Fr Kevin O'Neill from Geelong, Victoria has
been elected as Superior General of the Missionary Society of St
Columban at the Columban General Assembly in Los Angeles, according to a
release from the St Columban Mission Society in Australia.The election occurred on September 20.
Fr Kevin was born in Geelong on 23rd November, 1962 and is one of six children, including a twin brother, Peter, who is also a Columban Priest. His parents, John and Ruth, reside in Geelong.
He was educated at Our Lady's, Manifold Heights and St Joseph's CBC, Newtown and studied chemical engineering at RMIT before entering St Columbans Seminary, Turramurra, NSW in 1984. He was ordained in 1992 by Bishop Peter Connors at Manifold Heights.
Fr Kevin has worked in Taiwan and Ireland, and is currently working in China.
In his new appointment he will reside in Hong Kong where the Columban headquarters are situated.