Fr. Michael Conway Named Director of Salesian Missions

Fr. Michael Conway Named Director of Salesian Missions

Today we have received word that our Rector Major, Fr. Angel Fernandez Artime, SDB, has appointed Fr. Michael Conway, SDB, to be the new executive director of Salesian Missions, New Rochelle, effective immediately.  Fr. Mike succeeds Fr. Gus Baek, SDB, who passed away on December 30, 2022. 

The province of New Rochelle congratulates Fr. Mike, offers him prayers in his new responsibility, and expresses gratitude to Fr. Tim Ploch, SDB, for serving as interim executive director of Salesian Missions for the past six months.

Fr. Conway has been province treasurer and a member of the provincial council for the last two years. Born in 1962, he graduated from St. Dominic Savio HS in East Boston in 1980 and then entered the Salesians. He made his first profession in 1983 and was ordained in 1992 by then-Bishop Oscar Rodriguez. He has served at Salesian schools in Marrero, La., St. Petersburg, Fla., Paterson, N.J., New Rochelle, N.Y., and Takoma Park, Md.