Superior General
I Definitor
Born on December 21, 1959, in Caldes de Malavella (Girona, Catalonia, Spain). Discalced Carmelite. Temporary profession in Reinosa, Cantabria, on September 15, 1978. Solemn profession in Barcelona in 1984. Priestly ordination in Barcelona on June 24, 1985. He was Provincial Counsellor from 1990 to 2008. From 2008 to 2015, he was Provincial Superior of the Discalced Carmelites of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. In February 2015 he was elected Provincial Counsellor of the newly established Iberian province of Saint Teresa of Jesus.
II Definitor • Karnataka Goa Province (India)
Fr. Pius James was born 11 July 1966 in Mangalore (India). He made his First Profession 3 July 1986 and was Solemnly Professed 31 May 1992. He was ordained a Priest 27April 1994.
III Definitor • Provincial Delegation of Malawi, Navarre Province
Fr. Philbert was born 20 May 1968 in the Zomba district of Malawi. He made his First Profession 31 July 1991 and was Solemnly Professed 4 August 1996. He studied Philosophy at the Intercongregational Seminary in Balaka, Malawi, and at the Apostles of Jesus Seminary in Kenya. He also studied Theology in Kenya at Tangaza. He was ordained Deacon 17 November 1997 and Priest 6 June 1998, both in Malawi. He obtained a Licence in Spiritual Theology at the Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA), Kenya.
IV Definitor • Semi-Province of Austria
Fr. Robert was born 25 December 1968 in the Sardinian city of Cagliari. After his Secondary studies, he moved to Germany in 1987 for Informative Studies courses at the University of Erlangen-Norimberga. After his Doctorate, here he transferred to Austria for Doctorate studies at the Research Institute for Symbolic Calculus (RISC) in the Johannes Kepler University of Linz.
V Definitor • Commissariat of Indonesia
Fr. Christianus was born 27 March 1968 in Flores, Indonesia. After frequenting the John Berchmans Minor Seminary at Flores, he entered the Indonesian Commissariat Noviciate, 13 November 1991. He made his Simple Profession at Bjawa-Flores 14 November 1992 and was Solemnly Professed in Kupang-Timor, 14 November 1997. He was ordained a Priest, 5 September 1999, at Bajawa.
VI Definitor • Province of Saint Albert, Mexico
Fr. Martin was born 29 July 1966 in Apatzingan Michoacan, Mexico. He entered the Order 1 September 1984, making his First Profession 7 August 1986. From 1986 to 1988, he studied for a Baccalaureate in Philosophy at the Palafoxiam Seminary in Puebla.
VII Definitor • Paris Province
Fr. Christophe was born 25 November 1971 in Avignon (France). He made his First Profession 15 August 1995 at Gommerville, was Solemnly Professed in Avon 26 September 1998, and was ordained a Priest 23 June 2002 in Fontainbleau.
VIII Definitor • Delegation of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Togo) Iberia Province
Fr. Jean Baptiste was born 31 December 1980. After obtaining a Baccalaureate A4 (Philosophy and Letters), in October 2002, he had ‘a live-in’ experience of their community life with the Carmelites in the monastery of Dedougou (Burkina Faso) and became a Postulant from 2002 to 2005.