A lay brother has been elected for the first time to lead a province of the Amigonian Friars, following confirmation from the Vatican.
Brother José Miguel Bello Tena has been elected Provincial Superior of the Luis Amigó Province (in Spain) of the Capuchin Tertiary Religious (Amigonian Friars) for the period 2025–2028.
His election marks the first time in the congregation’s history that a religious who is not a priest has been chosen as a provincial superior. The appointment was confirmed by the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, in accordance with the 2022 rescript of Pope Francis permitting lay religious to serve as major superiors.
