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New York City, N.Y., Apr 14, 2014 \/ 03:07 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Maryland-born priest Father John Connor, L.C., has been named the head of the Legion of Christ\u2019s territory of North America.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI\u2019m humbled by this assignment and ask for the prayers of everyone in the North American Territory,\u201d Fr. Connor said April 14.<\/p>\n

\tFr. Eduardo Robles Gill, the Legion of Christ\u2019s general director, announced the appointment April 12. Fr. Connor will replace the territory\u2019s outgoing director Fr. Luis Garza as of May 1.<\/p>\n

\tFr. Connor said he especially wanted to thank Fr. Garza \u201cfor his leadership and example of faith and perseverance over the past several years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tFr. Connor was born on Feb. 15, 1968, in Severna Park, Md, the Legion of Christ website says. He entered the Legion of Christ\u2019s novitiate in September 1991 in Roetgen, Germany. He was ordained a priest in January 2001 in Rome. He has a degree in business administration from Maryland\u2019s Loyola University.<\/p>\n

\tHe served as dean at the Everest Academy in Madrid, Spain from 1994 to 1997. In addition, he worked in the Legion of Christ\u2019s development office and coordinated the Legion\u2019s apostolate of Regnum Christi in New York. He helped to found and direct the Lumen Institute, a New York-based leadership formation program.<\/p>\n

\tHe served as territorial director of the Legion\u2019s Atlanta territory from 2010-2011, until the territory merged with the territory of New York. He then served as an assistant for the Legion\u2019s territorial director for in the territory of North America.<\/p>\n

\tFr. Connor will continue in his current role as head of the North America territory\u2019s Institutional Advancement Office.<\/p>\n

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