Giacomo Bini

Giacomo Bini OFM (born August 23, 1938 in Ostra Vetere , † May 9, 2014 in Rome ) was an Italian religious priest and from 1997 to 2003 the 118th General Minister of the Franciscan Order .

Life

Giacomo Bini occurred on 18 September 1956, the religious order of the Franciscans in. The Perpetual he passed on 7 September 1963, received on 14 March of the following year, the sacrament of Holy Orders . He studied at the Institut Catholique de Paris for two years and received his doctorate from the University of Strasbourg in 1971 .

In 1983 he was one of the first collaborators in the Franciscans' Africa Project and worked in Rwanda . At the same time he was a member of the Provincial Government of the Order as Definitor and Provincial Vicar. From 1989 he was responsible for the training of postulants in Tanzania . In 1992 he became Provincial of the East African Province of the Franciscans.

In 1997 he was elected the 118th General Minister of the Franciscan Order at the General Chapter in Assisi . After his term in office in 2003 he was charged with founding a new missionary fraternity in Palestrina , where he worked as a traveling preacher until his death.

Individual evidence

^ The Minister General Friar Giacomo Bini, OFM. (No longer available online.) In: Homepage. Franciscan Order , archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on March 8, 2015 .
↑ ^a ^b Heinrich Gockel OFM: Father Giacomo Bini OFM, former employee of the Africa Project and General Minister of the Franciscans, died on May 9, 2014 (pdf; 298kB). In: Homepage. Franciscan Mission, accessed March 8, 2015 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Hermann Schalück OFM	118. Minister General of the Franciscan Order 1997–2003	José Rodríguez Carballo OFM

personal data
SURNAME	Bini, Giacomo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian religious priest, general minister of the Franciscan order
DATE OF BIRTH	August 23, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ostra Vetere
DATE OF DEATH	May 9, 2014
Place of death	Rome

[1] The Minister General Friar Giacomo Bini, OFM. (No longer available online.) In: Homepage. Franciscan Order , archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on March 8, 2015 .

[Nachruf-2] Heinrich Gockel OFM: Father Giacomo Bini OFM, former employee of the Africa Project and General Minister of the Franciscans, died on May 9, 2014 (pdf; 298kB). In: Homepage. Franciscan Mission, accessed March 8, 2015 .