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About Fr Luis Garza LC

Father Luis Garza, LC, is Director of the North American Territory. He is originally from Monterrey, Mexico. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering at Stanford University, and entered the Legionary novitiate in 1978. During his time in the Legion, he went on to earn a licentiate in Philosophy and Theology, followed by a doctorate in Canon Law. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1985, and went on to serve as director for the territory of Mexico and South America from 1988 to1991. He has been the vicar general of the Legion from 1992 to the present. In 2003, Pope John Paul II named him as a consultor of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy. In 2008 Pope Benedict XVI confirmed him in this position for another five year period.