Father General as appointed Fr Ronny Alessio, SJ, as
the new Provincial of the Euro-Mediterranean Province (EUM), which includes
Albania, Italy, Malta and Romania.
Born on 28 October 1974 in Bassano del Grappa (VI), Fr
Alessio became acquainted with the Jesuits in Padua through the Elizabethine
Franciscan tertiary sisters.After
his novitiate in Genoa, he studied Philosophy in Padua (2004-2006), completed
his regency in Shkodra, Albania, and pursued three years of Theology in Madrid
(2008-2011). He was ordained a priest on 14April 2012, and obtained a Licentiate in Pastoral Liturgy
in Padua (2011-2013). From 2013 to 2018, he served as the director of the“Atë Pjetër Meshkalla” School in Shkodra and spent the
following year in Ireland and Athens.
Fr Ronny served as the
delegate for the implementation of the Apostolic Plan of the Province from 2019
to 2021, and professed his final vows at Posillipo, Naples on 8 October 2021.
He also served as the president of the Centro di Formazione per l’Attività
Educativa dei Gesuiti d’Italia(CeFAEGI), a center for the systematic formation
of teachers for the Jesuit Education Foundation, from 2019 to 2023.
Additionally, he was president of St Ignatius SSD Football in Trieste (2021 to
2023), and the legal representative of the Jesuit Fathers’ Residence. He was
also the Rector of the Pontifical Seminary of Campania from 2021 to 2024. On October 8, 2024, he received his appointment as Provincial by Decree of Fr General Arturo Sosa.
