IDÍLIA MARIA MOREIRA G. CARNEIRO
General Mother Superior
Born in Mozambique in 1966. She joined the Congregation in 1984.
She has a degree in Social Work from the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas in Lisbon (1988 – 1993).
Master’s Degree in Spirituality and Ethics in Health (1997 – 2000)
Post-graduate qualification in Human Resources Management (2004)
Her hospitaller experience has been in the field of management and accompaniment of the hospital mission and in the animation of the Province and Communities.
Between 1997 and 2000 she was Managing Director of the Bom Jesus Health Centre in Braga.
Between 2000 and 2006 she was 2nd Provincial Councillor, taking on the animation of the hospice work
Between 2006 and 2012 she was Provincial Superior.
From 2012 to 2018 she was Superior of the Community of Idanha
From 2018 to 2024 she has been Vicar Provincial, coordinating the Province Centres and the Hospitaller Mission area.
Appointed General Mother Superior at the General Chapter of 2024.
MARÍA BEGOÑA PÉREZ MARTÍNEZ
Vicar and First General Councillor
Born in Burgos, Spain. She joined the Congregation in 1974. She has a degree in Nursing, specializing in Psychiatry.
Experience and services performed in hospital life: she has developed the service of animation as Superior of different communities and as Provincial Superior and 2nd Provincial Councilor.
Appointed Vicar-General at the General Chapter of 2024.
Mª CARMEN MARTÍN
Second General Councillor
Born in Burgos, Spain. She joined the Congregation in 1974. She has a degree in Nursing, specializing in Psychiatry.
Experience and services performed in hospital life: she has developed the service of animation as Superior of different communities and as Provincial Superior and 2nd Provincial Councilor.
She was appointed Second General Councillor at the General Chapter of 2024.
BLANCA FLOR GUERRERO ANGANOY
Third General Councillor
Born in Pasto (Colombia). She has studied religious sciences in Colombia and pedagogy for vocation training in Rome. She is specialised in health administration. She has been Provincial Councillor and was recently Provincial Secretary of the newly created Latin American Province.
She was appointed Third General Councillor at the General Chapter of 2018 and 2024.
NICOLE MAYINGA
Fourth General Councillor
Born in Bandundu (Democratic Republic of Congo). Licensed in Theology in Yaoundé (Cameroon). Licensed in Spiritual Theology in Rome. She has been Mistress of Juniors in Kinshasa (DRC) at the same time as local vice-superior.
She was appointed local superior in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), before being appointed to the same position in Korbongou (Togo) in 2021.
She was appointed Fourth General Councillor at the General Chapter of 2024.
MARIA ANTÓNIA MOREIRA GUERRA
General Bursar
Born in Batalha (Portugal). She holds a degree in Business Organization and Management (ISCTE-Lisbon) and an integrated master’s degree in Theology (UCP-Lisbon).
She has developed her Hospitaller service, mainly, in the administrative area of the Hospitallers Centers of Portugal and as provincial bursar, of the same Province, for 12 years.
Appointed General Bursar in April 2021.
MARÍA ISABEL SANTAMARIA BENITO
General Secretary
Born in Madrid (Spain). She holds a degree in education science from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a diploma in religious sciences from the Faculty of Theology of Granada.
She has carried out her Hospitaller service mostly in Granada and Madrid. Recently, she was the superior of Complejo ACAMÁN in Tenerife.
Appointed General Secretary in October 2018.
