Renatus Ziggiotti

Renatus Ziggiotti SDB (Italian Renato ) (born October 9, 1892 in Campodoro , Padua , † April 19, 1983 in Costermano ) was Don Bosco's fifth successor , and from 1952 to 1965 the sixth superior general of Don Bosco's Salesians .

Life

From the age of 7, Ziggiotti was a student of the Salesians of Don Bosco in Este . After the novitiate in 1908 in Foglizzo , he took his religious vows on September 15, 1909 before Don Michael Rua . He initially worked as an assistant in the Salesian oratorio of Valdocco in 1912 as a teacher in the Salesian house of Verona . During the four years of military service in the First World War, he was able to study theology to the extent that he was ordained a priest on December 8, 1920 . He wanted to go on a mission three times, but failed each time for various reasons, although the goals had already been set in 1921 with Ecuador, 1923 with Australia and 1924 with Japan.

From 1924 to 1931 he held the office of director, from 1931 to 1937 he was Provincial of the Italian Central Province, from 1937 to 1951 General Councilor for Schools, and in 1951 General Prefect.

From 1952 to 1965 he was General Superior of the Salesians of Don Bosco. During his term of office, Dominikus Savio was canonized in 1954 , the approval of the Institute of Volunteering Don Bosco in 1956 and the building of the Tempio di Don Bosco in Rome in 1959 . As Superior General, he also took part in the first three sessions of the Second Vatican Council . He asked the 19th General Chapter not to re-elect him. So he became the first emeritus superior general. As such, he was rector of the Tempio di Don Bosco in Becchi for a few years . He then retired to Albarè di Costermano near Verona , where he died on April 19, 1983.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Il tempio di Don Bosco. Edition June 2009 (Italian)

predecessor	Office	successor
Peter Ricaldone	Superior General of the Salesians Don Bosco 1952–1965	Alois Ricceri