The Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi Re-elect Félix Gómez Rueda as General Director, and a New General Council for the Next 6 Years

It is with great joy that the General Assembly of the Lay Consecrated Men inform the entire Regnum Christi family that the new General Government has been elected that will serve the Society of Apostolic Life for the next six years. We thank the Lord for the fidelity, spirit of communion, and availability shown by all participants in this discernment process.

The new General Government is made up of:

  • General Director: Félix Gómez Rueda
  • First General Councilor: José Mateos Brito
  • Second General Councilor: Guillermo Campillo
  • Third General Councilor: Antonio Maza
  • Fourth General Councilor: Emilio Martínez
  • Fifth General Councilor: Radek Biernacki
  • Administrator: Abraham Monroy

 

General Director: Félix Gómez Rueda

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Félix Gómez Rueda was born on February 9, 1966 in Spain and entered consecrated life on August 27, 1989. He is an industrial engineer with a degree from the Universidad Anáhuac Univeristy of North Mexico, has master’s degrees in Economics/Administration, Finance, and Philosophy, as well as PhD studies in Education from the same university. Throughout his service in mission, he has played an integral role in institutional management and general government. He was territorial administrator of Mexico for almost two decades, administrator of the Anahuac University of Mexico North and general councilor of the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi. Since 2020 he has been General Director of the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi, a member of the General Directive College of the Regnum Christi Federation, and a council member of the Anahuac University Network.

First General Councilor: José Mateos Brito

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José Mateos was born on September 1, 1970 in Mexico. He entered consecrated life on September 15, 1995. Throughout his three decades of consecration, he has served extensively in governance, formation, and educational management. He was youth director and administrator of Highlands School in Dallas,Texas, general secretary of Anahuac University Mexico North, national director of Mission Network, local director of apostolate in southeastern Mexico, director of the Regnum Christi Mission Corps Missionaries program in Mexico, and has developed apostolic initiatives to spread tJohn Paul II’s Theology of the Body. He has also served as councilor and territorial director of the Lay Consecrated Men in Mexico-USA, and as director of the Lay Consecrated Men’s Formation Center in Mexico. He currently resides in Santiago de Chile, where he is vice-rector for comprehensive education at the Finis Terrae University, general coordinator of the vocational promotion of the Lay Consecrated Men, delegate for the Obras Comun in Chile, and responsible for safe environments for the Lay Consecrated Men in that country.

Second General Councilor: Guillermo Campillo

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Guillermo Campillo was born on January 15, 1984 in Hermosillo, Mexico and was consecrated on August 15, 2004. He was a Regnum Christi Mission Corps Missionary in the 2003-2004 academic year, serving ECYD in Mexico City. He is an Industrial Engineer and has a degree in Religious Sciences from the Anáhuac University in México; he also has a Bachelor of Science in the Formation of Formators from the Gregorian University in Rome. He has specialized in the fields of accompaniment, spiritual direction, and vocation ministry. Guillermo has worked in vocation promotion in Mexico for many years. From 2015 to 2023 he was responsible for  ECYD in the territory of Monterrey. In 2020 he was elected as a general councilor of the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi, and since 2021 he has been delegate of the general director for the internal life of the Lay Consecrated Men in Mexico and a member of the Territorial Directive College of Mexico and Central America. Since August 2025 he has also been director of the candidacy for those discerning the vocation to lay consecrated life in Regnum Christi.

Third General Councilor: Antonio Maza

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Antonio Maza was born on December 27, 1976 in Mexico City. He entered consecrated life on September 15, 1995. He graduated in Economics and Administration from the University of Dallas in 2000, and completed his Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Management at the Anáhuac University México Sur in 2015. Throughout his years of service, he has been in the Territorial Administration of Regnum Christi in the territories of Italy and Central Europe from 2000 to 2002, as well as in the territory of North America from 2006 to 2008. He also worked in the campus ministry at the Anahuac University of Cancun and in the Maya Missions. In recent years, from 2002-2006; and from 2015 until today he has been working at Divine Mercy University, currently as VP of Finance and Administration.

