Lima, Peru, Jan 28, 2011 / 14:05 pm
The General Assembly of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae has elected a new superior general.
Eduardo Regal Villa, who has been the apostolic society's vicar general since 2001, was chosen as the Sodalitium's new leader on Jan. 25 in Lima, Peru. The Sodalitium is a Society of Apostolic Life.
Regal succeeds Luis Fernando Figari, the founder of the Sodalitium and its general superior since it received approval from the Archdiocese of Lima in 1994.
Regal was born in Lima, Peru on May 7, 1966. He is the second of three children born to Jose Antonio Regal Alberti and Graciela Villa Stein. He completed his studies in electronic engineering and business management before making his perpetual vows as a consecrated layman in 1992.