The Servants of Mary: New General Government elected for the 2025–2031 term
From 9 to 30 November 2025, the Order of Friar Servants of Mary (OSM) celebrated its 215th General Chapter in Ariccia (Rome). The Chapter was held on the theme "Being servants in a polarized world: building what unites, valuing differences." Delegates from the Provinces and other circumscriptions of the Order took part in the proceedings.
During the Chapter, Friar Sergio M. Ziliani was elected as the 106th Prior General of the Order of Friar Servants of Mary for the six-year term 2025–2031. Friar Sergio M. Ziliani was born in Olmeneta (Cremona, Italy). He completed his philosophical and theological studies in Rome, obtaining academic degrees from the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical Marianum Institute, and the Pontifical Teresianum Institute. Throughout his religious life, he has held responsibilities in the fields of formation and pastoral ministry and has been entrusted with governance roles at both provincial and general levels. Immediately prior to his election, he served as Secretary General of the Order, having previously been a General Councillor.
At the same time as the election of the Prior General, the Chapter proceeded with the election of the new General Council, which will collaborate in the governance of the Order during the 2025–2031 term, in accordance with the orientations that emerged from the Chapter's discernment:
Friar Benito M. Isip II, Councillor and Vicar General, born in 1966 in Manila (Philippines); he made his first profession in 1990 and was ordained a priest in 1998.
Friar Javier M. Badillo Martín, Councillor and Secretary of the Order, born in 1966 in Plasencia (Spain); he made his first profession in 1990 and was ordained in 1994.
Friar José Gerardo M. Torres Ornelas, General Councillor, born in 1958 in Genaro (Mexico); he made his first profession in 1990 and was ordained in 1997.
Friar Maurice M. Kisomose, General Councillor, born in 1983 in Manyama Katimba (Uganda); he made his first profession in 2009 and was ordained a priest in 2016.
The new General Government expresses the international dimension of the Order and is called to accompany the Servite communities in their pastoral, formative, and missionary commitment.
On 24 November 2025, the participants in the General Chapter were received in audience at the Vatican by Pope Leo XIV. In his address to them, the Pontiff recalled the importance of returning to the sources of religious life, pointing to reference to the Gospel, the Rule of Saint Augustine, and listening to the poor as essential elements for safeguarding the prophetic dimension of consecrated life. In this context, he stated that "returning to the Gospel, to the Rule, and to listening to the poor is the path to preserving the prophecy of consecrated life."