Father Gerard Francisco Timoner - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 18 Jul 2019 06:34:07 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Father Gerard Francisco Timoner - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 History made as Asian heads Dominicans for first time https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/07/18/dominican-order-timoner/ Thu, 18 Jul 2019 07:53:33 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=119501 An Asian has been elected as head of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) for the first time in history. Father Gerard Francisco Timoner, a Filipino, was elected Master of the Order on July 13 during the Dominicans' general chapter, which was held at a seminary some 80 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Read more

History made as Asian heads Dominicans for first time... Read more]]> An Asian has been elected as head of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) for the first time in history.

Father Gerard Francisco Timoner, a Filipino, was elected Master of the Order on July 13 during the Dominicans' general chapter, which was held at a seminary some 80 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

The Order of Preachers, which was founded by Saint Dominic in 1216, had already held a general chapter in Asia once before. That was in 1977 in the Philippine capital Manila.

However, this was the first time the Domincans have gathered for an elective chapter in a country with a non-Christian tradition, and is communist to boot. Read more

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