Yvonne Reungoat

Yvonne Reungoat F.M.A (born 14 January 1945[1]) is a French nun and one of the few high-ranking women in the Roman Curia.

Yvonne Reungoat
Yvonne Reungoat with Pascual Chávez, Superior General of the Salesians Don Bosco.
Born14 January 1945
Plouénan, France
Alma materUniversity of Lyon
OrganizationCongregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Known forFirst non-Italian Super General of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco
TitlePresident of the Union of Major Superiors of Italy

Biography

Sister Reungoat was born in Plouénan, North-West of France on 14 January 1945. She studied Salesian religious life when she was admitted to the Paris Postulancy in 1963.[1] She entered into religious service on 5 August 1965.[1]

She earned a degree in History and Geography form the University of Lyon and became a school teacher in Lyon for 11 years. Between 1996 and 2008 she was member of the General Chapter and in 2002 was elected Vicary General of this institute.[2]

Appointments and honours

Reungoat is one of the first seven women appointed members of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life the second highest-ranking department of the Roman Curia, the administrative institution of the Holy See since 8 July 2019, when was appointed by Pope Francis.[3][4] She is also the 9th and first non-Italian Superior General of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco since 2008.[5]

On 5 April 2018, she was elected president of the Union of Major Superiors of Italy in its 65th National Assembly.[6]

In January 2021, Reungoat she was appointed Officer of the Légion d’Honneur.[7] She had previously been awarded the Medal of Knight in the National Order of the Legion of Honour.[7]

References
  1. "Mother General • Istituto Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice". Istituto Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  2. MOTHER YVONNE REUNGOAT
  3. Gagliarducci, Andrea (8 July 2019). "Papa Francesco, sette donne tra i membri della Congregazione dei religiosi" (in Italian). ACI Stampa. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  4. "Resignations and Appointments, 08.07.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. Madre Yvonne Reungoat (2008)
  6. MADRE YVONNE REUNGOAT, PRESIDENTA DE LA USMI (in Spanish)
  7. "Italy - Honor for Mother Yvonne Reungoat". www.infoans.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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