Philippine Jesuits have their so called Provincial Superior, the head of all Jesuits in the Philippines. Unlike the Jesuit Superior General in Rome whose term of office is lifetime, the Provincial has a six-year term of governance of the entire Province: the 300 Jesuits, their ministries, and the various institutions.

 

Fr Antonio Moreno SJ, a Cagayanon, and presently the President of Ateneo de Zamboanga University, is the 11th Provincial Superior of the Philippine Jesuits. He received his appointment from the Superior General, Very Rev. Adolfo Nicolas, SJ. Fr Tony succeeds Fr Jose Cecilio Magadia, SJ who will be assigned in Rome as the new General Assistant for Formation. Fr Tony finished grade school, high school, and college at Xavier University, Ateneo de Cagayan. He joined the Jesuits in 1983 and was ordained a priest in 1993. He has a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Wales, Swansea, UK. Before his assignment in Zamboanga, he taught social sciences at Xavier University and later served as Dean (Arts and Sciences) and Vice President for Social Development.

Fr Tony will begin his term as Provincial on June 12, 2013.