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(Communications approved by the Diffinitors but not yet approved by the Master of the Order. The numbers make reference to the Acts of the Provincial Chapter 2013)
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10.   Fr. Javier González Izquierdo was elected as Prior Provincial by the Chapter members on August 26, 2013 and confirmed by the Master of the Order on the following day August 27 (Prot. n. 25/13/430 CP). He accepted the office on August 28, taking office that very day during the conventual celebration of the Eucharist, making the prescribed profession of faith and the oath of fidelity to the Magisterium of the Church. From that moment onwards, he continued presiding over the General Assemblies and the Diffinitors´.
11.   The Chapter members elected as Diffinitors of this Chapter the following:
Fr. Mariano González MartÃn (Japan)
Fr. Tomás Miguel Blázquez (Taiwán)
Fr. Raymond Mi (Philipines)
Fr. Pedro Juan Alonso Merino (Spain)
Fr. Ãngel Gabriel Villasmil Bermúdez (Venezuela)
Fr. Emiliano Pérez Peña (houses under the Provincial)
Fr. Hyacinth He
Fr. Mario Jabares Cubillas
12.   The Chapter members elected Provincial Councillors the following:
Fr. Bonifacio GarcÃa SolÃs
Fr. José Luis de Miguel Fernández
Fr. Alejandro Salcedo GarcÃa
Fr. Christopher Joannes Chor
And as substitute Councillors of the Province the following:
Fr. José Ãngel López Legido
Fr. Timoteo Merino MartÃn
13.   The Chapter members elected Fr. Kleyver José GarcÃa Botero as socius of the Prior Provincial for the elective General Chapter; as diffinitor for the first General Chapter to Fr. Rafael Laya Hidalgo and to Fr. Pedro Juan Alonso Merino as his socius; as diffinitor for the second General Chapter to Fr. Ramón RodrÃguez and to Fr. José Antonio Sanabria Santervás as his socius.
 14.   The sessions of the Diffinitors took place from 4 to 11 of Septermber 2013.
 15.   The Prior Provincial, with the consent of the Diffinitors, chose Fr. Hyacinth He as his socius.
 16.   The Prior Provincial, with the consent of the Diffinitors, chose Fr. Fernando Muñoz MartÃn as Provincial Secretary.
 17.   The Diffinitors named Fr. Bonifacio GarcÃa SolÃs as Bursar of the Province and to Fr. José Salas Tomé and Fr. José Ãngel López Legido as his assistants.
 18.   The Diffinitors named Fr. Francisco de las Heras Miguel as provincial Secretary of Missions.
 19.   The Diffinitors proposed Fr. John Kim Sang Tae to the Master of the Order for his appointment as Regent of Studies.
 20.   The Diffinitors named Fr. Timoteo Merino MartÃn as Master of Novices in Hong Kong.
 21.   The Diffinitors named Fr. Jarvis Sy Hao as Master of Students in St. Dominic´s Priory in Macau, and Fr. José Gregorio Lobo Izquierdo as Master of Students in the Priory of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, in Caracas, Venezuela.
 22.   The Diffinitors named as Director of the Pre-Novitiate: Fr. Peadar Beinidict Mac Cionaoith in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong; Fr. Juan Bautista Ko Sung Kyun in Seoul, Korea; Fr. Antonio González Izquierdo in Singapur; Fr. John Maung Sui in Yangon, Myanmar; Fr. Santiago Sáiz González in Dili, Timor Leste; and Fr. José Gregorio Lobo Izquierdo in Caracas, Venezuela.
 23.   The Diffinitors named Fr. Pedro Luis González González as incharge of the Student Brothers taking institutional studies in Rome..
 24.   The Diffinitors named Fr Ramón RodrÃguez Alonso as representative of the Vicariate in Spain for the Council of Formation of the JIP.
 25.   Likewise, the Diffinitors made the following appointments:
Fr. Fausto Gómez Berlana, Provincial Promoter of Permanent Formation.
Fr. Emiliano Pérez Peña, Provincial Promoter of Justice and Peace.
Fr. Fernando Muñoz, Chonicler and Secretary of Information and Statistics.
Fr. Emiliano Pérez Peña, editor of the Provincial Bulletin.
Fr. Teodoro González GarcÃa and Fr. Miguel Ãngel Medina Escudero, Provincial Promoters for the causes of Beatification and Canonization.
Fr. Vicente Sánchez RodrÃguez, Provincial Promoter of the Dominican Family.
Fr. Mariano González MartÃn, Provincial Promoter of Vocations.
Fr. Tomás Polvorosa López, Provincial Archivist.
Fr. Peter Yu Jong Pil, Provincial Coordinator for the Internet.
Fr. Edmond Eh Kim Chew, Moderator of the Provincial Center of Institutional Studies, in Macau.