Father Giovanni Gargano

Born in Salerno in 1967, he joined the Xaverian family on 12 September 1988. After studying philosophy in Desio in 1990, he made his first profession in 1991. He then studied theology in Parma, including a missionary experience in Bangladesh, and was ordained a missionary priest in Parma in 1998. Initially assigned to the Xaverian house in Desio as a missionary vocation coordinator, he was transferred to Salerno in 2003, where he remained until 2007, when he returned to Bangladesh. He has been there for 15 years. Many people know him as Fr Giuà.