Biography:
John Lane Connor, L.C., was born on February 15, 1968 in Severna Park, Maryland, USA. He graduated with a degree in business administration from Loyola University Maryland (1990). He entered the Legion of Christ Novitiate on September 15, 1991 in Roetgen, Germany. From 1994 to 1996 he worked as a formator at the Everest School Monteclaro in Madrid. He made his perpetual profession on May 1, 2000 and was ordained a priest on January 2, 2001 in Rome. From his ordination to the priesthood until 2004, he collaborated in the office of Fundraising on the east coast of the United States. From 2004 to 2010 he was the local apostolate coordinator for New York City and assisted in the founding and direction of the Lumen Institute apostolate. From 2009 to 2010 he was superior of the New York apostolate community. From 2010 to 2011 he was territorial director of Atlanta. Subsequently, from 2011 to 2014, he collaborated as assistant for the apostolate in the North American territory. Since 2014 he has been territorial director of the Legion of Christ and a member of the Regnum Christi North America Territorial Board of Directors. On February 6, 2020, he was elected director general of the Congregation of the Legion of Christ.
