Gozitan priest becomes 11th successor of Salesian founder Don Bosco

Salesians elect Maltese priest Fabio Attard as Don Bosco’s 11th successor

Maltese priest Fabio Attard was elected rector major of the Salesians for the next six years. / Credit: Courtesy of Salesian Family ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 26, 2025 / 13:05 pm (CNA). Maltese priest Fabio Attard was elected as the new rector major... [...]

Salesians Elect Maltese Priest Fabio Attard As Don Bosco’s 11th Successor

Courtesy photo Maltese priest Fabio Attard was elected rector major of the Salesians for the next six years. The priest’s election came two days after his 66th birthday.

Gozitan priest becomes 11th successor of Salesian founder Don Bosco

Gozitan priest Fr Fabio Attard has been elected to head the Salesian Order across the world. He is the 11th successor of the order's founder, Don Bosco.His election came at a meeting of 220 provincials and delegates at the Mother House of Valdocco in Turin. As Rector Major he will lead a community composed of...

POLAND: Socio-sports school for refugees holds training

School part of Real Madrid Foundation project (MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries with Don Bosco Elk, located in the city of Elk, Poland, have been operating a socio-sports school since 2023, thanks to a partnership with Real Madrid Foundation and the Salesian Mission Office in Madrid. More than 180 youth, most who are refugees aged 5-17 from Ukraine, participate in the socio-sports school. Coaches for the school recently received on-site tr…

TURIN – The twenty-ninth general chapter of the Society of St. Francis de Sales today elected Fabio Attard as the eleventh successor of Don Bosco. He is in fact the new Rector Major of the Salesians. Born on March 23, 1959 in Gozo, Malta, Fr. Fabio Attard grew up in Victoria. His vocation began to take shape during the years spent at the major seminary in Gozo (1975-1978). He then attended the Salesian aspirantate at Savio College in Dingli, Mal…

Salesians elect as new Superior General a Maltese who did not participate in elective General Chapter - ZENIT

(ZENIT News / Turin, 03.25.2025).- The Salesian Congregation has chosen its new leader, and for the first time in history, the decision fell on someone who was not present at the General Chapter. In a moment filled with emotion, Maltese priest Fabio Attard was informed via phone call that he had been elected as the XI Successor of Don Bosco, the founder of the Salesians. His voice, trembling with gratitude and tears, echoed through the assembly …