Yvonne Reungoat


Yvonne Reungoat F.M.A is a French nun, one of the first seven women appointed members of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life the second highest-ranking department of the Roman Curia, the administrative institution of the Holy See since 8 July 2019, when was appointed by Pope Francis. She is also the 9th and first non-Italian Superior General of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco since 2008.
Sister Reungoat was born in Plouénan, North-West of France on 14 January 1945. She got a degree in History and Geography for the University of Lyon and became a school teacher in Lyon for 11 years. Between 1996 and 2008 she had been member of the General Chapter and in 2002 was elected Vicary General of this institute
On 5 April 2018 was elected president of the Union of Major Superiors of Italy in its 65th National Assembly.