(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 March 26, 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 July 5, 1979, Giorgio completed his novitiate in Pinerolo – Monte Oliveto, making his First Profession on September 8, 1999. He completed his post-novitiate in Rome–San Tarcisio, carried out his practical training in Châtillon, and finished his theological studies in Turin–Crocetta. He made his Perpetual Profession at Colle Don Bosco on September 11, 2005, and was ordained a priest on May 26, 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: beginning in 2009, he served as a teacher of Religious Education at the school in Novara (first in middle school and then in high school) and as 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. The Regional Councillor for the Mediterranean Region, Fr. Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy, expressed his heartfelt thanks to Fr. Mancini for the generous pastoral service rendered at the head 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, emphasizing how such collaboration represents a significant source of fraternal encouragement for the new Provincial.
Fr. Leonardo Mancini, in announcing the appointment to the Province, also 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 region.
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.