It is the title of a Catholic priest that is elected as the general superior of the religious institute Salesians of Don Bosco.
According to the Constitutions and Regulations of the Salesians of Don Bosco, the highest superior is the Supreme Pontiff to whom "They welcome his magisterium with docility and help the faithful, especially the young, to accept his teaching" (Art.
126)[1] and he has the "ordinary power of government which he exercises according to law over all provinces, houses and members in both spiritual and temporal matters" (Art.
These powers are enlisted in the Article 132 of the Salesian Constitutions and they are exercised with the approval of the General Council and accordingly with the Canon Law.
[1] After the end of the government period of the Rector Major, he called on a General Chapter in which every Salesian Province of the world sends its representatives, mainly the Provincial and other co-workers.