Massimo Fusarelli | |
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| Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor | |
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| Predecessor | Michael Anthony Perry, O.F.M. |
| Other post(s) | Provincial minister of Lazio and Abruzzo (2020) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | September 30, 1989 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 30, 1963 Roma, Lazio, Italy |
Massimo Fusarelli, OFM (born March 30, 1963) is an Italian Franciscan friar who has served as the minister general of the Order of Friars Minor since 2021.
Fusarelli was born on March 30, 1963, in Rome, where he grew up with his family. [1]
The meeting with the Friars Minor took place in the parish of San Francesco di Tivoli. He entered the order, took the habit on July 28, 1982, made his first religious profession on July 30, 1983, his final one on January 8, 1989, and received priestly ordination on September 30, 1989. [1] [2]
After graduating in theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum Antonianum in 1988, he continued his studies in patristics at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute until graduating in 1992. From 1991 to 1996 he was Professor of Patristic Theology at the Institute of Religious Sciences of the Pontifical Athenaeum Antonianum. [3] [1] [2]
Over the years Fusarelli has developed numerous activities in the life of the order and in the pastoral ministry. [2] From 2009 to 2013 he served in the small Franciscan community in the Torre Angela district of Rome, also collaborating with the parish of Santi Simone and Giuda Taddeo in Torre Angela. Along with other brothers, he assisted the victims of the Amatrice and Accumoli earthquake from October 2016 to August 2017. Since September 2017 he has been a tutor and parish priest at San Francesco a Ripa in Rome, where he was responsible for the project for the reception of people in need. . "Ripa dei Settesoli". Since July 2, 2020, he has been the Provincial Minister of Lazio and Abruzzo. [1] [2]
Fusarelli was elected minister general of the Order of Friars Minor on July 13, 2021. [4] , after of his election, was congratulated by the Pope Francis in a letter delivered to his. [5]
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