At the General Chapter (held every six years) four friars are elected to be the General Councillors representing the four geographical areas of the Order: (1) Africa, (2) the Americas, (3) Asia-Australia-Oceania and (4) Europe. The General Councillors are a link between their respective geographic areas and the General Council. Together with the other members of the General Council they also share in the responsibility of promoting the common good of the entire Order.
At the General Chapter in September 2025, Fathers Eric Chrisostome N'Do (Africa), Rolf Nepomuk (Nepi) Willemsen (the Americas), Robert Thomas Puthussery (Asia-Australia-Oceania) and Richard Byrne (Europe) were elected as the General Councillors for the Order.
Fr. Eric Chrisostome N'Do, O. Carm., General Councillor for Africa
Born in Koudougou, Burkina Faso, Eric entered Carmel in Bobo Dioulasso. On 16 July 2008, he made his simple profession and on July 4, 2011.
After his ordination, he was assigned to the Postulancy House in Ouagadougou.
In September 2013, he was sent to the community in Madrid to undertake a specialized studies in philosophy with the topic of Humanism and Transcendence at the Pontifical University of Comillas.
After completing a thesis on Edith Stein in June 2017, he returned to the community in Ouagadougou, where he is teaching philosophy at the Catholic University of Saint Thomas Aquinas and at the Private Institute of Philosophy, where Carmelite postulants attend classes.
