Claim: Pietro Ricaldone became director of the Salesian College of Sevilla, Don Rua sent him to visit the Salesian houses and was elected general administrator of the Salesians in 1922..
Evidence: In 1893 became director of the Salesian College of Sevilla. In 1898 Don Rua sent him to visit the Salesian houses of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. He is elected general administrator of the Salesians in 1922.