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Father Luigi Fernando Codianni elected Superior General of the Comboni Missionaries

Father Luigi Fernando Codianni elected Superior General of the Comboni Missionaries

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Friday, 21st February 2025
Today, Father Luigi Fernando Codianni, 60, former General Councillor in Rome, was elected Superior General of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (MCCJ). Father Luigi, an Italian national, has considerable religious and missionary experience in the areas of administration and government service, particularly in the Comboni circumscriptions of Brazil and Italy.

On 6th November 2024, Father Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie resigned as Superior General of the Comboni Institute, following his appointment as auxiliary bishop of the Archieparchy of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). In exercising his function as Vicar General, Father David Costa Domingues, on behalf of the General Council, called the ballot for the extra-capitular election of the new superior general.

Father Luigi Fernando Codianni was born on 13th June 1964 in Celenza Valfortore (Foggia), Italy. He entered the Institute with his first religious profession in 1988 in Venegono Superiore (Italy). From 1988 to 1993, he studied Theology in São Paulo (Brazil). On 15th May 1993, he was ordained a priest in Celenza Valfortore, diocese of Lucera-Troia.

Father Codianni carried out his first pastoral work in Italy, from 1993 to 2001. After this missionary experience in his homeland, he was assigned to the Province of Northeast Brazil. From 2004 to 2010, he was Provincial Superior of Brazil Northeast. In 2011, he returned to Italy, where, among other commitments, he was Provincial Bursar of the province of Italy.

Father Luigi Fernando Codianni, at the General Chapter of 2022.

At the General Chapter of 2022, he was appointed General Councillor, and then took charge of the European constituencies, the economic sector, and legal aspects and representation.