Fr. Rogério Gomes, Superior General: --Fr. Rogério Gomes was born in 1974 in Alterosa, Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil. He entered the Province of São Paulo in 2002 and was ordained a priest in 2006.
After earning a Licentiate in Moral Theology in Rome, he returned to São Paulo to teach moral theology, bioethics and other courses at the Instituto São Paulo de Estudos Superiores, Escola Dominicana de Teologia and Faculdade de Teologia São Bento. He returned to Rome in 2009 to obtain a PhD in Moral Theology. In 2013, he was appointed a professor at the Alphonsian Academy.
In 2014 he was elected Provincial Superior of the Province of São Paulo, and soon after president of the Union of the Redemptorists of Brazil. During the years 2014-2016, he also served as Vice President of the Higher Institute of Theology.
Fr. Rogerio was elected General Consultor from the Latin America and Caribbean Conference in 2016. As General Consultor from 2016 to 2022, he was a member of the General Secretariat of Formation, the Commission for the Redemptorist Brothers and the Joint Commission for the Alphonsian Academy. He also has served as a member of the Commission of the Roman Athenaeums – nternational Union of Superiors General.
Fr. Rogério is currently a guest professor at the Accademia Alfonsiana in Rome, a member of the Brazilian Society of Bioethics, the Brazilian Society of Moral Theology, and the Surveillance Studies Network, as well as the PHAES group (Human Person, Anthropology, Ethics and Sexuality) of the Pontific Catholic University of São Paulo. He speaks Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and English, and reads French.
Fr. Zdzisław Francois Stanula, Vicar General : --Fr. Zdzisław Francois Stanula was born in 1964 in Szerzyny, Poland. He entered the Province of France in 1987 and was ordained a priest in 1992. While serving as a missionary in Burkina Faso from 1996 to 2006, he was chair of the Secretariat of Formation and Consultor of the Vice Province. He worked as a diocesan chaplain for Spanish ministry in the Diocese of Metuchen in the USA from 2006 to 2008, and served as secretary of the Conference of Redemptorists of Europe from 2011 to 2014. He has served as Provincial Superior of the Province of France since 2015. He speaks Polish, French, Spanish and Italian.
Fr. Nicolas Ayouba,General Consultor from the Conference of Africa (COREAM): --Fr. Nicolas Issifi Ayouba Martin, C.Ss.R., was born 1966 in Borobon Téra, Niger. He was professed a Redemptorist of the Vice Province of Afrique de L’Ouest in 1993 and ordained a priest in 1998. He has served in parish ministry, youth ministry, interreligious dialogue, and in the north of Niger at Tchirozerine (1998 – 2011). During this time, he assumed many other responsibilities. He was elected Vice Provincial of Afrique de L’Ouest in 2011 and continued until 2016, when he was elected as General Consultor from the Conference of Africa (COREAM). The XXVI General Chapter renewed his mandate as General Consultor. He speaks French, English and Italian.
Fr. Jairo Díaz Rodríguez, General Consultor from the Conference of Latin America & the Caribbean: --Fr. Jairo Díaz Rodríguez was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1972. He was professed a Redemptorist for the Province of Bogota in 1993, and ordained a priest in 1999. He began ministry as a missionary preacher, and served in formation and in parish ministry in Colombia. He was vice rector of the Fundación Universitaria San Alfonso and principal of Colegio San Clemente Hofbauer in Manizales City. He recently served as an extraordinary Provincial Consultor and director of the Secretariat for Formation in his Province. He speaks Spanish and understands Italian, too.
Br. Laurence (Larry) John Luján Angel, General Consultor from the Conference of North America: --Br. Laurence (Larry) John Luján Angel was born in 1964. He joined the Denver Province in 1999 and professed perpetual vows as a Brother in 2002. His first ministerial assignment was at St. Joseph Parish in Denver, his hometown. He joined the Hispanic Missionary Project in the Diocese of Dodge City, Kansas in 2004 and was assigned at St. Anthony Parish in Liberal until 2008. He served as Co-Director of Vocations in 2008 – 2015 and was stationed in Whitestone and the Bronx, NY, as well as in Denver. He was elected to the Extraordinary Provincial Council of the Denver Province in 2015 and appointed Co-Director of Formation at the Pre-Novitiate level of formation. He served in that capacity until 2017 when he was appointed Provincial (Second) Consultor of the Denver Province. He has served as a member of various General Government Secretariats and Commissions, and was elected a vocal to the XXV Chapter in Pattaya, Thailand. He speaks English and Spanish.
Fr. Ivel Mendanha, General Consultor from the Conference of Asia and Oceania: --Fr. Joseph Ivel Mendanha was born in 1965 in Mapuca, Goa, India. He was professed a Redemptorist for the Vice Province of Majella in 1983 and ordained a priest in 1991. He exercised ministry as a missionary and retreat director, mission preacher and retreat director for specialized groups, including clergy and religious. From 2001 to 2010, he worked as Assistant Director of the Redemptorist Spirituality Centre in Rome. He returned to India as a professor of systematic theology in the Redemptorist Major Seminary in Bangalore and as a professor in the Pilar Missionary Seminary in Goa. He served as an extraordinary Consultor and bursar from 2011 to 2105, when he was elected Vice Provincial Superior of the Vice Province of Majella.
Fr. Paul Vinh, At-Large Consultor: --Fr. Paul Lu’u Quang Bào Vinh was born in 1972 in Long An, Vietnam. He was professed a Redemptorist for the Province of Vietnam in 1996 and was ordained a priest in 2001. A missionary preacher and professor of theology, he served as Dean of Studies from 2011 until 2018. He was elected a Provincial Consultor for the Province of Vietnam in 2014.