Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ has appointed Fr Jose Cecilio Magadia SJ as Regional Assistant for Asia Pacific starting January 14, 2019. He takes over from Fr Daniel Patrick Huang SJ who has served as Regional Assistant for 10 years.

Fr Magadia is currently General Counsellor for the formation of Jesuits and the promotion of vocations, a position he has held since 2013. Previously, he was Provincial of the Philippine Jesuit Province, which he also took over from Fr Huang after the latter’s appointment as Regional Assistant.

In his letter to the Major Superiors on April 24, Fr Sosa thanked Fr Huang for “the way in which, since 2008, he has fulfilled his responsibility as Regional Assistant for Asia Pacific and his mission as General Counsellor”.

“The quality of the contacts he has made, the precision of his knowledge of the Asia Pacific region, the generosity of his involvement within the Council have enabled him to contribute significantly to the governance of the Universal Society,” Fr General said.

Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific President Fr Tony Moreno SJ likewise expressed his gratitude to Fr Huang “for his 10 years of very competent, insightful and inspiring accompaniment of our Conference”.   He also thanked Fr Magadia “for his generous availability to this very important mission”.