New Regional for South Asia

Turin, Italy, March 13, 2020: The Capitulars of the 28thGeneral Chapter of the Salesian Congregation elected Fr (Dr) Biju Michael Pulianmackal of the Province of Guwahati as the New Regional for South Asia. Fr. Biju Michael was born on 19th March 1970 at Moolamattam in Kerala, India. He was ordained a priest on January 5, 1999. He holds a doctorate in Moral Theology and Masters in English and in Bioethics. Until now he was holding the post of Registrar at Assam Don Bosco University and was a Councilor of the Province. He was the President of the Jerusalem Campus (Ratisbonne) of the Salesian Pontifical University. He is an internationally published author. His books include: Integrity the Core of Leadership (Oklahoma, USA), Educating Leaders for Social Transformation (ed) (Munich, Germany, Jesus’ Ways to Success (New York, USA), Youth Vision (ed.) (Guwahati, India), Virtues (Jerusalem), Mary of Nazareth: Through Poems and Pictures from the Holy Land (Jerusalem, Israel).