The Vicar, the first collaborator of the Rector Major in the governance of the Society, has ordinary vicarious authority. He acts in place of the Rector Major when absent or impeded. He takes care of religious life and discipline.

Fr. Stefano Martoglio (59) was born in Turin on November 30, 1965. He entered the Monteoliveto Novitiate in Pinerolo in 1984. He made his first vows in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin on September 8, 1985, and his perpetual vows on September 27, 1992, in Castelnuovo Don Bosco. He was ordained a priest in Turin on June 11, 1994.

He has served the Salesian community as a Counselor for the Pinerolo and San Domenico Savio works in Valdocco before becoming the Rector of the Mother House of the Congregation in 2004, also in Valdocco. In 2008, he was appointed Superior of the Special Circumscription of Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta (ICP).

He participated in the 25th General Chapter and was part of the pre-chapter commission of the 27th General Chapter. The 27th General Chapter of 2014 brought him for the first time into the General Council, electing him Regional Councillor for the newly established Mediterranean Region, created by that Chapter through the merger of the two previous Regions, Italy-Middle East and West Europe.

At the 28th General Chapter in 2020, he was elected as Vicar of the Rector Major for the first time. In this role, he led the Salesian Congregation from August 17, 2024, until this General Chapter, by the timeframes agreed upon by the Holy See following the nomination of Rector Major Ángel Fernández Artime as Cardinal.

Courtesy: ANS-Turin