ANABELA MOREIRA G. CARNEIRO
General Mother Superior
Born in Amorim (Portugal).
She holds a BA in Religious Science from the Regina Mundi Pontifical Institute and studied Pedagogy of Vocations at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome (Italy).Her missionary experience has mainly focused on training, and she is currently Master of Novices at Braga (Portugal).
Vicar-General from 2006 to 2012.
Appointed General Mother Superior at the General Chapter of 2012 and re-elected at the General Chapter of 2018.
MARÍA ESTHER BERRUETE VILLA
Vicar and First General Councillor
Born in Navarre (Spain). She holds a diploma in social work and a Masters in Bioethics. Her Hospitaller service has taken shape at various centres located in the former Province of Palencia, where she has worked as social worker, Local Superior and Provincial Superior.
Over the last six years, she has served the congregation as Second General Councillor.
Appointed Vicar-General at the General Chapter of 2018.
LEÒNTINE JUDITH NGO MBOCK
Second General Councillor
Born in Matomb, Cameroon (Africa). She did the religious pedagogy training in Kinshasa (DRC) and the training for trainers in Salamanca (Spain).
She has carried out different services as a trainer and in recent years, she has accompanied the sisters during the discernment period for perpetual devotion in the congregation at the motherhouse in Ciempozuelos (Madrid, Spain).
She was appointed Second General Councillor at the General Chapter of 2018.
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.
MARÍA BEGOÑA PÉREZ MARTÍNEZ
Fourth General Councillor
Born in San Llorente de la Vega (Burgos, Spain). She has studied nursing in England and pedagogy for vocation training in Rome. She has been Secretary and General Councillor. Recently, she was the Provincial Superior of the English Province, which is present in Ghana and Liberia.
She was appointed Fourth General Councillor at the General Chapter of 2018.
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.
