{"id":191806,"date":"2026-02-04T07:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=191806"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:44:52","slug":"the-legionaries-of-christ-elect-their-new-general-director-fr-carlos-alberto-gutierrez-lopez-lc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/the-legionaries-of-christ-elect-their-new-general-director-fr-carlos-alberto-gutierrez-lopez-lc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legionaries of Christ Elect their New General Government and New General Director: Fr. Carlos Alberto Guti\u00e9rrez L\u00f3pez, LC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a02026 General Chapter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of the Legionaries of Christ have elected\u00a0Fr. Carlos Guti\u00e9rrez L\u00f3pez, LC,<\/a>\u00a0as the new General Director for the 2026-2032 term<\/strong>. The election took place this morning at the General Directorate in Rome.<\/p>\n

The new General Director is originally from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He is 51 years old. After a year as a\u00a0Regnum Christi Mission Corps Missionary<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in 1998, Fr. Carlos entered the Congregation in 1999 and has served in Chile, Italy, Colombia, Venezuela, and Mexico, and until today was the\u00a0Territorial Director for Northern Mexico.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in philosophy and theology from the\u00a0Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum <\/em><\/a><\/strong>in Rome and a degree in industrial and systems engineering from the\u00a0Monterrey Institute of Technology<\/a><\/strong>. He also holds a master\u2019s degree in psychology from\u00a0Divine Mercy University<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>(United States). He has served in ministry as an\u00a0ECYD<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0assistant in Santiago, Chile (2001-2004), assistant to the general secretary, assistant to the territorial director for the apostolate in Colombia-Venezuela (2009-2012), superior of the community in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, territorial councilor for Venezuela, director of ECYD in Monterrey (2014-2015), coordinator of the area of \u200b\u200bfamily and youth ministry, and territorial director for Colombia-Venezuela (2018-2022). Since 2022, he has served as Territorial Director for Northern Mexico.<\/p>\n

As he accepted the role, Fr. Carlos\u00a0made the profession of faith and the oath of fidelity<\/strong>, as is customary in the Church.<\/p>\n

The General Chapter entrusts Fr. Carlos with the mission of continuing the path of renewal undertaken by the Congregation in recent years under the guidance of the Church, and\u00a0fostering the evangelization of all people<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0as a become a community that goes out to meet people on the peripheries of society.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In this new role, Fr. Carlos will also join the General Directive College of\u00a0Regnum Christi<\/strong><\/a>, as its president.<\/p>\n

With Fr. Carlos\u2019 election,\u00a0Fr. John Connor, LC<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0who has been General Director since 2020, concludes his service in this role.\u00a0The Congregation thanks him deeply\u00a0 for his generous self-giving, his pastoral governance, and his leadership along the path the Legion has travelled during these past six years<\/strong>. The new government begins in continuity with the last in the ongoing work towards an institutional culture of transparency and of care and service of all people, in communion with the Church.<\/p>\n

The day following Fr. Carlo’s election as general director, the General Chapter elected the rest of the Legion’s new General Government, including six general councilors and the general administrator.<\/p>\n

The general councilors are:<\/p>\n