The Master of the Order, br. Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP has appointed br. Pablo Carlos Sicouly, OP as Vicar of the Master of the Order on February 25, 2023; He’s succeeding br. Mark Christopher Padrez, OP whom we thank for his service as Vicar of the Master from May 23, 2021.
To the Dominican Family on the Occasion of the IDYM International Assembly – Lisbon, Portugal, 2023.
Rome, 25 February 2023
The friars of the Vice Province of Our Queen of China, Taiwan, gathered in Chapter, have re-elected fr Angelik Kitsula, OP, as the new Vice-Provincial Prior on 31 January 2023.
On January 14th 2023 br. Allen Moran, OP was elected Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph.
On 13 January 2023 the Provincial Chapter of Holy Name of Jesus Province met in the Priory of St. Albert the Great in Oakland, California. The friars re-elected Christopher Fadok, OP as Prior Provincial.
Letter of the Master of the Order to the Dominican Family on the Jubilee Celebrations of St. Thomas Aquinas-We celebrate the 7th Centenary of the canonization of our esteemed brother St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church, on 18 July 2023 and his 750th death anniversary on 7 March 2024.
On Tuesday, 2 January 2023, the brethren of Switzerland gathered in a Provincial Chapter at the Monastery of Estavayer-le-Lac elected br. Benoît-Dominique de La Soujeole as Prior Provincial of the Province of Switzerland.
The Provincial Chapter of the Province of Toulouse met on Saturday 31 December in the priory of Nice. The friars re-elected Br. Olivier de Saint Martin as Prior Provincial.
On 28 December 2022, the friars of the Province of France, re-elected Bro Nicolas Tixier, OP as Prior Provincial for the next four years.
On 27 December 2022, the Provincial Chapter of the Dominicans of Belgium and The Netherlands, has elected brother Didier Croonenberghs as new Prior Provincial.