp., was born in the United States
in 1958. He made his perpetual religious profession in 1985 and was ordained a priest in 1986. He began his missionary life in Haïti in pastoral ministry. He then moved to the United States where he worked for eleven years in parish ministry and another eleven years in pastoral education ministry. He was also in charge of the vocation office and a Provincial Councilor. He was elected Provincial Superior of the United States in 2008, a position he still holds today.

Born in France in 1967, Fr. Marc Botzung, C.S.Sp., made his perpetual religious profession in 1994. He was ordained a priest in 1995. He began his missionary life in Mauritania (formerly FANO), where he worked for eleven years. He also worked in France as a vocation animator for six years. At the request of the General Council, he served for eight years as Spiritan Coordinator for Islamic-Christian Relations. Elected Provincial of France in 2015, he held this missionary responsibility until 2021.

Fr. Albert Ndongo Assamba, C.S.Sp., was born in Cameroon in 1971. After his perpetual religious profession in 2005, he was ordained a priest in 2006. He began his missionary life in
Yaoundé, in a parish ministry. Assistant Provincial from 2011
to 2016, he was elected Provincial Superior of Cameroon in
2016, a position he currently holds.

- Originally published in the General Chapter 2021 Bagamoyo Newsflash Nos. 8-10.