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Vatican City (Fides Agency) - On June 21, Pope Francis erected the new diocese of Labuan Bajo (Indonesia) on part of the diocese of Ruteng, placing it under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Ende as a suffragan diocese and appointing the former rector of the Catholic University of St. Paul in Ruteng, Father Maksimus Regus from the clergy of the diocese of Ruteng, as the first Bishop of Labuan Bajo.
Bishop Maksimus Regus was born on September 23, 1973 in Woang in the Manggarai regency in what is now the diocese of Ruteng. He attended the Pontifical Roman Minor Seminary "Pius XII" and studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Major Seminary "St. Peter-Ritapiret" in the diocese of Maumere. He was ordained a priest on August 10, 2001.
After his ordination to the priesthood, he held the following positions and completed further studies: Parish Vicar of Christus König (2001-2007); Chairman of the Diocesan Commission for Youth Work and member of the Diocesan Commission for Interreligious Dialogue (2002-2007); university studies at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of the "Universitas Indonesia" in Depok (2007); studies in Social Sciences at the "Erasmus Universiteit" in Rotterdam and studies "ad doctoratum" at the "Universiteit van Tilburg" (Netherlands) (2011-2017); since 2018 he has been a lecturer at the "Catholic University of St. Paul" in Ruteng, and Dean of the Faculty of Education and Educational Sciences (2019-2023); since 2020 Coordinator of the Diocesan Priests of Ruteng. (EG) (Fides Agency 25/06/2024)
