Juan Edmundo Vecchi (23 June 1931 – 23 January 2002) was a Roman Catholic priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco, who was the 8th Rector Major of that order between 20 March 1996 and his death in 2002.
Vecchi started his apostolate in Fortín Mercedes between 1958 and 1960 as Catechist of the Salesian Aspirantate, then director of the Bahía Blanca's Dominic Savio College between 1962 and 1970.
The Rector Major, Luis Ricceri, elected Vecchi as Regional Superior for the Salesian works of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay until 1977, then he became World Councilor for the Youth Ministry in Rome until 1990.
Viganò, Vecchi ended his period as Rector Major at the sickbed, but he made that special moment of his life a reason of reflection and spirituality writing more documents about the Salesian mission.
[5] During his period as Rector Major, Vecchi saw the beatification of his uncle, Artémides Zatti, although he died in Rome a few weeks before Pope John Paul II presided over the celebration of that event on 14 April 2002.