Bishop Maksimus Regus

Msgr. Maksimus Regus was born on 23 September 1973 in Woang, regency of Manggarai, in the current diocese of Ruteng. He attended the Pius XII Pontifical Roman Minor Seminary and carried out his studies in philosophy and theology at the Saint Petrus-Ritapiret Pontifical Major Seminary in the diocese of Maumere. He was ordained a priest on 10 August 2001. After ordination, he first served as parish vicar of Christ the King (2001-2007), chair of the diocesan Commission for youth pastoral care, and member of the diocesan Commission for interreligious dialogue (2002-2007). He went on to study at the Faculty of Socio-Political Sciences of the Universitas Indonesia, Depok (2007), social sciences at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam and ad Doctoratum studies at the Universiteit van Tilburg, Netherlands (2011-2017). Since 2018, he has served as lecturer at the Catholic University of Saint Paul in Ruteng, and dean of the Faculty of Educational and Formative Sciences (2019-2023), and since 2020, coordinator of diocesan priests of Ruteng.