白康寧神父已返回父家 Don Adriano Bregolin has gone to the Father’s House.

【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2017 年 8月 23 日羅馬慈幼總部訊】 ─ 今天早上,白康寧神父在登山遠足途中,心臟病發猝逝。

 

白康寧神父

 

慈幼會前副總會長白康寧神父,逝世前為慈幼會佛羅倫斯會院院長。

 

白康寧神父於1948年10月16日,在威尼斯會省的科納出生。他在Albarè接受初學培育,於1966年8月16日成為慈幼會會士。他在維羅納攻讀神學,於1977年5月28日在特倫多領受執事聖職,並於1978年5月27日晉鐸。

 

他牧職的首年,負責特倫多及維羅納San Zeno團體的牧民及聖召工作,過不了多少年,便成為這兩所會院的院長。他於1980年3月,在帕多瓦大學取得現代文學學位,並擔任意大利Veneta Ovest會省議員一職,接著成為該會省成立首三年(1988–1991)的副省會長。

 

1996年5月,他成為Veneta Ovest會省省會長,直至2002年為止。在第25屆全會代表大會中,他被選為意大利中東地區議員。在陸文來神父被提名擔任Ghent教區主教後,他受總會長的邀請,擔任副總會長一職。

 

自2014年6月20日起,他擔任慈幼會佛羅倫斯會院院長一職。

 

Don Adriano Bregolin has gone to the Father’s House.

 

(ANS RomeRMG, 23 August 2017) – This morning, during a hike in the mountains, Fr Adriano Bregolin died of a sudden heart attack.

 

Former Vicar General of the Salesian Congregation, Fr Adriano was currently serving as Director of the Salesian Institute of Florence.

 

Don Bregolin, born at Cona in the Province of Venice on the 16th October 1948, became a Salesian on the 16th August 1966 after having made his novitiate at Albarè. He completed his theological studies at Verona and was ordained deacon at Trento on the 28th May 1977 and priest on the 27th May 1978.

 

The first years of his ministry were given to pastoral and vocational work in the community of Trento and of Verona San Zeno, becoming Rector of both Salesian houses not many years after. Having obtained a Degree in Modern Letters in March 1980 at the University of Padua, Don Bregolin also took on the task of Councillor in the Province of Italia Veneta Ovest (IVO), becoming subsequently vice provincial for the three years 1988–1991.

 

In May 1996 he became Provincial of the Province of Italia Veneta Ovest (IVO) until 2002 when, during the GC25 he was elected Councillor for the Italy Middle-East region. Following the nomination of Don Luc Van Looy as Bishop in the Diocese of Ghent, he was called by the Rector Major to take on the role of  Vicar General.

 

Since 20 June, 2014, he was Director of the Salesian Institute in Florence.