General Administrator
Fr. José Cárdenas, L.C.
The general administrator’s mission is to assist in the control of assets, auditing, treasury, and legal supervision of the works of the Legion, as well as the preparation and monitoring of budgets.
Fr. José Gerardo Cárdenas Jiménez, L.C., was born on July 1, 1957, in Monterrey, Mexico. He began his novitiate on September 15, 1974, in Orange, Connecticut, United States. He made his perpetual profession on December 22, 1982, and was ordained a priest on December 24, 1985, in Rome. In 1986, he collaborated in the founding of the Legion of Christ in Brazil. From 1987 to 1990, he served as instructor of novices at the Novitiate in Brazil. From 1991 to 2001, he served as assistant to the territorial director for South America.
From 2002 to 2012, he was territorial director of Chile and Argentina. He was also territorial administrator of Brazil.
In 2014, he was elected general administrator of the Legionaries of Christ, a position to which he has been reelected by the 2026 General Chapter.
On the other hand, the non-elective positions of those who remain in the service of the new General Government are:
General Procurator
Fr. Javier Fayos, L.C
The General Procurator is responsible for managing the legal matters of the Congregation before the Holy See, according to the intentions and directives of the General Director and his Council.
He was born on November 14, 1966, in Gandía, Valencia, Spain. After completing his high school studies, he entered the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in Salamanca, Spain, in 1984. He made his perpetual profession on March 10, 1990. He holds a degree in philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He completed his bachelor’s degree in theology in 1997 at the Regina Apostolorum Athenaeum. In 2020, he completed the Studium course offered by the Pontifical Urbaniana University on subjects related to consecrated life and canon law. He was ordained a priest on December 24, 1997, by Bishop Claudio María Celli at the Study Center in Rome.
From 1997 to 1998, he worked in Saltillo as community manager, assistant to the adult sections of Regnum Christi, and chaplain of Colegio Cumbres.
From 1999 to 2009, he was chaplain of the women’s student center in Wakefield, RI, while also serving as confessor at the Regnum Christi formation center for consecrated women in Greenville, RI. In 2009, he served as superior of the Houston CA and chaplain for consecrated women, while also collaborating with the adult sections of Regnum Christi. He also served the Regnum Christi sections in San Antonio, TX, and Rollings Hill School. In 2011, he was appointed superior of the Alpharetta CA in Atlanta, while also working in the adult sections of Regnum Christi and as chaplain for consecrated women.
In 2015, he was appointed superior of the CA in Manila, Philippines, while serving as chaplain to consecrated women and Mano Amiga, and assistant to the Regnum Christi and ECYD women’s sections. Since 2018, he has served as assistant to the General Directorate in Rome for the area of priestly life, and since the summer of 2021, as procurator general. He also serves as ordinary confessor to the community of brothers of the General Directorate.
General Secretary
Fr. Luis Alberto Henao, L.C.
The General Secretary is responsible for assisting the General Director in the management, documentation, and archiving of matters related to the Congregation, as well as in all tasks assigned to him.
He was born in Medellín, Colombia, in 1975. He joined the Legion of Christ in 1994 and was part of the founding of the novitiate in Colombia. He was ordained a priest on December 20, 2008, by Cardinal Angelo Sodano in Rome. He studied classical humanities in Spain and obtained a licentiate in philosophy in Rome, where he also trained in theology.
In the early years of his priestly ministry, he served as a formator: he was vice-rector of the vocational centers in Guadalajara and Mérida, rector of the vocational center in Chile, and assistant to the novices in Colombia-Venezuela.
Later, he assumed various pastoral and administrative responsibilities, including: local director of the apostolate in Medellín, chaplain of the Mano Amiga School in Bello, rector of the Cumbres School in Bogotá, chaplain of the Metropolitan University of Caracas, and director of the women’s section in Lima. In addition, he served as administrator and territorial secretary of the Territory of Colombia–Venezuela, among other functions.
Since September 2023, Fr. Luis Alberto Henao has held the position of secretary general of the Legionaries of Christ.
General Prefect of Studies
Fr. Devin Michael Roza, L.C.
The role of the General Prefect of Studies is to collaborate with the General Director and his Council in all matters related to the intellectual formation, updating of studies, and doctrinal integrity of the members and works of the Congregation.
He was born on November 29, 1977, in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. He studied at Creighton Preparatory High School and spent a year studying liberal arts at the University of Dallas. In 1997, he entered the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in Cheshire, Connecticut. He studied classical humanities in Salamanca, Spain, and obtained a licentiate in philosophy from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome. He collaborated for four years in the formation of legionaries as a professor of classical humanities in Cheshire.
He was ordained a priest by Cardinal Velasio de Paolis on December 12, 2011, at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. He obtained a licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. In 2015, he published the book Fulfilled in Christ: The Sacraments. A Guide to Symbols and Types in the Bible and Tradition.
Actualmente es profesor invitado de la Facultad de Teología del Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum.
Encomendamos el trabajo por la misión evangelizadora de la Congregación.