Several provinces and districts have recently had significant changes of leadership and Pat Breeze joins the Marist scholasticate team in Mexico.
The changes of Marist leadership are:
- Canada: On July 1, Fr Jacques Arguin, 56, succeeded Fr Yvan Carré as major superior of the Province of East Canada.
- Europe: The European confreres gathered in retreat at La Neylière have celebrated the accession of Fr Hubert Bonnet-Eymard, 62, to the leadership of the European province. Fr Joaquin Fernández will take on the role of provincial bursar.
- Mexico: Fr Jean Vienne, 64, who has been acting provincial for Mexico, after the departure of Fr Alejandro Muñoz to Rome, has now been elected provincial in his own right.
- Peru-Venezuela: In order to facilitate the restructuring of the district, the Superior General has appointed Fr Alejandro Muñoz major superior of the District of Peru-Venezuela.
Pat Breeze, a member of the international formation team, who was originally going to London to be a consultant formator in the seminary, has now been appointed by the Superior General to the scholasticate of Guadalajara, Mexico.