The General Chapter of September 2025 recommended (Vote 92) that the community of Victoria (diocese of Masaka, Uganda) consider the possibility of affiliation to Tilburg. The possibility was studied in Victoria and in Tilburg, and both communities rejected the idea. After a further special Visitation by two superiors of the Order, and in the light of the ongoing situation in the community, Dom Isaac Majoor, abbot of Tilburg and Father Immediate of Victoria, asked the Abbot General to appoint a monastic commissary for the community of Victoria.
On 4 Sept 2026 the Abbot General, with the consent of his Council and acting in the name of the General Chapter, suspended the exercise of autonomy of the community of Victoria and appointed Fr. Eugene Onyeanusi, monk of Awhum, as monastic commissary of the community, in accordance with the Statute on Fragile Communities. The appointment is effective immediately.
Dom Eugene was born in Nnewi (Nigeria) in 1971. He entered Awhum in 1998 and made his solemn profession in 2005. At the time of his appointment, he was Novice Master of Awhum.
This appointment brings to an end the service of Dom John Bosco Kamali, abbot of Victoria 2013-2025 and superior ad nutum since 2025.
