{"id":15982,"date":"2019-05-26T19:25:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T17:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofmconv.net\/?p=15982"},"modified":"2019-05-26T19:25:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T17:25:23","slug":"friar-carlos-alberto-trovarelli-the-new-minister-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/friar-carlos-alberto-trovarelli-the-new-minister-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Friar Carlos Alberto TROVARELLI \u2013 the new Minister General"},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 25, 2019, the Ordinary General Chapter of the Friars Minor Conventual elected Friar Carlos Alberto TROVARELLI as the new Minister General of their religious family. The election took place at the Sacred Convent in Assisi.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biographical Data
\n<\/strong>Friar Carlos Alberto TROVARELLI belongs to the religious “Rioplatense” Province of Saint Anthony of Padua in Argentina and Uruguay. He was born the son of Sante Amelio and Juana Mar\u00eda BRIZ on June 21, 1962, in Cinco Saltos, R\u00edo Negro, Argentina.
\nHe was baptized at the San Juan Bosco parish church in Cinco Saltos, in June of 1962, and received the Sacrament of Confirmation on November 4, 1972, in the same church, at the hands of the Most Reverend Miguel Angel ALEM\u00c1N ESLAVA, S.D.B., Bishop of R\u00edo Gallegos, Argentina.
\nFriar Carlos entered the Order as a postulant on February 26, 1984, in the city of Moreno. He made his temporary profession on February 15, 1986, at the end of his novitiate year in the town of Fray Bentos, Uruguay.
\nHe made his solemn profession on October 4, 1990, in the city of Sald\u00e1n, C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina and was ordained a priest on March 25, 1995, in his hometown of Cinco Saltos.<\/p>\n

Obediences
\n1991<\/strong> – Moreno, La Reja Grande, Argentina, as a formator.
\n1992-1994<\/strong> – Padua, Italy, Licentiate studies in Pastoral Liturgy.
\n1995<\/strong> – Saldan, C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina, as a formator.
\n1996-1997<\/strong> – Buenos Aires, Argentina (Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Las Gracias friary), Provincial Definitor and Secretary (1996-1999).
\n1998<\/strong> – Montevideo, Uruguay, Novice Master.
\n2000-2003<\/strong> – Montevideo, Uruguay, Provincial Definitor.
\n2004-2007<\/strong> – San Carlos, Uruguay, Provincial Definitor.
\n2007-2015<\/strong> – President of the Federaci\u00f3n Conventuales Am\u00e9rica Latina (FALC)
\n2008-2011<\/strong> – Buenos Aires, Argentina, Minister Provincial, first term.
\n2011-2015<\/strong> – Buenos Aires, Argentina, Minister Provincial, second term.
\n2015-2019<\/strong> – General Definitor and Assistant General for the FALC Federation.<\/p>\n

Higher Studies
\n<\/strong>Friar Carlos completed the third year of Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Chemistry, at the National University of Comahue in Neuqu\u00e9n, Argentina (1981-1983).
\nHe studied Philosophy and Theology at the Center for Philosophical and Theological Studies (CEFyT) in Villa Claret, C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina (1986-1990). In 1991, he studied at both the San Miguel Faculty of Theology in San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the Diocesan Seminary of Mor\u00f3n in Hurlingham, Buenos Aires.
\nHe graduated in Theology with a specialization in Pastoral Liturgy at the Institute of Pastoral Liturgy (Padua, Italy), which is affiliated with the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome, Italy (1992-1994).<\/p>\n

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