(ANS - Rome)- The 27th General Chapter has entrusted to Fr Guillermo Basañes, former Regional Councillor for Africa-Madagascar, the position of Councillor for the Missions . "With this team and this manager, I could not say no. I accept," was the formula employed by Fr Basañes to communicate his willingness to accept the office.

Born on 19 October 1965 in Washington, USA, Fr Basañes made ​​his novitiate in La Plata, Argentina, his first profession on 31 January 1986 and his perpetual profession on 24 November 1991 in Buenos Aires.

He went to  Angola for practical training and did his theological studies in Lubumbashi. He was ordained deacon in August 1994 and became a priest on 12 August 1995.

He was a member of the pre-chapter commission for GC26 and at that chapter he was elected as Councillor for the Africa-Madagascar Region.

In 2009 he was appointed Member of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, on the theme "The Church in Africa at the service of reconciliation, justice and peace."

As Councillor for the Missions, Fr Basañes succeeds Fr Václav Klement.

Published 27/03/2014