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PANAJI
Fr Savio Silveira SDB, a Goan priest based in Mumbai, was on Friday announced as the Eleventh Provincial of the Salesian Province of St Francis Xavier (Mumbai province).
The official announcement was made by the current provincial Fr Godfrey D’Souza SDB, who congratulated Fr Silveira for being appointed by the Salesian Rector Major, Fr Ãngel Fernández Artime, with the consent of the General Council.
Fr Silveira was born to Horace and Lydia Silveira on 8 December 1966 at Panaji. He did his schooling at Don Bosco High School, Panaji, and joined Don Bosco Lonavla as an aspirant in June 1982.
He made his first profession on 31 May 1985 at Nashik. After over ten years of studying and training to become a priest, he was ordained priest on 21 December 1995 at Panaji.
During his priestly ministry, he studied International Cooperation and Development at the European School of Advanced Studies, Pavia, Italy, and obtained a Master’s Degree. He is also the founder of Don Bosco International School, Matunga. He was provincial councillor for three terms and is presently the Vice-Provincial of the Salesian Province of Mumbai.
Fr Silveira will assume office on 12 September 2019. The installation ceremony will be during the Eucharist at 18:30 in the Shrine of Don Bosco’s Madonna, Matunga, Mumbai.
In the official announcement, Fr D’Souza states that Fr Silveira is a passionate environmentalist, focused on getting young people involved in environmental action.
“He is the Founder Director of GreenLine and the Convenor (read: mind and heart) of Don Bosco Green Alliance (DBGA), an online platform and an international collective of all green initiatives in the Salesian World which engage young people to contribute towards global environmental action and policy,” said Fr D’Souza. Launched just a year ago, DBGA already has 126 members in 37 countries.
Fr Silveira is likely to be provincial for the next five years.
