(ANS – Rome) – The Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Fr Fabio Attard, with the consent of the other members of the General Council, at the session of 26 March 2026, appointed Fr Giorgio Degiorgi, SDB, as Provincial of the Special Circumscription “Mary Help of Christians” of Piedmont and Aosta Valley (ICP) for the six-year term 2026–2032.

Born in Borgomanero (NO) on 5 July 1979, Giorgio completed his novitiate in Pinerolo – Monte Oliveto, making his First Profession on 8 September 1999. He made his post-novitiate in Rome-San Tarcisio, did his practical training in Châtillon and completed his theological studies in Turin-Crocetta. He made his Perpetual Profession at Colle Don Bosco on 11 September 2005 and was ordained a priest on 26 May 2007 in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin.

In addition to degrees in Philosophy and Law, he holds a Doctorate in Canon Law.

During his Salesian journey, he has held various pastoral and administrative roles: from 2009, he was a teacher of Religious Education at the School in Novara (first in lower secondary school and then in upper secondary school) and the local Vocation Promoter; in 2015, he was appointed Rector and Economer of the Novara community. Since 2019 he has been a Provincial Councillor and, since 2021, Provincial Economer. He currently also serves as “Defender of the Bond and Promoter of Justice” at the Interdiocesan Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Piedmont and, in recent years, has taught Canon Law on several occasions.

Fr Giorgio accepts this appointment in a spirit of obedience and will take up his duties at the end of Fr Leonardo Mancini’s term of office, to whom the Regional Councillor for the Mediterranean Region, Fr Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy, expressed his heartfelt thanks for the generous pastoral service rendered at the helm of the Province.

In announcing the appointment, the Regional Councillor thanked, on behalf of the Rector Major and the General Council, the confreres who took part in the consultation, emphasising how such collaboration represents a significant source of fraternal encouragement for the new Provincial.

Fr Leonardo Mancini, too, in announcing the appointment to the Province, expressed gratitude for the willingness shown by Fr Giorgio and assured him of his support through prayer, so that the Lord may fill him with the gifts necessary for his ministry as father and guide of the provincial community and the Salesian Family in the territory.

The Rector Major and the General Council send their best wishes and blessings to the new leader of the ICP, invoking the intercession of Mary Help of Christians and the Salesian Saints, that they may accompany the journey of the Circumscription in the service of the Church and young people.