 

Fourth General Councilor: Emilio Martínez

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Emilio Martínez was born on June 16, 1968 in Vitoria, Spain. He joined ECYD in 1983 and Regnum Christi in 1984. He was consecrated in Regnum Christi on August 10, 1986. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Geography and History, specialising in American History, and obtained a PhD from the Complutense University of Madrid. He obtained a licentiate and a doctorate in Ecclesiastical History at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.In his apostolic service, he has been a formator of the Regnum Christi Young Adult Section and professor at the Everest Collegio in Madrid, assistant to the General Administrator, director of the General Historical Archive of the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi, and visiting professor at the European University of Rome. He is a permanent professor at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum and conducts research in history, social doctrine and spirituality with numerous publications. He was a member of the commission for the revision of the statutes of consecrated members and for Regnum Christi, among others. He was the delegate of the general director and the Regnum Christi General Directive College for the discernment process of the current permanent missionaries of Regnum Christi. He has served as director of the Lay Consecrated Men’s communities in Rome and Madrid, territorial councilor for Europe and for the United States, and territorial director for Europe and Chile. He has been a member of ARROCE. He is a member of the Territorial Directive College of Regnum Christi in Spain.

Fifth General Councillor: Radek Biernacki

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Radek Biernacki was born on March 2, 1979, in Krakow, Poland. He entered consecrated life on September 27, 1998. He studied at the Francisco de Vitoria University, attached to the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), where he graduated with a degree in Economics. Subsequently, he obtained a Master’s degree in Philosophy and a Master’s degree in Humanities from the Francisco de Vitoria University, a Master’s degree in Instructional Design and Technology from the University of Tampa (USA), and a PhD in Economics from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Throughout his years of ministry he has collaborated in youth work and university level education, as well as in higher level teaching. He has been a member of the auxiliary teams of Regnum Christi Young Adults in Madrid and Buin, professor and director of the economics department of the Finis Terrae University in Santiago de Chile, where he currently continues his academic work as a researcher.

General Administrator: Abraham Monroy

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Abraham Monroy was born on January 2, 1986, in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. He graduated as an engineer from the Universidad Anáhuac México Norte (2005–2010). Abraham entered consecrated life on August 15, 2004. He has developed his mission in areas of economic management and governance: he was assistant to the territorial administration in Mexico, manager and councilor of the center of Lomas Anáhuac, territorial administrator of the Lay Consecrated Men in Mexico-USA and administrative director of the Semper Altius Network of Schools. He is currently a general councilor of the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi, director of the community of Lomas Anahuac, and director of finance of the Regnum Christi the Works of Regnum Chrisi in Mexico.

 

The General Director, with the support of his General Council and the General Administrator, assumes his mission with the desire to safeguard and promote the identity of their vocation, to promote communion and the common mission with the entire spiritual family and apostolic body of Regnum Christi, to strengthen each of the dimensions of the life of the Lay Consecrated Men, and to foster apostolic dynamism. We ask all to join us in prayer for them, so that the Holy Spirit may enlighten them and accompany them in this service to the Church, Regnum Christi, and society.

We are deeply grateful to the members of the outgoing government, Cristian Nazer, Fernando Rincón, Bernardo Pérez, and Mario Olivieri for their generous dedication and for all the fruits that God has worked through their mission.

Let us continue to pray for the work of the Assembly and the path of renewal and hope that the Lord invites us to walk together.

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Alex Kucera

Atlanta

Alex Kucera has lived in Atlanta, GA, for the last 46 years. He is one of 9 children, married to his wife Karmen, and has 3 girls, one grandson, and a granddaughter on the way. Alex joined Regnum Christi in 2007. Out of the gate, he joined the Helping Hands Medical Missions apostolate and is still participating today with the Ghana Friendship Mission.

In 2009, Alex was asked to be the Atlanta RC Renewal Coordinator for the Atlanta Locality to help the RC members with the RC renewal process. Alex became a Group Leader in 2012 for four of the Atlanta Men’s Section Teams and continues today. Running in parallel, in 2013, Alex became a Team Leader and shepherded a large team of good men.

Alex was honored to be the Atlanta Mission Coordinator between 2010 to 2022 (12 years), coordinating 5-8 Holy Week Mission teams across Georgia. He also created and coordinated missions at a parish in Athens, GA, for 9 years. Alex continues to coordinate Holy Week Missions, Advent Missions, and Monthly missions at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Cumming, GA.

From 2016 to 2022, Alex also served as the Men’s Section Assistant in Atlanta. He loved working with the Men’s Section Director, the Legionaries, Consecrated, and Women’s Section leadership teams.

Alex is exceptionally grateful to the Legionaries, Consecrated, and many RC members who he’s journeyed shoulder to shoulder, growing his relationship with Christ and others along the way. He knows that there is only one way, that’s Christ’s Way, with others!